Review of the Gigabit Router Tenda AC10U (AC1200)

Routers from Tenda have always stood out for their performance and functionality compared to competitors in the same price range. The Tenda AC10U is no exception. It is a productive, dual-band AC router with gigabit ports. It is built on powerful hardware, thanks to which, the router can withstand simultaneous connection of a large number of devices (up to 30). Tenda AC10U will have no problem coping with network-demanding online games and playing streaming video in high resolution. Plus there is 1 USB port.

Let’s take a closer look at the technical specifications of the Tenda AC10U. As I wrote above – this is a dual-band router. It supports the 802.11ac (Wave 2.0) standard, which operates at 5 GHz. Of course there is support for older standards and 2.4 GHz frequency. Wi-Fi network speed declared by the manufacturer: 867 Mbps at 5 GHz and up to 300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz. For a strong Wi-Fi signal ( the power of which can be adjusted) is responsible for 4 antennas with a capacity of 5 dB. There is support for MU-MIMO technology (simultaneous data transfer to multiple devices) and Beamforming. All this gives an excellent coverage radius and high speed Wi-Fi network. Even when actively using the connection on different devices. I forgot to add that it all runs on a powerful processor with a clock speed of 1 GHz. 128 MB DDR3 RAM.

The Tenda AC10U router is equipped with gigabit LAN and WAN ports. All of them support connection speeds up to 1 Gbps. There is also 1 USB-port. However, it is of USB 2.0 standard. With its help you can create a file storage, just connect to the router USB-drive, or an external hard disk. And all devices in the home network will be able to access the files on this drive. External HDDs up to 2 TB are supported. You can organize both regular network access to the drive (Samba) and set up an FTP server. You can also create users and assign them access rights to the drive (read/write or read only).

There is IPTV support. Tenda AC10U is able to disable Wi-Fi network, indicators, and perform a reboot on a schedule. With the “Bandwidth Control” function, you can limit the speed for a particular device. You can completely block a specific client. MAC-address filter, DDNS, UPnP, VPN, parental control, guest Wi-Fi network, automatic firmware update – all this is also present.

And most importantly, it is not difficult to understand all this, as the control panel is very simple and multi-lingual.

There is a possibility to control it from a mobile device via the Tenda wi-fi application, which is very convenient. You just need to install the application on your phone or tablet and enable the ability to control through the application in the router settings (setting “Tenda App”, you can see it on the screenshot above).

Tenda AC10U exterior and controls

The router comes in a beautiful and informative box, which contains all the basic information about the device. The main characteristics, functions, features and even a comparison with other models of routers Tenda.

Bundle: router, power adapter, network cable and instructions.

The entire router is made of about the same, black, matte plastic. It’s a good material, not marred. Pay attention to the unusual, interesting design.

In the front you can see the company logo and 4 indicators. They are lit in blue color. Let me remind you that you can either turn them off completely or set them to turn off on a schedule.

On the sides there are holes for cooling the router. And the ports and buttons are on the back side. In order: 1 USB-port, a button to disable wi-fi, a button to activate WPS and reset settings, 3 LAN-ports, 1 WAN-port and a connector for the power adapter.

At the bottom there are also a lot of holes for cooling the board and a sticker with the necessary factory information. The router can be hung on the wall. The antennas are not removable, but they can be folded.

A very attractive router for its price. In online stores you can find a lot of reviews about Tenda AC10U, which means that the router is actively bought.

The optimal option for those who are looking for a productive and simple (in terms of configuration) router, but not ready to pay huge money for flagship models. In which more than half of the functions and technologies will simply not be useful. And here is a rather powerful device that has everything you need. And for reasonable money. Plus a 2-year warranty.