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TP-Link launches Tapo C200 – an HD home security camera

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The Tapo C200 Pan/Tilt Home Security Wi-Fi Camera is TP-Link’s latest addition to its expanding smart home product line. Home security is something that should never be compromised and the Tapo C200 deserves a look. It’s affordable price and ease-of-use will help users have a watch on their home and loved ones.

The Tapo C200 is essentially a home security Wi-Fi camera that offers a 1080p resolution and an impressive 30 feet of night vision. The C200 is also equipped to pan and tilt thereby covering a 360 degrees of horizontal view and 114 degrees of vertical view.

‘The Tapo C200 camera installed at the entrance of your home, garage, or basement to ensure the safety of your family and property’, mentions the press release. The Tapo C200 is impressively integrated with the ability to alarm the users of arriving packages or suspicious intrusions or movements through detection motion. It also has a two-way audio feature enabling interaction as well.

The 850 nm infrared night vision supports automatic colour switch filter in low light conditions, thus also providing the visual distance of up to 30 feet, as mentioned earlier.

A ‘Privacy Mode’ physically closes the camera’s lens to ensure privacy to users. The Tapo C200 is also connected to an app in which users can schedule in the recording period, regardless of motion.

The Tapo C200 is compatible with the free Tapo Camera app, which has an intuitive interface that allows users to view from up to 4 cameras at the same time. ‘Simple tap one of them to take a closer look’.

TP-Link’s Tapo C200 Pan/Tilt Home Security Wi-Fi Camera is available for Rs. 2,499.

TP-Link Ranked 1 In WLAN Devices For 10 Consecutive Years

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For the 10th consecutive year, TP-Link has secured the first rank as a global provider of WLAN devices, according to the IDC Quarterly Wireless LAN Tracker, Q4 2020, which also reported that TP-Link shipped around 18 million WLAN products in Q4 2020, thus, harnessing 17.8 % of the global market share.

In the European and South East Asian markets, TP-Link has also seen tremendous growth of its Business WLAN products. TP-Link has also retained the first position in shipping SOHO WLAN products. TP-Link was founded in 1996, and supplies its products to over 170 countries.

“10 years of leading the WLAN market encourages us at TP-Link to keep our focus on bringing the connected lifestyle to more people. Adhering to TP-Link’s motto, ‘Reliably Smart’, we thank you for being together with us, bridging the world through fast and responsive networks”, TP-Link mentions in their press release.  

TP-Link are indulged in new iterations of its latest technologies which are integrated with Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, SDN, and more. To know more about its new products, please visit this page.

Review: TP-Link RE505X

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Not the usual Wi-Fi range extender
Rs. 5,999, tp-link.in

It’s safe to say that most of us have a wireless router at home but there have been instances where the Wi-Fi network is spotty in some areas compared to another in your home. One can address these deadspots is by installing a repeater or use mesh routers. Both TP-Link and Asus allow transforming select regular routers into mesh ones but TP-Link has gone a step further by allowing repeaters to act as mesh network nodes. This month we have the RE505X, which does exactly that. It works as a repeater for any non-supported OneMesh router but transforms into a mesh node with a compatible one.

Clad in white, the RE505X has a design similar to most other repeaters in the market but two things that set it apart are the external antennas for better reception and its sheer size. The RE505X is a giant compared to other repeaters but sports a clean, streamlined design. There are four status LEDs on the front with the WPS button and reset key on the right whereas the gigabit ethernet port is placed on the left.

One can setup the repeater via the web interface or can download the Tether app from the respective app store. The RE505X can be used as an access point or as a repeater. Irrespective of the modes you use, setup is a cinch. The only thing we did not appreciate is the fact that it does not allow to set a separate password of the extended network. It allows to create a separate SSID but keeps the same password as the network that is being repeated.

The RE505X is an AX1500 range extender, which means it supports the latest Wi-Fi 6 standard. Needless to say, older devices are compatible as well and supports theoretical speeds of up to 300Mbps on 2.4GHz band and up to 1200Mbps on 5GHz.

The RE505X delivers decent coverage to eliminate deadspots and even comes with handy features like Location Assistant that is accessible via the app. A quick scan will tell if the repeater is placed in a good wireless coverage area of the main router. There’s an intelligent signal light on the device as well that indicates the same. The app and the web interface gives granular controls to get the most out of the RE505X. One can control the wireless coverage and access, enable/disable high-speed mode that repeats the router’s connection via one frequency band and transmits on the other. OneMesh works with compatible TP-Link routers and all it takes a single to transform the RE505X into a mesh node.

That said, RE505X is a power-packed range extender that delivers on what it is intended for. Get a compatible OneMesh device and you can create a cost-effective mesh network of your own.

RATING 4/5
WE’RE IMPRESSED Performance
WE’D IMPROVE Set separate passwords
THE LAST WORD A power-packed repeater that can be transformed into a mesh node with OneMesh support.

TP-Link Expands Omada Cloud Solution with Software Defined Networking options

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TP-Link Omada is a cloud solution for business networking platforms and now, TP-Link have now upgraded Omada with new Software Defined Networking (SDN) solutions that encompass the use to new SafeStream gateways, JetStream switches, and Omada Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 5 access points.

TP-Link claims that these solutions ‘are specially designed for hospitality, education, retail, office and other industries, providing scenario-baed products and extensive benefits’. Through the Omada SDN, the cloud management is fully centralized, and all connected devices can be controlled from a single interface.

Some other features offered by TP-Link’s Omada SDN are: Zero-Touch Provision, Easy Network Monitoring, AI-Driven Technology for ‘stronger performance and easy network maintenance’, Automatic Channel Selection, Power Adjustment, higher security, high-density Wi-Fi deployment for HD Series and AX Series access points.

The Omada SDN is dedicated to aid smoother network management by overcoming challenges like distribution of network information over multiple devices, readjusting networking infrastructure and more.

TP-Link mentioned that, “Omada SDN is a network with a controller as the core so as to realize automatic deployment of network services and automatic data distribution across gateways, switches, and access points.”

For more information, please visit this page.

TP-Link India makes a sizable contribution to aid the battle against COVID-19

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Rated as one of the top global providers of WLAN and broadband CPE devices, TP-Link have decided to contribute a sizable amount to the PM CARES Fund in order to arm the Government of India while it battles the alarming effect of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has left us isolated in our homes and bestowed several other troubles on a major chunk of our country’s population.

The Government, doctors, nurses, police, army, essential-goods workers and many more are on the frontlines to save us and by acknowledging that, TP-Link have contributed Rs. 10 lakhs to the PM CARES Fund in addition to supporting the local community workers.

The CEO of TP-Link India, Mr. Lynn Wang said, “We salute the efforts of our Frontline Warriors, who are tirelessly fighting for a brighter tomorrow.  We as a team are continuously taking necessary preventive measures and working hard towards extending support to our business partner community to ensure a strong and healthy future.”

TP-Link’s generous amount and compassionate gesture is an example of how we must come together to battle the ongoing pandemic by following the right protocols and come out of this, stronger. TP-Links devices are trusted by over 170 countries and billions of people because they always enable humans to be more capable and stronger by taking care of our networking needs, reliably.

You can learn more about TP-Link’s products, here.