NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information

NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information

NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
2025-06-05 14:52:28 - last edited 2025-06-05 15:11:47
Model: Archer NX600  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: Latest

I have bought both NX200 and then the NX600.

When connecting it to a externall antenna i could figure out why like so many other people did have any signal increase.



After spending two weeks with TP link support it turns out that the NX200 and NX600 only partially support external antennas.


They both have 8 internal antennas and when switching on external antennas in the webgui https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq/4330/

When switching on that function it only disable two off the internal antennas, leaving 6 internal antennas still in use and let onces external antenna use two.

The 6 antennas still in use are for lowband and only 4g, and let the external antenna handle 5g bandwith.

Here the downside

people that use external antennas uselly do it because they have bad reception without.

Now since this is so messed up and one uses the option prefered 5G the NX200 and NX600 is switching between good reception(ext) and bad reception(int) all the time.

Now i have noumerous times told TP link support that we need to switch off all internal antennas when we choose and switch on that option in the webgui so we dont get that back and forward with good and bad reception.
That would easy solve everyone that have the same problem, and many people even here on support forum have that exact same issue

I am not sure if it is a bot that answers at TP Link support because everytime i tell them the problem i get a nonerelated question back.

They defentlly arent helping with this major fault when it could be easylly fixed with a FW update that turns off all internall antennas insteed of just two and let the external antenna handle everything

Even telling me some bands arent supported when they clearly are.

 

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Re:NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
2025-07-28 07:25:55

  @Mike79 

Thanks for this information. Do you know if the external antennas ports handle all 5G frequency bands, or is it only the higher 5G frequency bands that's supported? In my area it's only the 700 MHz band available, so if this isn't supported by the NX200 then it's useless for me.

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Re:NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
2025-07-28 09:42:45

  @Glenn73 

Hi, you can take the following details, for example:

How to install 5G external antennas on 5G Router

There isn't 

N1/N3/N5/N7/N8/N20/N28/N38/N40/N41/N77/N78

(2100/1800/850/2600/900/800/700/2600/2300/2500/3700/3500 MHz)

Thank you very much.

Best regards.

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Re:NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
2025-08-04 06:23:33

  @David-TP 

That also applies to the NX500 and NX600?
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Re:NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
2025-08-08 08:30:16 - last edited 2025-08-08 08:32:22

  @Glenn73 

Hi, yes, the FAQ#4330 here applies to Archer N500 and NX600.

Best regards.

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Re:NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
3 weeks ago

  @David-TP 

OK. What about the TP-Link Deco X50-5G, does this support lower frequency 5G bands using external antenna? Or is it the same as the NX models?

 

Best regards.

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Re:NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
3 weeks ago

  @Glenn73 

Hi, nice to see you again.

For Deco, you can refer to How to install 5G external antennas on Deco 5G products

Deco X50_V1/V2 support N5/N8/N20/N28.

Best regards.

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Re:NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
3 weeks ago

  @David-TP 
Dosent seem correct that list, with external antenna enabled i get N28, and i am pretty sure i get all the other also, however the router is useless according to my first post.





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Re:NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
3 weeks ago

  @Mike79 I just bought NX600 for 280 euros and I had previously MR600 4g. My installation with external antenna is far from network. With the MR600 I had somewhat of a connection (7 mbps upload) but now with the NX600 i have got only 52K internet (300 ko/s )

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Re:NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
3 weeks ago - last edited 3 weeks ago

  @Thomas1234 

Well you wasted 280 euro like I also wasted 280 euro if you plan to use it with a external antenna.

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Re:NX200 - Nx600 external antennas and misleading product information
3 weeks ago

  @Mike79 Yeah I feel scammed TBH. It sounds astounding to me that some engineer planned to use external antenna only for 5g since it could be used for all frequencies.

 

I think a lot of people will be disappointed since the most people that use these SIM cards rooters are people that can't use something else to get internet most of the time because of the distance from fast internet.

 

Also I can't use my sim in previous MR600 rooter anymore after using it in NX600, it just doesn't connect to internet anymore ( sim unlocked etc). 280 euro for a downgrade until I relocate.

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