20 Best Wifi Extenders For Outdoors (2023 Updated)

I bought this on recommendation from TP-Link, and it does what I needed, and very well. I wanted to add networking to my backyard shop, and already had a TP-Link outdoor EAP running to provide wifi over a wide area.

I added this in Client mode to connect via wifi, and it gets full signal inside the building, so installation was very easy (~15′ from EAP). Shop connects to house router and DHCP seamlessly. The downstream device is an automation hub (via TP-Link switch) that runs Z-Wave external devices in the shop and in an outside greenhouse.

I can connect back to the network via wifi from a tablet, then access the hub interface with ease. The hub then meshes with another hub in the house for complete access to everything. Eventually may add more Z-Wave and Ethernet devices.

Really happy with this product.

Pros: Great high speed link from the pair of these units – same speeds on test in outbuilding as in the main house incoming router. Reasonable price. Don’t expect a single unit to work on its own as a long distance AP – small devices will pick it up but not be able to transmit back.

(there are some bad reviews based on this basic misunderstanding). They are intended for use as a pair – AP and Client – plug a local wifi AP or switch into the client and get a high speed local access point.

These units have a massive range and make a really fast stable link to our outbuilding. Cons: The cover for cable access is flimsy and not a positive fit. Cheaper units are available claiming the same performance.

I’m using two of these to share an internet connection with the house across the street – very short distance for these units (supposedly rated by the manufacturer to broadcast over 15 kilometers). Speedtests show very nearly equivalent throughput at the client end, and only slightly increased latency.

The hardest part of the setup was locating a laptop with an Ethernet port to access the device’s web interface. However, if you anticipate needing to broadcast a connection with speeds >100Mbps, you’ll need a different solution.

Because while the marketing collateral trumpets the wireless speeds capability to broadcast at 300Mbps, that speed is throttled by the 10/100 Ethernet port that you’ll be plugging into. (I don’t think it for anything that fast though, so it’s a non-issue for me.

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I love this product, If you have a mild ability of following directions on youtube and you like wifi outside on a budget this is the product for you. I was able to set up a chain by purchasing two of these bad boys.

One hooked up to the router and the other to my garage over 160 feet away off of the original hookup like a bridge connection. I’m able to get a speed test of 35 mbps on my phone within 30 to 40 yards unimpeded centered off of each device.

Best buy sales men tried talking down to me telling me that i didn’t want something like this, that it was a connectivity issue, that i needed to purchase a 400 dollar mesh system and an outdoor attachment to that system for another 200.

Don’t listen to them and get this. for 5 bucks you can rest assured for 2 years this thing can be traded in for a new one no matter what. The only thing that I have to say about not giving this product 5 stars was that I set everything up and forgot to put the weather cover back on it, it rained and quickly shorted one out.

Seemed a little too easy for it to fail but in sure that’s why they engineered the cover for it. It was quickly replaced and haven’t had an issue since. Edit: This connection would be faster except my router is throttled at 100 mbps per connection so i only put a cat5 on them to begin with, they are totally rated for 300mbps which is doable with the right equipment to back it up.

I bought this product to solve a specific problem — could not reliably stream my TV located in another room. The router signal was too weak. It randomly dropped the stream. I ran in to just one problem with the product.

The TP-Link CPE210 has 6 modes of operation, Access Point, Client, Repeater, Bridge, AP Router, and AP Client Router. I could not tell from the product’s web page help descriptions which mode was needed.

What I wanted was a product that would relay my original router’s signal to the TV. Repeater mode sounded right. It wasn’t. But Bridge mode was. Problem solved. I cannot speak about the product’s other modes but I am happy with the product’s Bridge mode in solving my specific streaming problem.

UPDATE: I am gone back provided all the proper earth grounding and insured the firmware was the latest. Unfortunately this didn’t make a bit of difference 24 hours later its back to factory reset pretty frustrating it’s a shame I really like these antennas they do work really good unfortunately this is not serving me very well.

If anyone can assist with the root cause of this factory reset issue I would be really grateful. Ok. I’m giving this 3 stars based on a couple of months of feedback and usage. On day 1 would have given it 5 stars and the week later I would ive it 1 star (or zero if could) this factory reset issue is a bummer.

Now. why am I giving it 3 stars now? Well honestly I’m not sure I installed with all the precautions (grounding and clean power) as you can see I have installed this in a remote location in solar and battery power with an dc / ac inverter.

I DID NOT ground the antenna and worse I connected it to a plastic PVC and I can imagine the static. Now. with all that said the performance is really good. In the photos I am beaming a hotspot (in black box) connected to this antenna to another antenna as a bridge to the white barn below through the trees.

I have actually connected cameras at the barn to the Hot spot (1 way) to the hot spot which was amazing. So although very good the mountain antenna now for the second time gone into never never land and I cannot connect to the barn any longer.

Somehome these units have a sensitivity to something that resets this to factory default or just kills it (I will find out soon enough) once I can get back out there to trouble shoot this issue (again) I suspect that I neglected to earth ground this antenna and running on a true floating system as done this in.

I will follow up in a month after I connect with a shielded and grounded CAT 5 and ground this antenna to earth (the pole it is mounted on) and do a follow up review and post my findings. Stand by.

Purchased to help get a better than marginal signal to the kids bedrooms for online school. Bought a different brand and after hours of fighting to set it up, gave up short of throwing it over the fence and returned it.

Picked up this guy instead with zero expectations after my last experience. This was up and running in about 5 min. App set up was very easy and quick. Seems to be working just fine at first glance. Signal in the kids rooms has gone from weak to strong and videos are downloading fine where they wouldn’t before.

One device isn’t connecting (Roku) but that’s the only hassle so far.

I have to admit I struggled with this wifi extender, and maybe Ive misunderstood the function, because Im not an IT expert. In our rear TV room the wifi strength from our home Orange Router was fair to sometimes good.

The purpose I bought this for was to improve this wifi signal, and improve my TV streaming quality. So, the setup is not as straightforward as it seems, to cut a long story short, I used the internet to connect, and I set up a separate wifi account, with its own name, but using the same pass word as my home router.

There are good Utube guides on how to do this, because I found the included instructions not accurate for the internet set up. So, everything was good, I positioned the extender between my own home router and the rear TV room, I had three wifi bars showing, and the app said it was in an optimal position.

And then some good news, the wifi signal went from fairgood to very good in the rear room, I was happy. But, when I streamed my TV, it was buffering as much as before, and going off all together intermittently This didnt happen when connected to the home router.

So, I decided to do a Speed Test, and found my router WiFi was pumping out 16Mbs on wifi to the rear room, and the extender was down to 12Mbs, so I tried changing the servers, and also trying through my VPN link, still the same, 16 from home router, 12 from extender.

So, this took me to the end of my expertise, and I would like to know why the extender cant at least boost the signal so it matches the router, and also why does the extender improve my wifi signal strength, but not the streaming speed Ive sent it back, excellent service from Amazon as usual, but I still dont understand why it didnt improve my TV Streaming So, in my case, didnt work.

Ive still given three stars because it does boost the wifi signal, but didnt appear to improve my tv streaming, good response from vendor, appreciated. Further update, after receiving very detailed vendor support, ive changed my router wifi channels to new settings, and the extender streaming speed has increased from 12Mbs to 15Mbs, and is now matching my Orange Router in the marginal wifi zone in our rear bedroom, Happy.

The lesson ive learnt is that, for the price, its an amazing product, but you have to perceiver with the set up and testing. And certainly contact the vendor with any issues.

I received this product in exchange for my fair and unbiased review. The Winegard Extreme 2. 0 High Performance Outdoor Wi-Fi Extender is perfect for those who have large properties and want to cover those properties with a fast internet connection.

It uses WiFi5 technology. The unit can work as a network bridge (meaning devices can see whatever is on the other side of the ethernet port) or can isolate the wifi devices to their own set of IP addresses (handy with multiple units and in a setup where you don’t want guest devices seeing your devices).

The PoE adapter allows for gigabit ethernet passthrough, a single cable running to the access point eases installation, and PoE is an industry standard meaning you can use PoE switches to power these devices.

So how well does this work? I tested it two ways: – My property, 200 foot by 1000 foot (approximately 4 acres) installed outside in wireless bridge mode approximately 100 feet from the house (150 foot 5e ethernet cable providing power only) – My in-laws house, main floor inside, on a property approximately 100 feet by 300 feet, using wired bridge mode (using the included PoE injector) In full wireless bridge mode on my property, the unit got decent performance overall.

Speeds ranged from 130 mbps to 220 mbps, depending on the backhaul used. Speeds at that distance were more stable with 2. 4 GHz than they were with 5 GHz. From the access point, I was able to connect an additional 325-ish feet using an iPhone 11 and the 2.

4 GHz band; I’m sure some devices could probably reach to 500 feet with this unit. Using wired bridge mode on my in-laws’ property, I found that the 5GHz signal was solid throughout their house, even with its plaster and board wall construction.

Their attic, which was always a nightmare for connectivity, is finally stable with this access point. 5 GHz doesn’t work through the brick, while 2. 4 GHz works through the yard within 100 feet of the house.

Setup is the only complicated thing about the Wineguard. By default, it isolates devices that connect to it via wifi and doesn’t allow devices connected to ethernet or the wifi it’s connected to to access the configuration pages.

Setting the device to “bridge” mode fixes this. All in all, Winegard Extreme 2. 0 High Performance Outdoor Wi-Fi Extender provides excellent 802. 11ac performance in a tight package.

I was a bit hesitant to try out this product. I recently sold my home in a major city, and moved into a more rural area. I ended up with a workshop, which is located about 450 feet away from the home.

I attempted to use a mesh network to solve my WiFi troubles while working there, but found the speeds dropped significantly from my inside speeds of 400 to about 2 Mbps if I was lucky. In researching outdoor WiFi solutions, the previous generation Winegard was one of the first products recommended.

So, I was excited to get an opportunity to try out the newer generation device, hoping to gain some much needed speeds for my YouTube DIY videos. In the box, was the extender, which is around the size of a small 8 inch subwoofer, a mount similar to those found with a satellite dish for attaching to your home or a post/pole, an ethernet cord, and a power over ethernet power (PoE) adapter.

I was surprised with just how lightweight the device was, believing it would take more effort to mount the device. I should note, the power adapter doesn’t appear to be weather resistant, so you will need to keep this in mind during the installation.

There are essentially two ways you can set the device up. You can either use this as a simple extender, in a similar way as other WiFi extenders, or plug an ethernet cable from a nearby router into the PoE adapter to act as an access point.

The benefit of using ethernet, is that it seems to share the same IP address range as your main network; thus allowing you to access your other internal network devices, such as a home server. In my case, I simply wanted to gain some better coverage while working outdoors and in my small workshop.

Setup of the device can be done using a laptop, tablet, or even your phone with a web browser. If you’re curious, there is a sticker with a default network name and password that you’ll use to login to the admin settings of the device once it’s powered.

This allowed me to then scan for available networks, enter my home routers network password. The admin page will also give you some basic signal strength, and given it was attached to my home near one of my mesh network nodes, the signal strength would bounce between 80-88% at any given moment.

It did take about 2 to 3 minutes for the connection to fully establish, but once complete I was able to see the new network pop up on my iPhone. My ISP provided speeds range between 380 – 450 Mbps when connected to my home network in the house, and I was able to easily achieve around 120 Mbps on average when connecting about 400-500 feet away.

Once I entered the workshop, that speed dropped to around 80 Mbps, which was still a significant boost over the previous 1-2 Mbps speeds seen without the extender. Overall, I was really impressed with the easy setup, the boosted speeds around my yard, and now only get the occasional buffering when trying to watch media content in the shop.

In my open yard, I was seeing speeds I’d never seen from a wireless node near a window, and was happy to see my friends enjoying connectivity in our back patio. While this device does state it will go about 1000 feet, I found that speeds began degrading about 800 – 900 feet during my use; with speeds hovering around 2-5 Mbps at roughly 1000 feet.

However, this definitely solved a need for me, and I’m happy with the results!.

Easy to setup, good range, not as good as an older Tp-Link outdoor wifi router/ access point I already have. The user interface is very basic and you limited with what you can do, e. g. you can’t adjust the transmit power settings.

Works OK most of the time and then it just randomly decides to stop transmitting a signal for a minute or two. Manufacturers website is terrible. They don’t list this device in the products page, you may be able to find the manual with a little searching but not much else.

No firmware support. I can not recommend this device. I would recommend prospective buyers to spend a little more money and look at the TP-Link family of outdoor wifi equipment.

First let me say the company SINOBRY is great! these folks have been a great help/ That said, This is probably the worst wireless routers I have ever seen. 200 feet away at 20 feet elevation. High power my butt Getting 680kbps.

Tried to update firmware 3 times, warm reboot, old firmware, Hard reboot, same firmware. will not update. will not change power, acts like it is trying, always comes back with medium power. My old Netgear WNR2000 works with the same cable 20mbps+ at 200 feet 10 feet elevation.

I do not say this often, and I ALWAYS give the benefit of the doubt, But even the WAVLINK website will not even let you register the router. I fear the company WAVLINK is a fly by night company. Expect to see these pieces of garbage being sold out of trunks of cars at a grocery store parking lot soon.

I hope someone can change my mind about this piece of garbage.

The range on this extender is good however the receiver sensitivity is not as good as a camera that I am using. I mounted both of them about 5 ft apart with the extender closer to my router. The camera connects to the WiFi that I want to extend however this extender is very interment.

I added different longer range antennas to my router which didn’t seem to help. My WiFi range finder shows a good transmitted signal at about an additional 400 ft but little receiver result.

Will not work, as it is incompatible with WiFi 6, even while stating it’ll work with all Orbi routers (a bald face lie!) Went to Best Buy to order a new mesh WiFi 6 system to update our lodge, pool and RV area.

Bought the AX4200, and this, which states it is compatible with all Orbi systems. That, however, is a bald face lie. It will only work with WiFi 5 and below. It will not work with any WiFi 6 systems.

Unmitigated disaster on Netgear’s part! Why would you upgrade to provide WiFi 6 mesh network, and not upgrade your outdoor satellite as well?!?! This has soured me on Netgear, do not buy in intended to use with WiFi 6.

This is the second outdoor Ordi WiFi extender I purchased. The first one was purchased several years ago and it is functioning beautifully extending my wifi for 300 ft. in my yard. I needed a second one for my back yard.

These extend my Orbi Wifi system which has been working great for several years. I now have a more reliable Wifi in my house and around my property. I contacted the Netgear technical assistance several years ago and they were helpful.

The setup and startup was easy. Almost too easy. I used all of the auto guided setups and it attached and started working without a problem. I thought, it automatically names itself the same as your network and at that point I could no longer communicate with the unit.

So I restarted and did the process manually and named it as an extension, which then worked without a problem. I attached to my starlink network and not an Orbi one that can be managed by Orbi. Other than that it works great.

Have about a 200′ bubble around my house and shop now.

First off, you will need your own Cat-45 network cables as this unit does NOT provide them. 5 Stars for WiFi signal once you get this thing up and running (it is connected to the secondary SSID I setup and has a Smart TV, Xbox, iMac, iPhone and iPad connected with full bars).

currently relaying a secondary SSID WiFi signal to a remote building half an acre away The biggest problem people have is that this unit uses an IP range of 192. 168. 0. xxx Many routers use 192. 168.

1. xxx So you will need to setup the TP-Link to have an IP address that is in the range for your ROUTER for it to broadcast a secondary SSID This is done manually via another desktop/laptop physically (cat-45 cable) connected to the unit.

I used my laptop DON’T be afraid to call over your nearest “IT” friend, neighbor or family member to help. If you can setup a router for your home network, you CAN do this. As I stated before, the problem is the different IP ranges, so once you setup the unit to be on YOUR network first, you’ll be ok.

Overall – 4 stars as the included instructions NEED to be overhauled because the different setup options (access Point, Client, Bridge, etc. ) should show examples for non-IT folks.

Although not an expert on WiFi set-ups, I took a chance this combo would be compatible with my iPad & Apple TV after reading a few reviews. I didn’t want to have to take my laptop with me so I set up the antenna/repeater here at the house, then transferred them to my camping trailer on the side of the house.

Picked up a couple of dozen local routers’ signals including my home office connect right away. That was fine, but would this work with my iPad in the woods? Happy to report, it worked great. Just use the Safari browser and tap in the IP address to pull up the Alfa page.

Go through the site survey routine to locate all the nearby routers. I found the local RV camp router and proceeded to set it up. The combo didn’t seem to work at first, but after I got over my button-punching frenzy, just stepped away for a few mins and voila!, was tickled to see the Alfa repeater/Crane WiFi antenna combo had connected and was up and running.

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I bought this product to use with my TP Link main router. I used it to extend the signal into another area of house by hard wiring it using a cat 6 cable so no drop off in signal. Then used the wifi to spread to the rest of the house.

Out the box it is programmed for use as a wifi extender but after downloading the tp link app it was easy to change the mode to receiver which enabled me to have it hard wired. This was one of the few in the range to be able to do this so perfect product for my situation.

Great strength and speed once set up.

Pros: Perform well, no intermittent or fluctuating signal. Improved the signal in my room from 60Mbps up to maximum-110Mbps. Highly recommend if you have Internet signal issues.

We had several dead areas in our house. The install of the tp-link was incredibly easy. It eliminated completely the dead zones. I could not be happier. When I upgraded my router I am happy to know my extended will not be outdated.

Finally a range extender that works.

TraduciMostra in lingua originaleBought this so i can hardwire my new Gaming PC. The okays, It did improve speed, but not a lot. I have 600mbps internet plan, but was only getting 8mbps download on wifi on my PC, with this plugged in it got boosted to around 35ish mbps download.

So 4-5x faster, but still, 30mbps is awful. I have this installed less than 20 feet away from the main router(main router bottom of stairs, this top of stairs), with no interference, so where is the rest of the speed? The bad, When i lose connection to this router, it takes about an hour to reestablish another connection.

I accidently unplugged it before and my PC or phone was not getting any internet at all. I restarted my router, my pc, this router and nothing. Finally just reset this router, and restarted the setup process and it worked again.

And the app is awful. Too much hassle, so just going to buy 100 ft ethernet cable instead.

TraduciMostra in lingua originaleMy netgear purchased in 2019 hd seen better days as technology had passed me by. My apartment had renters using ROKU, Netfliks. VPN, HBO and more. No one complainwed so I ignored any issues.

Finally I got a complaint that my brand new ROKU was not working. Ok, so I did the obvious and purchased a new TV to no avail, it reported weak or no service. Next step was research on the WiFi Range extender, which was a very old technology issue going back to the early 1990’s.

The TP-LINK Range extender solved all my connectivity problems for my Studio Apartment. The instructions give three methods of connecting the RE505X to an existing system. I avioid Apps because I use my phone as a phone and am not comfortable with the newer technology where there seems to be an App for everything.

In this case, the App wa so straight forward, it was the only method I could get to work and I have to admit it was simple and logical.

Positioning of this is critical, it does pump out both 2. 4GHz and 5GHz, but take my advice, and put some doubled-up tin foil about baking-tray sized, behind your wifi hub first. This, may be the biggest boost you will ever get for nothing – think of the microwaves in wifi as light – reflect more from the back, where it probably is wasted and it gets focused to the front.

About 40% boost in power just from tin foil – no its not a joke, I worked in IT in an emergency service, not kidding this really works. Same as if you put foil at the back of a lamp. This unit, you plug it in, you will want to download the TP-Link tether app now.

Dont connect to the little network the extender – really a booster or repeater in truth – until you get the app downloaded. Once you have the app, you have to have an ID on the TP-Link system! Thats the paperwork over, NOW you can log onto the non-connected world of the extender wireless network, it will be called something _EXT if its new.

NOW, setup the unit to be able to log into your existing wifi. NOW, you may set the unit following the option of extender to have the wifi network name the same as your little extender/booster unit. This makes the transition seamless as you move through your home, because you set the passwordto be the same, and the wifi network name to be the same as your main wifi hub.

Its called cloning. OR of course, you can mess with the pressing of the WPS or quick-setup button. I didnt because I have no idea where this button is on my wifi hub, and its buried behind the TV. POSITIONING – essentially, you want to make this unit plug in to where SOLID wiring is in the wall.

I say this, staring at my own device, slapped onto a dangling 4-gang, but dont do as I do, do as I say. ! The location, is to be BEFORE your wifi runs out properly. If two rooms down, the wifi has gone, do NOT plug this unit there.

Move one room nearer or the hallway or something. To be brutally honest, if I had my money back after the umpteen extender/booster boxes and broken obsolete wifi hubs stacked in the loft, Id just get a mesh system – but in effect, I am going to end up with that, once the other extenders arrive (really extenders this time, it goes through the mains then emitted as wifi after that).

This unit is technically a booster, or repeater, because it takes the existing wifi signal and reinforces it or repeats it, amped back up to full power. At the extremities of our property – the summerhouse – I utilise the fact a mainscable runs to the shed opposite, and there is asocket in there, from which a proper extender emits wifi, having received the data via the mains cable instead of wifi, which was non-existent in the garden.

It sprays the wifi willy-nilly, so again I got sticky-back copper foil this time and CAREFULLY stuck it to the backside of the wifi powerline unit, the side furthest from the garden, so it too, gets boosted for free, focused in the direction of the summerhouse/garden.

As a result, these boosters/repeaters work to give us 50Mbps in the front lobby, then the next room the kitchen, so they daisy-chain in effect, from where the hub is in the front room in that manner, their zones of wifi overlap, this is what you must do.

Unless all the front lights are green, it aint working properly. With wifi, the POWER emitted, is exactly proportional in reality, to the SPEED you benefit from. These boosters/repeaters, can only give what they get – if your hub has no foil sheet reflector behind it, is at the far end of an obstacle course in your front room, and has a wall or two, dropping to ten MBps, dont expect much.

Slot this in where ookla speed meter app, tells you you have maybe 15mbps lets say, or more. And at the extremity of your domain, you may well need proper extender units, with a base unit that plugs in near your wifi hub, uses a LAN/ethernet cable – looks like a phone cable end but is not – and that cable, plugs the other end into your hub.

This gets a wired (as opposed to wireLESS) signal nice and clean and not corrupted or degraded, into the base unit. That base unit then fires it along the mains cable (it is called carrier wave method, because the light network signal piggy-backs onto the mains sine wave electricity), and when received by the other paired wifi-emitting unit out in our case, in the shed, wifi appears nice and cleanly, as if the hub almost, were in our garden.

So, booster/repeater vs extender, dont get confused. Good luck, if in doubt, search for the instructions online, TP-Links website will let you grab them.

Excellent product works perfectly. It produced a fully stable WiFi connection on 2. 4Ghz and 5Ghz, and has removed the WiFi black spot in my home, which allows me to stream the HD content on the TV without any buffering now.

I had not used a WiFi extender before and was a little unsure, I contacted TP-Link customer support by email, they replied very quickly in less than 24 hours and at 1am on New Years day, and gave me a step by step walk through and instructions on how to install and use their product and its Tether app.

It is the most outstanding technical support I have ever had from a manufacturer. I recommend it without any reservations at all.

I’ve ticked YES in the recommendation box but only with some reservation. The device is well made and looks like a quality piece of kit but it was a pain to set up and the instructions very poor. I bought it to extend WiFi from the kitchen into the patio and garage area.

I initially placed it in line of sight of these places and in a position where I knew the signal was strong to begin with but it wouldn’t work, despite a mobile phone picking the signal up strongly. I had to put it elsewhere, where I didn’t really want to and eventually it picked the signal up so that’s where it will have to stay.

During the setting up I wanted to speak to customer services but the only number carried heavy charges so I resorted to an online Chat with a guy who was obviously in the USA. This was very long winded and tedious and I had to pull it.

Anyway the device works now but it could have been so much easier.

I tried in van for two days to install these TP links which the only thing I achieved in all that time was to link the TP to my mobile phone, When the TP was linked to my phone I could only access certain web sites, I spoke to technical who could not understand my English language very well and so could not assist me.

All in all a complete waste of time and stress. I have now purchased WiFi Extender Booster 750Mbps Dual Band WiFi Range Extender Repeater by YUNJIN which was a lot easer to install. Remember to follow the instructions to the letter and all will be ok and REMEMBER TO ENABLE SECURITY TYPE OR YOU WILL NOT BA ABLE ACCESS ALL WEBSITES.

IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE RESET WITH A PIN FOR AT LEAST 30 SECONDS THEN UNPLUG FROM MAINS AND REMOVE WIRED CABLE IF USING IT THEN PLUG BACK IN AND LOG BACK ONTO 192. 168. 10. 1 OR YOU WILL FIND YOU CANNOT GET BACK ONTO THE SET UP WEB SITE.

I have now bought 6 of these units for around my house to give the my family perfect speeds all around the house. My other advice is to name each unit when setting it up, I have given my children a link in each of their bedrooms and so named that device to their name so they can connect to their own extender.

The other reason to name each extender device separately is it makes it a lot easier when linking them together to know which link you are joining to for the best signal. I am fortunate to have quite a large property so this may not always be a problem.

So fingers crossed you have a relatively stress free install.

REVIEW OF N300 2. 4GHZ ONLY MODEL NOT THE DUAL BAND MODELNo techno talk or over analysis here. I plugged it in close to my router, followed the VERY easy instructions in the quick start guide and boom.

connected to my Vodafone Home Internet 4G router. That took about 90 seconds in total. Moved it to a socket about half way between my router and the area we had a very weak wifi signal, plugged in and waited for the lights to go blue.

That took about another minute in total. Tested the wifi signal and much, much stronger than before. Total installation time then was around 2 and a half minutes. Now have a strong, stable wifi signal in an areas that before we hardly had a signal at all and kept loosing wifi.

Went for this model because of the twin external aerial which to my way of thinking anyway must be better than the internal aerial on other low cost extenders. Anyway, it took no time at all to install, caused no stress and helps get a really strong and usable wifi signal to an area of the house where we couldnt get a signal before.

Whats there not to like about that I paid 17. 99 for this little device which has provided a stress free solution to a problem and that in my book anyway is a fantastic, instant return of investment.

To say I am impressed is a bit of an understatement, I had never come across TPLink before until I started to look at wifi extenders but if I need anything like this in the future I will look at their products as my first port of call.

Excellent all round purchase and 2 and a half minutes of my Sunday well spent.

I’ll start with the reason why I gave it four instead of five stars: the instruction sheet was way too small with tiny type I could hardly read, plus the instructions themselves, which I read under a magnifying glass, were often often obtuse.

Whoever wrote them had a fair grasp of English, but sometimes I really had no idea what he or she was writing. On to the positives! It’s a small, reasonably attractive unit with small, blue LED lights.

It doesn’t call attention to itself. After reading the instructions twice and not being sure of what I was doing, the unit and my Netgear router seemed to find each other without a hitch, and they’ve been rock solid ever since.

The signal is stronger and more reliable than the always-disappointing Belkin unit it replaced. Even after a power outage, it comes up strong and fast. I now have a firm signal throughout the entire house, through three walls into the garage, and even out onto most of our immediate yard.

(We live on 10 acres, so, no, it doesn’t cover the whole property. ) Fix the wonky instruction sheet and it’s easily a five star product.

This will work in a pinch if you don’t require a lot of performance. But for my needs there were two big drawbacks. 1. It doesn’t switch locally – That means that 2 devices connected to the extender, via wireless or Ethernet, don’t talk to each other directly through the extender.

The extender sends the packets back to the main router first. This really reduces the throughput of local transfers. If you’re copying files from your phone to your PC in the same room as the extender, they’re going to be a lot slower than you would expect.

2. Ethernet is only 10/100. Really? In 2021 we’re still withholding gigabit Ethernet as a premium feature for higher product tiers? For the non-technical people: this means that even if you have a really fast internet connection, anything connected to the Ethernet port is going to max out at 100Mbps or less.

I had just gotten a new smart TV and was trying to connect it to the wifi at home unfortunately the signal from the wifi did not reach my room. I bought this one because of the good ratings, it was easy to set up and get it connected to my wifi, it did eventually give me issues.

I wouldve given it 5 stars if it wasnt for it always disconnecting. It worked the first 3 days and then it started giving me issues, kept disconnecting even if the wifi had excellent signal. I reset it and it worked again in the morning but then by night the issues started happening again.

When I check the connection on my TV it passes all connections and gives me no issue. Not really sure what else to do other than continue to reset it each time. A little disappointed but I guess it’ll have to do for now until I find something else that works better, if there is anything else.

I put this wifi extender in my garage because of front smart lights that were having issues keeping a strong wifi connection. This has fixed my issue and was easy to install. Some people have complained that it slows your internet down.

That is not a problem with the extender, it is just science. Any extender will have slow down because ithe wifi signal is not going directly to your device anymore. Without extender, speed test showed 55mbs.

With extender it was at 38 mbs. For my purposes, that is plenty fast for smart lights.