NETGEAR EX6150-100NAS? AC1200 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender

Before I leave my opinion about the product, I want to talk about Amazon, as I've brought it used from Amazon Warehouse deals. When I brought the item from Amazon, Amazon has it listed as Used - Like New, "Item is in original, pristine packaging." Now I'm not sure what Amazon consider to be pristine, but the item I've received can't be considered "clean and fresh as if new; spotless." The packaging for it was opened, the manual gone, the device has smudges on it and the box itself is beat up (box not a big deal, device itself is most important). Anyway, my point of leaving this message first if there are any potential customers that would prefer to buy it used, BUT "Like New" as Amazon would describe it, I wouldn't risk it, as this isn't my first time to be duped by Amazon's descriptions of their used products.All scores are subject to change as I use it more.Installation: 5 / 5, super easy to do and takes less than 3 minutes altogether. Now the thing was, I have brought my item used, so it was missing the manual to set it up. The box itself was old and didn't have any how to description on it. Luckily, it wasn't a big deal as NetGear themselves did a short guide on how to set it up themselves on their youtube channel. Search "NETGEAR WiFi Extender Setup: How To" on youtube if you happened to want to see how to set it up. It was simply plug it into a wall outlet, wait a minute for the red light on the device to turn green, click a button (WPS signal to router), go to router, click your router's WPS button, wait a minute for connect to set up... and you're good to go... for real... it is THAT simple.Wifi Extender: 5 / 5, Wow am I impressed (at the moment) since it works and works well. Now for those curious, how I am using it is having it connected in my basement. My router is on the second floor on my house. The NetGear itself is in the basement floor of my house. What was once my device struggling to receive one bar of wifi signal to absolutely no connection at all in the basement is now three bars of wifi. Of course, at the moment, I have only tested the 2.4Ghz band and haven't touched the 5Ghz connection. Will test it out when I decide I need that extra speed.Complaints: One thing I've noticed was that when I set up the connection with my router and the NetGear device was that I completely lost my internet connection for all my devices connected to the router for about 2 to 3 minutes. NOT SURE if it is NetGear related issue but I don't think it will be that coincidental. Either way, after that several minute of confusion, everything went back to normal. Also, when I plug the device into an outlet, it takes at least a minute, no more than 2 minutes for the device to connect to my router and become ready to extend the wifi range.Would I recommend: For the price of new, at of this review (~$90 + tax) but even then I've brought it used for around ($60 with tax) and I find it hard to justify that price (It should be more between the $30 - $40 range, but that is just my opinion). On hindsight, I should have gotten a cheaper device. All I really needed was the 2.4Ghz band wifi extension that supports up to 600 Mbps. The reason I brought it was to allow my grandparents and parents to get a strong enough signal on the ground level so that won't have to walk up two flight of stairs to get decent access to the wifi. So in the end, it isn't just about extending the wifi but how and why I am using it for. If you're using it to just extend the wifi, there are cheaper alternatives. Personally, I would wait til it dips into the $60 (new) range if I want to purchase another one, and yes, I would definitely buy this device (or newer versions) if I ever again come across a similar scenario.

I wasn't getting signal in parts of my house and needed something to boost the wifi. I looked at all the options out there from getting a better router to getting another access point then to getting a network extender. I couldn't get the first one since I just upgraded my Verizon Fios Router and it would of just been a big waste of money. As for getting another access point.. I really didn't want to run an ethernet cable from my orginal router to another device. So I just ended up deciding on a network extender. Now the choices on this alone is HUGE. I did additional research and came down to a Netgear ex6200, Linksys re6500, and a Netgear Nighthawk ex 7000 and a Netgear ex 6100. Well after hours of research it come down to a few main things before I made my decision. 1. Speed most of the cheaper wifi extenders eat up more additional wifi to give you wifi and are just plain garbage I would certainly try to avoid those at all cost since your just tossing money away. 2. Ease of setup.. I mean i'm technically savvy but I know most of us aren't and just setting the god darn thing up is a challenge among itself. 3. Cost... well we all know this one.So with all that said and done I ended up getting the Netgear ex 6150. I wanted the more current version of the Netgear ex6100 and didn't mind paying a lil' bit more for it. I've had it for almost a week now.1. The speed. It does exactly the same speed as my fios router and haven't been dropped yet. I've done the speed test and this thing rocks. Can't even noticed the difference between the extended network compared to the actual network.2. Setup. This can't be more easier to setup folks. I did the following setup but there are other ways just to let you know.- Plug it into an outlet near your router.- Pick either Access Point for Extender from a switch on the side of the Netgear box.- Wait for light to turn from orange to green- Log in the WIFI_EXT network from your computer ( i did this wirelessly and from a Mac Computer) A Netgear_WIFI_EXT wifi network will show up.- Type in the web url listed in your direction pamphlet and WHAMMO the netgear web genie pops up.- Input what you want ( ex. setup extender; pick 2G/5G, Name the network, set password, )- Done....easy peassey- Unplug and plug it where you need the wifi to extend to.( Oh if it's too far from the router the light in the front will let you know)3. Cost. Well it was just over 100.00 bucks but with the ease of setup... It was well worth it.