TP-Link AC1750 WiFi Extender (RE450), PCMag Editor's Choice, Up to 1750Mbps, Dual Band WiFi Repeater, Internet Booster, Extend WiFi Range further

My extender has worked very well for 3 years until today when Fios replaced my router. I had difficulty reconnecting the extender to the new router. So I contacted TP link customer support and James was an excellent technician who helped me to reconnect in a very short time. Very well done.

I bought this about 3 years ago because I have a very large home that a small business is ran out of. Even with the best internet , we still have spots of the house with issues of low signal. I bought this on a whim to try ..not really expecting much . I cant say enough how great this is! Those areas with low signal? GONE! , now we have FULL bars in those spots! I was so happy with it , I just bought another one to put in for getting Wi-Fi signal outside ( which has worked great as well). The set-up takes 5 mins at most! , that includes installing the app and signing up for a free account. Over the course of the last 3 years I have had the first one , I haven't had to do anything to it at all .. no updates or re-starting .. Nothing ! I am also not a tech genius ,..I have a normal , basic amount of skill and it was a breeze ! It walks you through everything and its only a couple steps anyway . I tried other , more expensive Wi-Fi extenders many years ago when I first moved into this large home but gave up because it was impossible for me to get them working and to stay working. I also bought one of these for my mom as a gift ! I would give this a million stars it I could !

I've had this extender for over a year now. I bought it to extend the range of my neighbor's Wi-Fi into my apartment, since they let me share theirs in exchange for a monthly fee. It's generally good, but I've noticed a few issues that may or may not be related to the extender itself. It should be noted that my neighbor's router and my extender are basically at opposite ends of their apartment, which is slightly bigger than mine (I'd estimate mine to be 400sqft and 20-25 feet long) since they have kids and I believe a second bedroom (they at least have an extra room that I don't).Seems like at least a couple times a week, my TV (almost the opposite end of the apartment from the extender, through 4 walls and a combined furnace/air conditioner, and a fridge opposite that) will lose internet through the extender. I'll go to watch Netflix and it won't want to load, or I'll turn on my TV to the home screen and it'll say it's not connected, or it'll load Netflix but will stop after partially loading a show, or just something along those lines. I'll go into the network settings and it'll say it's connected to the extender but has no internet (on the details screen), or if I'm just looking in the list of connections, it'll say it's connected with problems.Also, it'll connect my phone and my laptop from the far end of my apartment (maybe 20-25 feet) and let me browse the internet just fine, but it won't maintain a stable connection for Zoom meetings on my laptop (it had choppy audio and would kick me out a bunch), or perhaps even my phone.Lastly, it doesn't maintain the 5G signal. Sometimes things connected to the 5G will lose connection and stop loading stuff until they cycle to another connection or I manually switch them. Sometimes I can look at the extender and the middle light (the 5G) will be off, and things may or may not stay connected. As a result, I generally keep things on the 2G unless I'm trying to do something and it's having issues, in which case I'll try switching to 5G if it's available.Here are the solutions I've come to so far:For Zoom meetings on my laptop, I just go in the room with the extender. It's simply a matter of distance in this case. Even with an upgraded wireless card in my laptop, it probably just still isn't the best (and it was never a very good laptop to begin with -- it's a sub-$300, possibly sub-$250 or $200 laptop).For the connectivity issues with my TV (Netflix, etc), I first try restarting my TV, and if that doesn't fix it, go into the app and reboot the extender remotely from my phone. There have been a couple times where stuff seemed like it was just all being screwy no matter what I did, and after using the reset button on the extender and setting it all back up again, it seemed fine.I think it's a good extender. I believe my issues are probably just hardware-related. I have a desktop that's been long out of commission, that has a fairly nice wireless card in it with 3 external antennae, so that might fare better if I can ever get it fixed and running again. It broke quite a while before I ever got the extender, so it's never been connected.Overall, a good extender. Just be mindful of your own hardware/devices and how old/cheap they are before you blame the extender for any issues. Wireless devices aren't always compatible with the router. I learned this when I was a regular at the local Starbucks, and one day both my laptop and a much older phone I had at the time both stopped connecting to their Wi-Fi, and no matter what I had them do (restart the router, unplug it and plug it back in, etc), neither one ever connected again. So like I said, it might be your hardware rather than the extender that's the cause of the issue.

I'm so happy with this purchase!!! I am in the middle of a huge Wifi crisis right now- debating if I should ditch my Netgear nighthawk and get a Mesh wifi system (no Netgear for sure).This extender has 3 antennas and it broadcasts consistent strong signal both 5G and 2Ghz.I was not able to connect it to my router on the first attempt and I had to reset it and try again. I tried several times connecting to IP address of the extender, and nothing happened. I was successful using the app instead of my browser.------Since I connected this extender to my router I don't think I had any drop outs, at least while trying to access my doorbell. -----I truly recommend this device if you have Ring products - and I do hope it works well for you as it is working for me.And that is the main reason I'm happy with this extender: I was having lots of problems connecting my Ring doorbells to my Netgear router (although one of the doorbells is right beside the router). Even though I have very fast RCN service, every time I used to answer the door bell or sometimes when I was trying to see live images - it took long times to connect. - And if you have Ring you must be familiar with the frustrating message "Activating Device".The Ring Doorbell at my gate is far from the router and it needs an extender in order to connect itself to the internet. When I tried the Negtear extender I had the same problem. Not enough range. So I installed this TP-Link extender and the doorbell is working really well - no problems at all. In fact the two ring devices that are connected to this extender don't show any delays, whereas the devices onto the Nighthawk take sometime to connect and sometimes don't connect unless I shut the app down.I believe, based on my years of experience using Ring with Netgear, that Netgear must have some incompatibility with the Ring, or it could just be some kind of "funny" coincidence. I called Ring customer service (which is always great) and they told me that they are not aware of any incompatibility with Netgear).I am seriously considering buying a TP- Link mesh system soon. I am just waiting for their new release, which I saw an announcement for on their website.On a side note -As I mentioned before, I recently bought a Netgear wifi extender and it was below average. Unfortunately I did not act on time and missed the return window, so I decided to finally move on and try a different brand.(And after buying this (last) Netgear product, I promised myself to NEVER, EVER again buy another Netgear product. They work for a while and then something happens and you are on your own. Their customer service is terrible- the worse.