TP-Link AC1900 WiFi Extender (RE550), Covers Up to 2800 Sq.ft and 35 Devices, 1900Mbps Dual Band Wireless Repeater, Internet Booster, Gigabit Ethernet Port (Renewed)

Got this to get both a wifi extender signal and an ethernet cable for a Linux computer I use (yeah, I hate that some Linux distros still bite with wifi, but that's another story). I already had one but went on a trip and left it at the hotel, so this was a replacement. The older one was about half the size, and I liked that. This one is quite large and takes up the wall plug. Well, at least it transmits wifi up to 30 feet with full speed, which is what I wanted. The configuration page was relatively easy to set up from my phone, so that's another plus.

I am a network engineer. I needed to extend WiFi at home to a shed/workshop in the back of my property. Distance about 400 feet. My devices could see the network but could not connect. I installed this extender and now I have a consistent 32 Mbit link. Sometimes 54 Mbit. Fast enough for email, browsing, YouTube, and streaming. Setup was very simple. Plug in, connect to the extender's network, select my home network and enter the password. Five minutes or less to configure.

Works to extend my signal in my dead areas of the house.

The AC1900 extender was easy to install, just pushed the WPS buttons on the router & extender and that took care of it. The router was at one end of our ranch house and wouldn't provide a strong enough signal at the other end. This extender gave us a full compliment of bars where we were lucky to have one bar before. Big improvement! For those of you who have Hughesnet satellite internet, save your money and buy this extender (a renewed one, like I did) instead of the network booster Hughesnet sells.

I was willing to risk buying a refurb and have had good results. Check the seller - you're fine if it's Amazon. If not, read the recent reviews.As for the product itself, I am quite pleased with it. Setup was easy with the Tether app - mesh worked fine with my TP Link router. Signal strength is very strong everywhere my house now, even out to the garage. It hasn't lost its link with my router once yet (two weeks up so far).

unless you are super techie, this item is fairly useless. There is no instructions provided, just a poorly printed QR code that requires a lot of information that is not easily found.

This refurb unit was in decent condition, but somehow had a lot of scratches on it. It took me a few times to get it added via WPS, but eventually it worked and synced up with my TP-Link router. The mesh parts seemed to work OK, but the primary reason I bought this was to increase all of the IoT devices on my guest network. This mesh unit will only connect to your primary wifi SSID, and won't work at all with your guest network. If this doesn't matter to you, I think I'd recommend this unit. If you need something for your guest network, you can use this mesh unit (or some other router) in Access Point mode, but I already had another router doing that, and was hoping to add "mesh" units. In the end, I returned it as it didn't meet my needs.

T-Mobile's Home Internet gateways have ethernet ports on them and their spec sheets SAY they're 1 gigabit ports, but they're not. They're only 100 Mbps. I know because my 1 gb LAN would max out at 92 meg DL transfer rate while the WiFI has been as high as 850 megs. I was looking for something with a 1GB port that would actually give me 1GB DL and UL rates over the WiFi link. This RE550 AC1900 device does that quite well.The only problem I had was configuring it as an Access Point instead of an Extender. It works as an Extender, but the problem with that is you can't get into the device's internal dashboard that way -- it acts as a bridge to the router it's extending and the RE550 is invisible. Configuring it as an Access Point should allow you to connect to it directly, but I couldn't get it to work as an AP at all for some reason.One nit I have is that it's designed to plug into a wall socket. Most wall sockets are about 18 inches above the floor, and mine are filled with plugs to multi-outlets. Plugging this into a multi-outlet is not a good option. I'd much prefer that the wall plug wasn't there and the back was flat so I can just mount it on the wall at shoulder-height with a power plug coming out the bottom. With the plug sticking out the back, it's impossible to do anything other than plug it into a socket somehow. If it's not a wall socket, then it's just this big awkward chunk of plastic with three ears that doesn't sit upright or lie down flat on any surface.