TP-Link AC1900 WiFi Range Extender RE550 | Dual-Band Wireless Repeater Amplifier w/Gigabit Ethernet Port | Up to 2200 Sq. Ft., 32 Devices | Internet Signal Booster | APP Setup | EasyMesh Compatible

I was in the market for a better range extender, as my old one wasn’t holding up and kept losing its range more regularly, and couldn’t put out a good signal even 15 feet away in a direct line of sight. My Xbox wasn’t liking the old one anymore and is a main reason why I needed to upgrade. I happened to notice a couple of these brand new on a body shops reception desk and immediately searched here for it to read up on later. At the time, they just so happened to be on sale at 40% off and not close to Black Friday. With a range of 2800 square feet, and not hundreds of dollars to get that range; I can even get a pretty decent signal parked in the street, from the other end of a normal middle class house. Well worth the $40 something bucks. Now, I don’t quite have it directly facing my router, more at an angle down the hall next to the kitchen, but even at a 45° angle and probably ~2ft lower than the routers height, I can still get about 250-320 or so during non peak hours of the day, (I have spectrums 1 gig residential plan) sometimes even all weekend. Even approximately 150ft away from the router and out of their recommendations, thanks to 2800 sq ft range, I still average 150mbps or more during normal peak times of the day. Unlike my old range extender, there’s an app to manage, monitor, set up and configure the extender. If there’s any slowness going on, the reboot time is 10x faster than via the old range extenders intranet webpage. I’d still trust ooklas speed test app for tracking and testing the connectivity to make sure it’s as good as it can get; besides, playing a miniature car game while a brief speed test takes place in a separate app is really unnecessary. I can even get notifications if and whenever there’s a new update. I believe that’s automatic anyway. The blue LEDs are quite bright in a completely dark area or room, so I did choose to set up an off and on time. It’s important to me that there are light indicators on, during my normal wake/usage hours. So it automatically turns them on about when the sun rises anyway, and off shortly before getting to sleep. Both manually chosen. Or you can have them off 24/7 by pressing the led button on the re550 itself. It’s been a couple months so far and I’m really impressed with it over all. I truely believe if I had an outlet the same height as my router and I was able to face it directly to my router, I’m sure I could very much get the same neck n neck speeds between the two, wirelessly. So that would make it like having the router on the other end of the house too. Power-line extenders are only as good as the circuit wiring in your walls, otherwise much slower plans would be sufficient.

Added this to our network this weekend and now I can get great WiFi out to my new shop on the far side of the garage. Streaming is seamless and strong, with no buffering I have noticed. Was easy to set up and then move into its final location, which adds portable to its accolades. Haven't noticed any heat issues, and have not needed to reset either.

We have struggled with a weak wifi signal at the rear of our home for several years. I have tried the XPods and another extender type device with no luck. Lagging streaming television and weak wifi on cell phones at the further most point from our router were a constant issue until I purchased this device. My intention was to try the TP-Link AC 1900 as a wireless extender first to see if I could get the signal to improve. Setup was fairly easy after I downloaded the app and followed the guidance. This device feels well constructed and booted up quickly. Once I got it up and running, I checked the download speeds in the dead spots of my home and it did boost them... not significantly but a noticeable boost. Basically, from 1-2 Mbps to 12-15Mbps. I then decided to use the AC1900 as an access point due to the fact that it has an ethernet port. Once I figured out how to change the settings to access point, I plugged it in to a hard line that I had run prior at the rear of the house and then checked the speeds again. To my delight, the speeds were now in the 300-400 Mbps range repeatedly. This was a huge win for us as we have struggled with low internet speeds in portions of our home for years. Setup was a little confusing as I had to figure out how to name the network and set passwords so that we could access it. After reading some additional info and watching a few youtube videos, I was able to get it all up and running. The nice part was that I was able to name the new network the same as our existing network with the suffix ext to identify that it is the extended network. Same password and for the most part, our phones would recognize the stronger signal and switch almost automatically. Our streaming TV's and my son's headset gaming system are now booming with wifi thanks to the TP-Link Extender. I believe this is a real upgrade and solution to low wifi signals in the home. Well worth the modest investment for the increased speed and reliability of you home network.

Easy to setup, Great signal length, strong

setup fairly easy, signal increased from a fair level to an excellent level depending the distance to the extender. Ok so far my previous RE450 died after a year or two so giving this upgraded one a chance, not a bad price.

This extender works great. I've read a lot in the reviews that it was difficult to set up. That wasn't the case at all, at least for me. If you download the app, it makes connecting it so simple. My wifi used to drop out in my room all the time along with my tv. Since installing, it hasn't dropped once. Even where I have it which is decently away from the router and up a flight of stairs and around a corner, it is in its "perfect" range from the router. The app will tell you how the connection to the router is, and also the device. If it is blue, it is in good range. If it turns red, it is to far from the router. I am more than happy with my purchase. I previously ordered another TP link extender but I had to return it due to it not connecting. This one connected almost immediately. You also do not need to use the app to connect it to wifi, but the app in my opinion is the way to go. It shows you everything you need and you can customize things. My download speeds connected to this extender is 190mb/s download and upload is 40mb/s with 19 ping. That seems pretty good to me.

Very easy setup. Programmed to show when the system is located properly. I bought specifically to connect devices in a garage about 100 ft from my house. Coverage is good enough for me to connect 2.4 g band devices with my StarLink router at around -70 dBm. I am well satisfied with the product and would purchase again.

This was my fourth attempt at purchasing a WiFi extender that met its claims. The fourth time was a charm. I have a 2,000 sqft house and the most practical locations for my router were at either end, unless I wanted it in my kitchen or one of the bathrooms. I had the router installed in my family room since that and the living room is where the bulk of the use happens, but wanted to extend WiFi into the bedrooms. I’ve tried several but this one was the easiest to set up, has the best app of the bunch, and actually extends WiFi into all bedrooms. Best option at this price point.

Aumentou bem a cobertura e a qualidade do sinal.

I live in a fairly small 3 floor (duplex) house, with a small front and back yard. My wifi router from my provider is in the basement. This left me with great reception in the basement, which I rarely spent time in. Medicore reception on the main floor and basically abysmal reception upstairs, where the bedrooms are. That means anytime I would try to use the wifi for anything upstairs I would get kicked to data. Which is immensely annoying and costly as compared to using my wifi, which I already pay for. Then when I got security cameras just outside my front and back door, the wifi is so trash that I would lose connection and be unable to view live feeds. I asked my provider how to improve this, and they sent me two eero wifi boosters, which I would rent from them at an additional $12/month. These boosters can be bought on Amazon for $100 each, but with a rental from a provider I would have paid infinite amounts for them in my lifetime. Anyway, those expensive boosters did not do one thing at all, and I had the provider take them back. When I got this booster, my whole life changed. With one unit, I paid $61 with tax to own. No forever rental fee... I immediately had amazing wifi connection. I had full bars wifi downstairs, main floor, upstairs, outside and I still had access to my wifi from 4 houses away! It was so simple to set up, I am totally unskilled in this tech but I did it in about 10 minutes. It walks you through it so easily and clearly anyone could set one up. It also seems the download speeds are much faster, although I cannot entirely confirm, this is just what I have noticed from Xbox downloads and personal opinion. The app shows you how many devices are connected to the booster, how the quality of the connection is, it has the ability to block devices from the booster and scans for safety and anti-virus. I was thinking you had to have it connected by that special cord but you don't. You can have everything connected and working properly just by plugging the machine into any outlet so long as it is close enough to pull a connection to your wifi. I put mine on the main floor when my router is in the basement and it connects everything dang near to Nantucket. Best sixty bucks spent recently, really thrilled with it. I would recommend this to anyone, especially people tricked into renting a booster from their providers. Do not spent a million dollars over your life, just spend sixty bucks and have something you own and that works. Before I couldn't get wifi upstairs or even if I stepped one foot outside. Now I can get wifi from places so far I won't even be. Buy it!

Hay que seguir con cuidado las instrucciones para configurar el extensor. Lo acabo de usar en zonas de acceso limitado y funciona perfectamente. Señal fuerte y rápida.

Fácil configuração. Muito bom

Es muy fácil de configurar con la App Tether , soporta tecnología OneMesh por lo que puedes tener tu red unificada y lo más importante el rango de cobertura es bastante bueno Hice el cambio de mis repetidores antigüos RE200 que funcionaban bien , pero con estos RE550 definitivamente mejoran la cobertura wifi