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.

Very useful when out in the bunnies

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.

Original y servicial , recomendable

I work in IT so I understand how to setup these types of devices. I bought this a few years ago and could never get it working correctly. I did not need it for a few weeks and by the time I discovered this it was too late to return.I have a need for this again so took it out of the box and tried again. AGAIN it just does not work. IT connects to the device but never gets internet to setup. It times out, loses connection etc...EDIT: I finally got it setup. It took many many attempts. Something weird with this thing. Let see if it keeps working since I finally was able to update the firmware and get it setup.

UPDATED REVIEW :In my original review below I gave this extender 4 stars. With it installed close to the router it seemed to be performing well in both the 2.4 and 5.0. The signal strength was good and the speed tests, as you can see below, were very acceptable. All was well, for a couple of days, and then the 5.0 began to fail. After five or six resets I gave up trying to use the 5.0 and started using the 2.4. Although not as fast it was still fast enough to keep up with anything I do. Because it's 2.4 is faster then my other extender I was considering just keeping this one in spite of its 5.0 failure. Well, it only took a day and a half before the 2.4 followed in the footsteps of the 5.0. I didn't buy this extender to power it on and off 5 or 6 times a day, so back it goes. My other extender, an MSRM, my not be as fast but it's much more reliable. To the seller: If you don't want peoples experience with this extender to turn them against trying your other products, as you state in every negative review response I've read, then here's my advice to you...GET IT RIGHT OR DONT SELL THEM!! As you can see below, I tried to be fair and did everything necessary to allow this extender to perform at its best, but it's just a bad product, or at the very least many of them are. Do you really expect people to believe that your other products are going to be any better? Come on, get real....Time to go shopping for a 5.0 MSRM.ORIGINAL REVIEW :You have to be fair to the extender. It is MUCH more important that the extender be close to the router than be close to you, especially when we're talking about the 5.0 signal. Placing the extender 20 or 30 feet from the router, especially if there is a wall or two between them, is not going to cut it when we're talking about using a 5.0 signal. Remember, the signal strength you see on your device reflect your connection to the extender, NOT the signal strength between the router and the extender. If that signal is weak your full signal bars shown on your device is meaningless. Now, that being said, of course you want to place the extender as close as possible to the area you want to extend to, but not at the expense of signal strength between the extender and the router. To find the best location to place the extender, stand next to your router and connect your device to your 5.0 router signal. You device should now show full bars signal strength. Now, start walking in the direction of the area you want to extend to while keeping an eye on your signal strength. At the first sign of a weakening signal that's your distance limit. You must place the extender within that distance. Anywhere outside of that and you're going to have 5.0 connection issues between your device and the extender regardless of the signal strength between your device and the extender. In reading many of the negative reviews I believe this is the cause of many of them because I had most of these issues myself until I placed the extender within the full strength 5.0 signal range of the router.The first picture below show the speed test of my 5.0 signal between my iPad and my router at the location I placed my extender. In the second picture I connected to the extender and ran the speed test while being right next to the extender. The 4 star rating is because I was disappointed with the amount of speed loss, but it's still quite fast. I then went into the bedroom, the area I wanted to extend to, closed the door and ran the test. Although there was quite a bit more speed loss, my connection is stable and still fast enough for video streaming despite having two instead of three bars of signal strength. (After submitting this review I realized I didn't show this speed test results. Picture 5 is the results) I will add that without the extender I can't get any 5.0 signal in the bedroom and my 2.4 is only one bar and unusable. However my extender 2.4 signal is three bars and quite fast. Picture 3 reflects that test. Picture 4 shows the test of the 2.4 one bar router signal I mentioned. So far, over all I would recommend this extender, and as long as it keeps working the way it is now I will be pleased. I will update this review if anything changes.