TP-Link - AXE5400 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6E Range Extender - White

My old wireless wi-fi extender of about 4-5years(hard to say exact date) blew out recently. I forget the model. Small black square box with two antennas. I found it years back after reviewing a lot. It was supposed to be great but It never quite did the job as well as the claims. I had constant streaming interruptions. One day it worked the next day not so great. After that model new out on me a few weeks back I looked around and stumbled on this device. After some research on it I decided to get it. I thought I’d have to move it to a different location than the prior model I bought. I assume the location might not have been great. But! Turns out it’s fine in that spot. I’d say the service this provides is exceptional. Especially when compared to another product in the same spot. This signal is very strong. I can steam and use a lot of device on this without a single interruption yet. I’m very happy with this product. I recommend it. For further info if it helps. This is in an apartment that has a very long hallway between the main router and living room. Although my internet’s is super fast the signal is never strong enough to stream in the living room without interruptions or occasional quality loss. This product is very good. I highly recommend.

We have a security camera system and we needed a WiFi extender, tried a different brand but it kept disconnecting which was very frustrating. This extender has been great! I haven’t had to reconnect once. Works great!

A great extender. Awesome signal upstairs and down stairs. Use it with phones and laptops with no loss of connection and speed.

Impressive speeds, but be sure to note that 6GHz naturally cannot travel as far 5GHz (which already has less range than 2.4GHz). If you want to ensure that you are leveraging the 6GHz channel as a backhaul for OneMesh, then make sure you check the Tether app to confirm the PHY speeds your getting on the 6GHz channel and move the extender a bit closer to optimize performance if necessary. Using an AXE5400 wifi card, I’m seeing speeds in excess of 1Gb/s when accessing an NVMe SSD connected via a USB adapter directly linked to my router. At most I’ve seen 1.2Gb/s through 5GHz at 30-40 feet away through a floor. My iPhone 13 Pro Max maxes (ba-dum-tisss) out at around 800Mb/s with this new setup, but expect a bit less under realistic conditions. I’m using a TP-Link AXE300 router with 3 of these extenders and the lowest speeds I’m seeing indoors ranges from 200-350MB/s. My house has thick stone walls that transition into wooden siding above the stone, but the wooden siding has metal sheeting under it. With that said, I will not comment on outdoor performance as my house is essentially a faraday cage that wifi cannot escape and cell service cannot enter. The good news is that the AXE300 router and these extenders support OneMesh, so the TP-Link PowerLine WiFi extender that I already have still integrates seamlessly with this setup and allows me to have usable WiFi outdoors.

This is a solid range extender, although I do find that the mesh capability is a bit slow when handing off your signal from one unit to another. The range is also not very excellent, especially since I recommend lowering the broadcast power to the lowest setting to prevent the unit from overheating. If you keep it on the lowest setting and place it in a good location, everything will work fine. It likely needs additional firmware updates to get the best results.