Linksys - Velop AX4200 WiFi 6 Mesh System
Model: MX4200
SKU: 6434212
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I have a long apartment in an old building with thick plaster walls. The wifi signal was quite inconsistent. I had upgraded the wiring, modem and router. The signal was still inconsistent, and fell off quickly with distance from the base. My wife and I are both working from home now due to the pandemic. Our video meetings were constantly freezing up and losing clarity and sound. We needed to improve this, as our work depended on it. After researching mesh systems, I settled on the Linksys Velop AX4200 Wifi 6 system- 3 pack. My cable is situated in the middle of my long apartment, with my wife working at one end, and my office at the other far end. I was skeptical that the signal would be improved enough for our purposes. I do not have ethernet available to hard wire the three nodes so I was setting up the system wirelessly. I found the set up of the system quick and easy. There are a good number of ethernet ports on the back of the three identical nodes, so things were quickly connected to the central base. I placed the two satellite nodes in the rooms where we are both working, both are at least 50 or more feet from the central node, with thick walls intervening. I downloaded the linksys app to my iPhone, and was able to quickly configure the system. It could not have taken more than 15 minutes to unpack and set up the three nodes. I went to each remote location, and did a speed test. The internet speed was excellent. My internet speed is said to be 400 mbps from my provider. I now consistently clock between more than 300 to 480 mbps in the two remote locations! More importantly, the video conferencing is now great in both locations. We have absolutely no complaints.
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Posted by ThreeLittleNodes
I have had 3 nodes in the house, the original Velop system worked overall fairly well with (about 35 devices) but speeds were less than desirable at about 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload (my internet plan is gigabit speeds with 40 Mbps download). I decided to upgrade to this newer WiFi 6 velop system because I thought I should get more use out of my gigabit speed internet plan. Switching the nodes to this newer Velop system was easy, the screen grabbed all the settings from the original velop, manual dns servers, dyndns, port forwarding, all the individual wifi rules, all those little things that you might forget about and proceeded to switch everything over using the same network name (hoping that everything would just work). Started up and configured the main node (it is acting as the router) and the internet was only down for only about 10 minutes while everything was setup to provide the basic wifi. Worked like a charm. I then proceeded to setup the rest of the nodes and they all connected perfectly. I then decided to start testing the wifi speeds and found at my main node I was getting 500 Mbps download and 40 Mbps upload and the farthest away I went in my home I still was receiving 150 Mbps download and 40 Mbps upload, being the lowest speeds I recorded around my house. This Linksys Velop is really great and honestly easier to set up than the original Velop, as those were first gen tech. I am very pleased with how well they work and feel they will last a long time.
Posted by Arfrench
Worth every pricey penny. I had been planning for months to buy the Velop AC2200 when I went on Best Buy to make the purchase I saw this new one with extended range. We have a 1.25 acre property with the main house and then two guest houses. One about 100 feet from the modem/router. The other about 150 feet from the modem/router. I like how it would tell you if the child (secondary/third) nodes were placed in a good spot to receive a signal. I thought I could daisy chain the Velops but each one connects to the parent (main) node, but this didn’t even matter because each child node placed 100 feet away and 150 feet away still said “placed correctly” and is working amazing. Easiest set up ever, the app walked through each step one by one. In the photos show my original mediacom issued modem/router speed 46 mbps and the second picture is the velop speed 630 mbps not sure what sort of magic is in three towers but if you need better internet this is 100% worth the money. So happy .
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Posted by Nicola
Customers regard the Velop AX4200 Wifi 6 System as easy to use and install, praising its broad coverage and strong signal. Positive feedback also highlights the system's performance and the user-friendly app. However, some customers expressed concerns about connectivity issues and the relatively high price.