NETGEAR - Nighthawk AC1900 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender - White

I needed to extend my 5GHz wifi range with something that was discrete and could be hidden behind furniture, and without trailing power wires. This Netgear Nighthawk range extender does the job well. I'm using it as a WAP, so have it connected to my wired LAN through an ethernet cable to my router. Only small issue is that the ethernet socket on the bottom edge makes it a little tricky to install a cable if you are using the other power outlet. If you have a regular plug in the other outlet, the ethernet socket is partially covered by the plug. I got round it by putting a swivelled 3-way adapter in the other power socket so that the plugs face downwards instead of outward (see photo). Works great and completely hidden behind a cabinet.

Easy setup with the mobile app. Do the initial setup in the same room as your wireless router. Once that's done, it's important to place this where your wifi signal is still good. ALL of the lights on the extender should be green. Extends both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. This accomplished what I wanted- extending the wifi signals to areas of weak coverage.

I was having severe problems with my internet. At 1st I thought it was the ISP. However I learned later that two story houses need a boost in order for the WIFi to work upstairs. This was the answer to my prayers!!

Netgear - Nighthawk AC1900 Wi-Fi extender is great! All my devices stay connected no matter where I am in my home and all my devices even stay connected when I venture out to my she shed. Very happy with this product.

This is very easy to set up and begin using less than 10 minutes after opening the box. Simple step-by-step instructions are included. And I think it's visually appealing with it's sleek low profile look.

This helps! I got this for $100ish and it’s great. We live in a older house and the walls are not great at all when it comes to wifi strength. I have spectrum and I connect this to the network using a Netgear router/modem and it worked amazing. I was able to have the signal reach all the house.

Purchased this Extender as we needed something upstairs, as our wifi was having a hard time reaching. I would say that the specs on this device sounded to be more than enough for what we needed, but the integration was a nightmare. The whole family are techy nerds, and 2 out of the 6 of us that were putting our heads together work in the tech arenas, so this should have been a cake walk. Software obviously not the issue, it's getting the new network key to integrate to the router, and transpose signal that we had an issue with. Even after re-configuring the entire network information to match the extenders key and password (this shouldn't have had to be done), the extender still wouldn't pick up and connect the signal. So, we then took the extender downstairs, and tried to reconfigure the entire network again, with it plugged in right next to the router. This actually was worse for some reason. After 6 hours of trying everything we could think of, we ended up giving up. I hate leaving projects unfinished, or not being able to do it ourselves. Next day call nextgear customer service, and they couldn't figure it out either. Then had Comcast come out, after calling in, just to have them tell us that the network, and modem were fine. They came out, and the tech was nice enough to try to configure the new extender for us, but he was unable to get it to connect either. After almost 15 hours of tech time, we threw in the towel. Not our finest moment, but we had exhausted enough time, and man hours, and wasn't worth it to us anymore.

Excellent product! Since I already have a Nighthawk Router the setup was simple through the app. Signal strength was improved throughout the house and connectivity remained solid with all devices we connected to.