Customer Ratings & Reviews

Good for a small amount of devices, had this as a stand alone and return all my internet provider devices back so it paid for itself

I have a number of IOT devices and when my router goes out, Alexa and Google complain like babies "please check your device's connection and power supply". Obviously I wasn't disconnecting my devices a few times a day but for some reason, my routers couldn't keep connected. My original router was an Apple Airport that couldn't connect to the Ring Video Doorbell, 4 feet away from it. I switched to a different router and that connected to the doorbell but then disconnected itself every other time I needed to see who was at my door. I changed the router again and it also lost the connection a few times but did connect to the doorbell. For some reason, it lost connection to the Insignia Speaker with Google Assistant at least once a day. I got a replacement unit from the company and although better, I could not get it to connect to my Insignia Garage Door opener. I tried over and over to get it to connect via HomeKit and no luck. Finally I decided to get this Linksys MR8300 Max Stream Router and the Linksys Velop Mesh WiFi Extender. So far in the past week, I haven't had a disconnect to the speaker, the Ring Cameras connect perfectly and finally I can control my garage door using Siri. The MR8300 has 4 Gigabit ports, it would have been nice to have more but I plugged in a Gigabit switch to expand my network. With the extender, the mesh system covers every inch of my house and the entire back yard. Wow! The MR8300 router is a tri-band router but all the IOT devices will only work on the 2.4Ghz band. Although I could connect my smart TV using the other band, I prefer to have it hardwired. Setting up the MR8300 was way easier than my last router (which shall remain nameless). With that one, no matter how I tried to connect using it's web interface, it always gave me an error message wherein I had to call the company and reset the router to factory settings (and we're talking straight out of the box). I unplugged the previous router, plugged in the MR8300 and after a firmware update, it connected immediately to all my devices! I didn't have to reset them, they were automatically recognized. It was great. This is the first time I have had all my devices working at the same time and haven't heard a complaint from Alexa all week. It's really aggravating when the only way to turn on your lights is with Alexa and it doesn't work but so far, so good, life is wonderful. Great router!

Works great! I love that the app prioritizes different devices so that your main things always have a strong connection

A solid mesh router, great for large homes and future expandability

Easy to set up (if you have a little patience and a bit of tech in you) and has worked very well throughout the house!

I’m sure this does what it’s supposed to but based on what I was told in-store, I expected it to help my issue (little to no wifi in some rooms) and it didn’t.

No problems connecting or lag. If you want to control your kids wifi, it is the easiest way with the app through your phone.

It took a few times reading and re-reading to make sure no step was missed... But ultimately we got it up and running and it works fabulously! It was worth the upgrade!

Fairly satisfied with this routers performance, been reliable since I've purchased it

Works great no problems and easy to set up Glad I purchased this with the help of one of the employees working there

Needed better Wi-Fi coverage across the house for 3 in school and 2 working from home. This worked perfectly for our set up.

Fixed my issue!! My previous router couldn’t handle all my devices. This fixed it right up! Couldn’t be happier!

Bought this to replace an older Linksys router for my sons apartment, this fixed the latency issue he was having.

Upgraded from an old Netgear and it made all the difference. Wifi working great everywhere in 2500 square foot home.

It does the job and the price isn’t bad. I doesn’t work with Spectrum due to the fiber optic cord they use.

this was so easy to set up and is still working great. Even the internet install service man said it was a great product.

Works great needed a stronger unit to cover our 1925 sqft house. This did the job without additional units

Pleased with the router so far and would recommend this to other people looking for a high quality, affordable product.

Old router stopped working properly so got this one. No issues with Wii Fi since and we stream and have multiple people on wii Fi at same time (Phones , laptop, PS4..).

After a couple months it's working well. I like how it integrates with the velop wi fi. Haven't had connections issues with anything.