Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have a 12k square foot lot and pick up wifi throughout the house. Upgraded from the nighthawk x6 which was also a good one also but this linksys gets further coverage.

Just to give you an insight on what this router can do let me tell you whats being powered. I live in a 3 story 3000sq ft house with 2 wireless computers, 3 tablets, a pc gaming system and ps4. I have 3 smart t.v and 3 kids who all like to watch netflix on 3 seperate t.v. i have my router set up on the third floor which i know is not a good place but due to the layout of the house it was the easiest because i have cable. I have tried all kinds of different routers. The last one i used was a netgear range max dual band. This router did ok but would not reach the basement. I had to buy a wifi booster just to get service in the basement. The current router i was using before the linksys was the comcast docsis 3.0 wireless router and moden combined. This router was a big step up and was able to send signal all the way down to the basement. The comcast router was a typical dual band running 2.4ghz for your standard needs and 5ghz for highspeed streaming. The main issue i had was constant dropouts. When i had more then one person streaming media i would experience lag then for some reason the wireless side of the modem would stop functioning. Now mind you this is a $200 modem so its not exactly cheap like ths netgear but yet the netgear out performed at closer range. I was frustrated until i got the linksys ac5400. First impression of this router was that it looked like a beast. Its not small and its packing 8 adjustable antennas with 8 ethernet ports. This is a tri-band router meaning it runs the typical 2.4ghz band, 5ghz band and a 5+ ghz band. Basically its streaming two 5ghz bands to allow multiple streaming and gaming. This is ideal for people who have large families, roommates or a business that allows customers to access the company wifi. This router is different in another aspect that many may like. It allows you to download the linksys app which allows you to access your router anytime from anywhere. While accessing the app you can change many things such as router name, password, security access etc. But one nice feature is it allows you to see whos tapped into your router. So if you have a nosey neighbor who maybe got lucky and crakced your code you see them and kick them off your router and even block their isp for future access. It also allows you to set up guest passes and set up how much access they are allowed to your internet. This is ideal for buisness owners who want to give there customers a little luxury without compromising bandwith for the rest of the company. Im now getting full bars even in my basement. Im running 80megs of internet and in the lowest level of my house im able to stream 70 megs on just the 2.4ghz band. I have never been able to do this on any router i have owned. I know the price tag is steep but you definitely get what you pay for. There is so much more this router does that i just dont have the time to explain it all. You will not be disappointed.

I have a 7000 square feet home I tried different products to get more coverage but when I tried this I was amazed with the signal strength and broader coverage area.

I purchased the Linksys - Ea9500 Max-stream Ac5400 Tri-band Wi-fi Router because my current router was going out. It was easy to setup. It has a lot of great features.

Had to cut the cord from my cable company and own my own equipment. This router handles Gigablast and sends the WiFi signal to the far ends of the house. However, turn off the band boost (or whatever it called where the unit jumps around to find the best of the three signal) this caused major connectivity problems. After turning it off, there is no tendency to lose a signal in the midst of whatever you’re doing online.

Does everything as promised. Can't get speed test to work. But haven't called in to see how to fix but don't really care cause I can tell it's very fast.

I had problems with my old router. The router is better on the range of the WiFi. I can use my laptop in the most distant room.

With all our devices cell phones, laptops, iPads, blue ray, x box ones so forth things have slowed down. I got this when I bought my 4K UHD tv and not only is the wireless signal reaching even outside the house but all devices work great with no slow downloading or anything. I am watching movies on Apple TV and on the 4K from YouTube and Netflix with no interruptions or delays. I highly recommend this. One more thing it allows you to create a separate Wifi for friends that come over.

If you are looking for reliability I would recommend you this router. It supports a gig and is support stable plus have 8 Ethernet ports.

this works great for all my devices in my house and i have comcast for a service. i do notice the speed has increase from using this instead of comcast router

The router is very easy to setup, comes with an excellent iPhone/iPad app for setup and management. Provides 8 GiGE ports and the Wifi coverage is excellent in our 3000 Square-foot home. Great features and throughput. A little pricey compared to others but build quality is excellent, 8 GiGe switch built in and excellent performance make it worth it. It also has a nice feature that maps all your devices on a GUI map. It is also easy to expand with a Wifi extender if you have a larger home, compatible with Apple Airport Express and Extreme for extending the network.

Love spreading out our digital devices over three bands instead of two. Everything seems to take advantage of out Fiber Optic connection as well.

Once it was set up, it operates well. Had a small problem getting it started, but not a major problem. Easy to connect to and operate.

Love this router. Handles all of our wireless needs...and we all have a lot of those anymore! Easy install and we've had no problems with it.

this get the job done which it helped that it was time for an upgrade at the time I can fill the speed and protection this device has.

I’m really happy with this router. The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is I was expecting being able to get a signal from a farther distance. It is good but not excellent.

I just moved in to a new home. I had dead spots upstairs with my old router. Thanks to the linksys EA9500, my wi fi signal covers the whole house now.

I would recommend this router to anyone with a larger home and multiple items connected to the Internet. Even at the farthest point of our home, no buffering!!

The EA9500 is Linksys’ flagship router for 2016. It supports the latest wireless technologies and standards most notably MU-MIMO (more on that in a minute). It has a tri-band radio (2 x 5Ghz @2166Mbps + 1 x 2.4 Ghz @ 1000Mbps), eight gigabit ethernet ports, and two USB ports (one being USB 3.0). This router is an absolute beast, both physically and in its performance. It is larger than the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 that it is replacing, which I already thought was a fairly large router. I have been using it now for several days and have had no hiccups in performance of any kind on my wired or wireless devices and with these specs I didn’t anticipate that I would. No problems streaming HD video to multiple devices even while simultaneously streaming a 1080p game over Geforce Now which is incredibly bandwidth intensive. MU-MIMO is one of the most exciting new features of this router. Look it up if you’ve never heard of it but basically it allows devices to have their own communication stream to the router thus providing huge benefits in wireless efficiency. Unfortunately, it’s a feature that I won’t be able to fully benefit from until I get at least a couple of MU-MIMO capable devices, for which there aren’t many on the market today. You can bet though that in a few years all mid and high end devices will support this so you are really doing yourself a favor by future-proofing your wireless setup now. Probably the best thing about this router besides the performance and future ready features is the setup and configuration. The setup wizard is one of the simplest I have used. It helps you every step of the way from getting connected to the net to setting up your network SSIDs and security. It really is just plug and play—but plug and play done the right way. In the past so many routers have provided something that just got you connected, without bothering to help you secure your network which is why so many people would have unsecured wireless networks which is a really bad thing. You can also setup the router from a mobile app provided by Linksys. One of my favorite features is I can set up a new device using WPS right from the app which is really convenient. My biggest disappointment with this router is the lack of security for the guest network. It provides an insecure network that prompts you for a password when you connect, but even this is cleartext. I don't really use the guest network that often so for now I’m just disabling it and will reconsider it if Linksys enables security through a firmware update. I did not test the external storage, media prioritization, or USB functions as I don't use them. Overall this is an excellent router that won't become obsolete any time soon.

This router is super fast and able to handle multiple devices in my house. It also allows for a guess use with a separate password.