Customer Ratings & Reviews

Had so much trouble connecting to the router, and would have to be close in order to get signal from the router. That what happens when you go cheap

Worked for 3 weeks and that was it. It overheated. Poor thermal engineering. I should know that's what I do for a living. I am a mechanical engineer at a wireless company.

Ok if you don’t mind changing your WiFi when you connect. This creates an _ext network that is different than your regular network. Too problematic switching back and forth.

Not working. I followed the instructions and the Google devices are far easier to operate. I have 1 gig speed and need to extend it in the home

Was not able to get this product set up with my NetGear WiFi. Returned to store and purchased a NetGear WiFi mesh extender instead.

Item did not work with my Cox router. Cox said there equipment was only compatible with Cox extenders.

I installed and even called the Company 1 800 # to help thru install of the linking up .Still had dead spots in home . discontinued use.

Like the main routers, this extender just extends frustrations. Pain in the butt and pain in the wallet for being useless junk.

A great extender. I used it with 3 different routers, all with good results, made by different companies. I settled on the LINKSYS EA9500 MAX-STREAM™ AC5400 TRI-BAND WI-FI ROUTER. Easy to install. Unpacking and setup required less than 10 minutes. I read and followed the easy instructions. I then configured my network using the Linksys Smart Wi-Fi software. Using the software I was able to prioritize my attached devices, allocating bandwidth where needed and locate the Linksys MaxStream RE7000-AC1900 Wall Plug In Range Extender with MU-MIMO in an optimal location to eliminate a dead spot. I now have faster and more consistent connections than ever before. I live in a very electronic “noisy” area with over 25 networks visible at any given point in time. My network is now only limited by my carrier for web access speed. As I stated in my review of the LINKSYS EA9500 MAX-STREAM™ AC5400 TRI-BAND WI-FI ROUTER – Simple install, great build quality, great technical specs, great performance and great management software. This is what computing should be – “it just works!”

It did not work for me I plugged in different places in the house. I still got the poor and low wifi in all the rooms that I tried it.

I have a NETGEAR - N600 Dual-Band Wireless-N Router with Built-in Cable Modem which is in one corner of my house, so Wi-Fi signals are quite sporadic in other rooms. So I placed this RE7000 just outside my main bedroom and BOOM. No more Wi-Fi dead spots. Now I get full bars pretty much everywhere in my house. WHAT YOU GET: * The RE7000 Range Extender itself * CD that has the setup utility and the manual WHAT ELSE YOU NEED: * A wireless B/G/N router, preferably an "N" * PC or Mac with Wi-Fi and a CD drive to run the setup * Some Web browser to run the more sophisticated setup and administration activities Setup was quite easy. The installation takes 5 minutes with the CD wizard. You need decent wireless signals that reach the area where you will eventually position the extender, a CD drive and the password for your existing wireless security. That's it. CD installation software is 3 steps and idiot proof. The only thing you need to enter is your wireless network password, the software configures off your wireless router and establishes security and connection on it's own. Keep in mind that this is not a signal booster but a range extender to place between your wireless router and a dead zone. The story here is that if your repeater is located in an area where your main Wi-Fi signal strength is below -87 dBm, you will have almost no bandwidth. Forget streaming anything, but you may be able to check your email if you're patient. If the signal gets below -71 dBm, you'll have something generally usable, but likely less than your internet upstream link. If you can get your signal above that -71 dBm level, you're back into happy speed territory, and you can consider doing some heavy data transfer/streaming between your local network hosts. So grab your Wi-Fi meter, and find the electrical outlet that gets you as close to your destination as possible while meeting that -71 dBm goal. Use physical proximity as a rough guide only. WORDS OF CAUTION: 1) If you don't have a computer with a working CD drive, that's connected to Wi-Fi (eg. someone whose only use of Wi-Fi is for the gaming consoles), this extender will not be good for you. 2) If your wireless router is not "N", you may want to upgrade the router to "N". It will definitely work with other routers as well but you will notice the difference in performance. 3) Place the extender at a place where there is decent Wi-Fi signal. The repeater repeats what it receives, if you feed it garbage, it'll just repeat garbage. Feed it a good signal, it'll repeat a good signal. Simple. Linksys has a history of setup issues but this one was just a piece of cake. I am really impressed with the product.

Trying to extend buildings wifi to covered my entire unit, couldn't handle a 2.4 and 5ghz network with the same name. Sales rep said it probably wouldn't work, should have listened...

Wanted to increase my wifi coverage outside the house but this product didn't do the job. Setup is not user friendly.

Overall I can’t say I’m impressed. I imagined this extending the range in my home more obviously that it appears too. Using the browser interface and Spot Finder, if it’s more than about 35 from the router, it tells me it’s not in an optimal spot. I was hoping to use this to extend my range in the yard. As things stand right now though, I have the same signal coverage with this as I did without. I’m not sure if external antennas should improve this range. I would think it should, but this doesn’t have any. Also it says for ultimate wireless extension, this should be used as a wired extender. Meaning running a cable from your router to the remote location this is at. Not very practical if you ask me. Maybe I’ll fool with that potential down the road but it’ll involve me getting another MoCA adapter. I’m by no means a power user so maybe someone more savvy nows how to tap this for the most potential but for me, it’s not quite what I expected. It was easy to setup though and the browser interface is fairly easy to use.

If there is only an option for "no star" i would. This product is such a waste of money. after a month, it does not work anymore! NO, I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT.

This extender setup was fast and easy and it worked great for about 30 mins, then would drop the signal. This happened multiple times so returned it.

this device worked for like a week and now i can't get it to connect. when it did work, the signal was weak.

I was on the phone with Netgear support for 2 hours trying to get it set up before they finally said it was defective and I returned it.

This item sucks don’t buy I believe it was interfering with the internet in my house waste of money. And it wasn’t a very easy setup

i did not get better quality or faster wifi with this repeater. i would suggest something more powerful to improve wifi coverage