Customer Ratings & Reviews

Tried to pair it with my linksys router and it paired fine but ended up being a dead spot. Returned and decided to go with the router from Comcast and their plugs.

Did not work effectively! Had a difficult time consistently staying on the Network.

Speeds not nearly as fast as advertised. Speeds a fraction of what was displayed on the box

Unfortunately this product did not work very well for me and I had to return it.

Tried doing as per instructions ...didn't work...called for help...didn't work...Linksys says it's the modem...Spectrum says it's Linksys...like I said...DOES NOT WORK!

I could not get the product to work. The solution was to move it closer to my router, which did not help expand coverage.

I found no value using this plug it in and it just seem like a wireless router no extension of network other options seem to be a lot better than this

Not working as expected ! My service improved 20% I was on the impresion that it was going to be better than that

Did not work in our home. We have multiple kids virtually learning and it did not solve our WiFi connectivity issues

Tried it out for upstairs to downstairs signal improvement. Didn't do anything more than the same setup I had before. Got something different for better results.

Overview The Linksys RE7000 Max-Stream AC1900+ Wi-Fi Range Extender promises to “eliminate dead zone and boost coverage with MU-MIMO Technology”. In a nutshell this is a range extender, which means it acts like another access point in your home extending your Wi-Fi beyond its current range (supposedly up to 10k Sq Ft). Pretty simple, right? When paired with another Linksys Max-Stream branded device it will actually offer “Seamless Roaming”. That one feature alone is worth the price of admission, in theory. Pros • Dead simple setup o This thing is so simple a caveman can do it. Plug it in and connect to it via a web browser for final setup. I’ve used previous Wi-Fi extenders from other companies and they weren’t even this simple to install. • Seamless Roaming o This is the one feature that makes this thing so totally worth the price of admission. In my previous experience with range extenders, they typically will extend a band on your existing router, either the 2.4GHz or 5GHz band, but not both. And when they extend they drop a new SSID in your airspace creating an unfortunate manual experience of switching SSIDs as necessary. With Seamless Roaming it extends both bands and give you completely automatic connectivity as you move out of range of the primary Wi-Fi device. There are no extra SSIDs that need created as it actually extends the existing ones. This is a nice feature! • Spot Finder o This was a little confusing at first. During install I thought I was supposed to download an app for my phone, but it turns out it was a prompt in the web browser based setup. It works, but it’s a little kludgy. I would have preferred to see some sort of app to install on my phone so I could walk it around. Nevertheless, it’s still a nice value add as many other vendors tended to leave you with nothing in the way of this sort of functionality. Cons • Completely kills your throughput o Here’s really the worst possible con of all in this particular case. And it’s the one thing that completely ruins any potential this device had. Yes, it extends your range. However, I find that any device attached to it immediately experiences a 2-3x increase in latency and has its overall bandwidth reduced by 2-3x as well. This was a huge problem in my opinion. I tried this at basically all ranges to the extender, up close, far away, etc. The results were consistent across the board. Any device attached to the extender was essentially neutered in Wi-Fi performance. For instance, my Motorola Nexus 6 connected directly to the primary Wi-Fi router would see an avg of 108Mbit down, 38Mbit up and a latency of 30ms. However, once I connected that same device to the extender my performance immediately dropped to an avg of 55Mbit down, 12Mbit up, and a latency of 140ms. These numbers would float a little bit up or down based on range to the extender, but overall the drop was quite consistent regardless of range. Perhaps they can fix this in a firmware revision, but for now it’s unacceptable performance. • Range boost…What range boost? o Yes, it extends and with Seamless Roaming it does a nice job of it. I was unable to test the claims of up to 10k Sq Ft. I only have a 3k Sq Ft 2-story home, and I installed the primary router on the second floor in an equipment closet and the extender went on the first floor directly below the equipment closet. The range between the two was good. However, I didn’t see an increase in overall signal strength from one end of the house to the other. Bear in mind I was only concerned with testing the 5GHz band in this scenario. 2.4GHz has no trouble traversing walls and getting good range. While it may be possible for it to extend up to 10k Sq Ft…I didn’t see it. Even my next door neighbor couldn’t pick up on the signal. /shrug Summary I’d summarize by saying that this device might be quite good for a business who owns a large open floor plan and needs to extend their Wi-Fi out great distances. I’d imagine that it would do quite well in that application. Who knows? I may even work great in some person’s mansion. However, in my medium sized home It offered no noticeable value. For those that are concerned about latency at all this is a non-starter unless a firmware update can address that performance hitch. For those that simply want to extend browsing and email capability, this will work just fine.

Could not get it to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been using this product for a few weeks now and my overall impression is good for this unit. The setup was easy and pretty painless. I was able to connect it to my home wifi router with ease and the linksys web app has a tool that will help you locate the dead spots in your home and find the optimal location for this range extender. The bad, I have experienced a few random outages with this unit and slow downs. I have not been able to tell for sure if it was my main router, my cable modem, or the unit itself though. Rebooting everything usually fixes most problems. However, when I am getting a slowdown, I have just unplugged the range extender and plugged it back in after a few seconds. Once it finishes its rebooting cycle, things are back to normal. You really can't go wrong with this range extender, I really like the Ethernet plug that it has built in as well.

Instead of solving my problem it made it worse! Would not recommend

Not a good use terrible if it says it’s easy tried to use it did not pick up the signal not recommend it

Don’t waste your money on this, I tried it. Much better off with a mesh router like the Eero system.

I received this about a week ago and have been using it for about 5 days now. It is about as simple as it gets, plug it in and follow the instructions in the included quick start guide and you are up and running. Set up is simple, and takes about 2-5 minutes. You plug it in, use a phone or computer and go to the site indicated in the book set up your password and you are done. I use it for a Roku box in the master bedroom and and my kids both connect to it for their streaming boxes. It is fast and has kept up with the demand it has had on it. I would recommend this to anyone who needs extended wifi range in their home.

Doesn’t work. I’m not sure if it’s with my system but I notice no difference.

Didn’t do much to help improve my wifi. Ended up returning it but maybe it would help u out better.

My current network and computer setup is entirely Apple. I have a newer AirPort Extreme and an AirPort Express running my home network. I was a bit skeptical of adding a non-Apple product not because I'm a snob, but because it would something different in the mix. I'm glad I made the addition! One downside of the Extreme is that Apple doesn't support WPS setup for anything other than printers. Once I started the setup, I placed the extended near the front of my house where my desktop is. The Linksys website setup confirmed that the distance was perfect - not too far away for degradation and not too close to limit the range of extension. I replaced a powerline Ethernet kit with this extended and I've had a rock solid connection. I even used the Ethernet port on the extended so my Mac mini is connected to a 5Ghz AC network over wifi as well as Ethernet port. Streaming to my Apple TV has been a breeze! I really wish that I had the new Linksys tri-band router to try out since it would support seamless wifi use, like my Extreme and Express... But with much faster speeds.