Customer Ratings & Reviews

Unfortunately (or fortunately) the problem I purchased the Linksys-Max-Stream to fix fixed itself before I had a chance to try it. The problem has been intermittent and might be do to our not so high speed phone line's marginal band width. If and when our ROKU or Panasonic On Star can't connect to the electronic universe I'll try the Linksys and see what happens. As usual your service was great, but until then I have nothing to report. But thanks for asking.

The Linksys Max Stream AC1900 Wifi Range Extender is a winner. It was easy to perform the initial set up using the Quick Start Guide. There are two ways to set up the wifi range extender wirelessly. The first way is to use Wifi Protected Setup (WPS). The second way is to connect via your internet browser. It can also be set up as a wired range extender with an ethernet cable. It only took me a few minutes to have it set up. I tested the range for the wifi extender. According to the box, it has a range of 10,000 square feet. The acceptable range for me would be to still have two signal bars. I was able to walk approximately 60 feet away before it dropped down to two bars. I was in an open space, so there were no physical obstructions that you would find in a house such as walls, metallic objects, etc. In my house, there were some dead spots where my wireless router could never get to. Strategically placing the Linksys wifi range extender eliminated the dead spots. Problem solved. Wireless speed using the range extender is identical as using my wireless router. The range extender is set up to use dual band 2.4 Ghz + 5 Ghz. As an added bonus it has MU-MIMO technology which as the name suggests allows multi-user wireless data packets to be sent simultaneously as opposed to single user SU-MIMO. Without detracting from the review of the Linksys Wifi Range Extender, let's just say that MU-MIMO is the next generation wifi standard. It is definitely nice to have, but you will need your other hardware to also support MU-MIMO to really get the benefits from it. The unit plugs right into any wall electrical socket. During use it gets very warm and has what appear to be ventilation holes around all four sides. The unit is designed to be continuously plugged in and connected to your router wirelessly (or wired if using the ethernet cable) 24/7. However, I was curious as to whether or not the wifi extender would re-establish the wireless communication with my router if I turned off the wifi extender by removing it from the wall outlet and re-plugging it back in. Note there is no on or off button. It is continually on when plugged in. It turns out when I did this, most of the time the wifi extender would not re-establish connection. It would continue to blink orange indefinitely, signaling that the connection with my wireless router was not re-established. Re-booting of the router did not solve the issue. The connection still did not re-establish itself. I had to do a full re-set of the wifi extender, and enter set up mode again before it would re-connect with the router. On occasion, it would re-establish the connection to the wireless router. I tested this many times, and with the wifi extender only several feet away from my router. This is a minor issue, though as I intend to keep it plugged in all the time. Maybe it is an isolated problem with the unit I received or perhaps a future firmware update will solve this. Overall, I would not hesitate to recommend the Linksys Max Stream AC1900 Wifi Range Extender with MU-MIMO technology. I think it is a great wifi extender. Easily 4.5 stars from me, with the half star reduction for the issue I mentioned above.

Set up was easy. We can now get a good signal all over the back yard. We are very happy with it.

My internet service has been hindered by the sturdy plaster walls in my home. Although the internet service is still not perfect, the Linksys repeater enhanced my service substantially,

Working well, easy to set up and giving me exactly what I need

It definitely helps in areas that have dead spots.

Works great. Installed and connected easily. No issues. Improved signal to second floor devices. Operates seamlessly.

Set up was smooth and the signal was strong 300' away. We were using it to extend the Wifi from the House to the Lake front 300' feet away.

WiFi connection so much better. In a large home you definitely need this. No more problems connecting to internet.

The device successfully extended the WiFi signal in my home, so I could now get signals in far corners of my home where before the signal was weak and/or intermittent.

Bought to use at home when working in back part of home. Worked great as extender and worked on laptop.

It didn't work for my house! The house is to cut up ! If you have an AC1900 Linksys this is PERFECT for it ! Go to YOUTUBE and they will show you how to get it to work !

I read somewhere or was told by someone that WIFI extenders are a waste of money. My WIFI inside my house became unstable with using streaming services like Zoom. I decided to try an extender before going through more elaborate and expensive solutions. It fixed my issue! So easy and not expensive at all. I wished I had tried it years ago. And, I found out to download the 64-bit version of Zoom, too. That may have been part of the solution, too.

Not anymore! This is a must buy if you have a dead spot/too far from your router… easy to use and connect

Great repeater, works very well. It replaced a TP-LINK which was much less effective

Price high lower priced unit did almost same for half the price may work better with different router . I would of returned unit except due to medical am unable to drive .

Tried this for our deck in the back yard and it worked very well. Recommend especially for outdoor entertainment.

Extremely good repeater wide range clear signal , it covered all desired area , so happy that I bought it

Easy Set Up! My Owensboro Best Buy Had This In Stock, The Online Reviews Were Great On This Product! Works Fantastic!

Works as described. Takes little more than about 5 minutes to setup so as long as you read the instructions provided.