Customer Ratings & Reviews

This kind of mash network is not sending high speed internet. You need to rest the router every time to send the right speed. I have my own router send 350 mgbps but the mash send 50mgbps when I rest the router that time it send 350 stay for A few minute and drop down to 50 again. There is something wrong with software or firmware.

Mesh router great idea how ever I could not get these to work correctly. Your mileage may vary

One tower kept disconnecting and going offline. I even added a signal extender, but still had no luck. Had a tower for the rooms on the far side of the house, which really isn’t that far. The tv’s and phones would use the signal from the tower in the middle of our home and not the one that was supposed to be dedicated to that side. I’ve returned the system. Too unstable!

As the product description states, the Velop Dual-Band Mesh system is an excellent mesh coverage wireless internet system for BASIC internet plans. The performance is NOT going to WOW you even on mobile devices and certainly not on PC devices that can get 600-800Mbps speeds. This Wi-Fi system should be viewed as a supplement for wireless devices but for demanding systems, you should still try to run a home run from your main ISP router or switch for the full Gigabit throughput. That said, the way this mesh system extends your wireless internet is FAR superior than using multiple routers or using hacky extenders and bridges throughout the house due to ease of use and the mesh technologies that will aggregate bandwidth and give you maximum bandwidth when in range of more than 1 node in the mesh network because it seamlessly distributes bandwidth or hands your device off to other nodes in the mesh network. When you use multiple devices from different mfgs, you have to worry about deadspots, SSIDs, and channel frequencies. Set-up was simple, but make sure to upgrade the firmware on each node as soon as possible. Finding each node takes 10-20 seconds Connecting to the node can take 1-3 minutes Checking the speed takes another few minutes Firmware updates can take awhile per node as well. Setup was simple using a smartphone on the same network as the original node (connected to ISP router), so I would highly recommend using the app to configure everything. You will get the best performance by connecting each node to a cat5e cable directly from the main router or switch, but this mesh network will still work daisy-chained wirelessly from the last node. Keep in mind, while this will amplify the original bandwidth of the source node to extend coverage throughout the house, you will NOT get the full advertised bandwidth of AC3900, you will get a repeated bandwidth of AC1300 since that node is just sending to each node in a serial configuration. While this is a great single solution for extending wi-fi coverage throughout the house, it is not a solution for high performance demanding users who should consider a hybrid environment as well as the more powerful tri-band Velop nodes that can do AC2200 for a single node as well as AC6600 for the entire network. You will still want to focus high bandwidth and ethernet connections to devices that need them the most, but this is more than enough for your smartphones, tablets, and smart home devices scattered through the house.

I bought this for a 2,700 sq ft., 2 story home. Setup was easy but the points would keep dropping the connection while watching Netflix or playing games and then restart. I made sure to place the points per the directions, and after setup they all showed a strong signal. I am thinking it is something in software and not antenna related.

I was lead to believe that the "mesh" system was the real cat's meow, but as of yet, it appears to only be marginally better.

It does cover a lot of rooms, but as far as being strong on connectivity, it's not so good.

Just ok - I thought for the price that it would be better but it has just helped a little

Sadly, we had worse connectivity with this mesh network than without. It was very easy to set up and I liked how customizable it was. But unfortunately something about our house (we live in a 100 year old house) was not compatible with these devices. We had to return it.

Inatalled system nothing dramatic happened with my wifi signal in the house.

Does not have the range advertised. Only two levels had to put one on top of the other on second level to get service there

Had to run Cat 5 cable to each one to cover our house. The "repeating function" is limited.

I have had many issues with Linksys as far as connectivity I had to go out and get a stronger gaming router that could support multiple devices not to me toon when you call support long hold times and if the call drops they do t call you back even though they have you phone number I will not by their product again

5 stars Not Recommended Posted 6 months ago. Unfortunately this mesh system has been a disappointment. Great concept, but too many issues. I purchased this system with a recommendation from a Best Buy associate less than year ago as our household decided to cut the cord. The system frequently disconnected. Obviously, the Linksys...then it started needing hard resets with the assistance of support. Literally you have to be on the phone for no less than an hour. 2 1/2 hours this last time...see picture. Their technician Jason was so patient and concluded it was a defective node which had a 3 year warranty. They said they would call about replacing the node BUT NEVER DID. Everytime it goes offline you have to call LINKSYS AND IT TOOK ALL MORNING...I hate this product.

Good quality for the first few days. Slowed down a little. Still happy with it.

It worked great the first 4 days and now it seems to be sooooo very spotty everywhere.

The Linksys has made my wifi connections a little better. Not as great as I expected.

The only problem is the devices connect to the far Node which’s the main one.

It doesn’t stay connected like it should. I am disappointed with this item.

Did work well in my house, devices seem to randomly disconnect from the closest pod and reconnect to base at 2.4ghz. Also did like the fact that the app didn't offer the ability to see how much bandwidth each device is using....I returned this system and bought google wifi and I am much happier.