Customer Ratings & Reviews

Easy to setup and works great. It also blends in with my decor. My problem is, I should have bought the five pack instead of the three. I still might go back and get a 2 pack.

One of the best investments I’ve ever done was buying this mesh system, now I can get 5 ghz anywhere inside and out of my 2 story home. Super fast internet speed and connection

Easy to install and the coverage spans across the house and all the way down street but despite the solid connection to the wireless network I am experiencing bandwidth issues. When I run a speed test in the app it shows the speed from the modem but when I run a test using speedofmeDOTcom it shows a SIGNIFICANT difference. Despite how I adjust settings I cannot seem to improve the throughput over wireless. I am still investigating this and expect it is some sort of configuration issue on my part but it has been a bit of a headache. Now... to be fair; I am IT and have high expectations for the bandwidth that I pay for. For most users this product will exceed expectations.

Presentation The 3-pack arrived in a large flip-top box and contained everything needed to plug in & set up the mesh network. Not anywhere near diminutive and clutter free as the Google Wi-Fi three pack but to be fair, these Velop nodes are quite a bit bigger and bigger for a good reason. It was nice to see the inclusion of an Ethernet cable for the primary node and an adequately long one at that. The Velop node towers are medium in stature but simple & elegant in shape & color. The activity LED is on the top and not as annoying as the band of light that wraps around on the Google pucks. The units feel solid in the hand, with great rubber pads and a large access pass-through for any cable feeds to the power jack and the 2 Ethernet ports. Initial Setup Setup was simple and straightforward. After connecting the first unit into your modem or existing router via a CAT cable you simply bring up the Linksys app to initialize the first node, after which, you simply run through the setup steps for the additional devices. Like the competition, the app uses a combination of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals to communicate to the mesh nodes. Compared to the Google app, the Linksys ‘Link’ app goes through the motions more slowly and appears to stall or freeze up at times, failing to demonstrate the smooth polish of other offerings. In one instance of going through the setup I had to power everything down and restart because the timeout period was extending much too long and I didn’t have the confidence to wait longer to see if thing would actually recover automatically. We’re talking 10+ minutes. Internal Configuration These aren’t your standard faire routing devices and with that in mind, you’ll need to utilize the Android or iOS mobile apps to bring it all together and setup the particulars. The Linksys app gives you all the same feature sets you would get when communicating to their standard faire routers, from password setting to channel assignment to parental controls. There are additional controls for device prioritization, guest network and security type. Nothing of importance seems to be missing from these devices except for an overall Wi-Fi scheduling tab – which was a disappointment but no different than what Google left out. There is a ‘channel finder’ function that seeks to optimize the settings but in the 4 weeks I demo’d this system, I still observed channel overlap to my hosting router’s channel assignment. I’ll note that the channel overlap appears to have little to no effect on the system’s ability to provide strong connectivity. Each node tower has 2 Ethernet ports, so if you’re someone who has the need to do physical connections to more than 1 device nearby to the primary ‘node’ or more than 2 devices down-stream, you’re going to need to add a switch. Like the Google Wi-Fi, there are no USB ports for localized storage enhancements. Bummer. Overall the setup was pretty easy to run through, I just wish Linksys would have focused on making the user experience a bit more smooth and verbose. Hopefully in a future update … Performance The Velop Wi-Fi mesh system quickly adapted to the existing network present in my home, automatically selecting channels near or ‘around’ those that were present by way of my Linksys 9500 max stream router. When I went into my 9500 and forced different static channel assignments, even in the more congested bands, the Velop mesh automatically reassigned. On a few occasions the mesh would overlap with competing channels of my primary network. In my mind, the channel assignment adaptives need a little work to mitigate the possibility of channel overlap but with that said, performance of Velop mesh was still strong and uninterrupted. This kit adheres to the Linksys defined ‘Cascade’ mode of operation right out of the box. Brilliant. As for overall performance, and having already mentioned the less than optimal channel assignment, these bad boys still provide some of the best and strongest connections I’ve ever experienced. I didn’t encounter any random disconnects or perceivable lost connections in 30 days of testing time – and the speeds were always at or near the quality of the broadband coming into the house. Excellent. My home has more challenging wall construction with ~2000 sq/feet of living space… so your mileage may vary. All in all I would say that this system should satisfy the most demanding of needs for broadened coverage throughout a large to very large home with the least amount of hurdles. Summary I’ll economize my use of words – Once you’ve braved through the setup, these things smoke the competition on the metrics of ‘quality of connection’ and the maintenance of speed. If money is no object, because these are not inexpensive in the three pack, this is the system you want to pick up if a powerful mesh is your ultimate goal...Linksys just needs to work on the flow of the app’s initialization of the parent and the child nodes Pros: Ease of setup. Provides strong, reliable, fast broad coverage. Small, elegant profile with unobtrusive lighting Cons: Premium price. No aggregate wireless ‘scheduler’. Limited Ethernet expansion and no USB support. The mobile app needs a lot of polish to make it smooth, response and verbose.

This is fantastic. The ease of set up was pretty good and once I did get it set up it really helped to enhance the WiFi in the house, especially with the gaming systems for my grandson.

the signal on the Velop system is awesome. Personally, i have had a lot of issues with the Linksys app, specifically on iPhone. the android app seems to work a lot better.

Wasn't sure what to expect from these but they are as advertised. My modem was old and out dated. It kept dropping the connection and was overwhelmed with devices. Enter velop. No more drops.

Glad I added these to my network...I can work and listen to my music outside the house without a glitch! Very easy to add to my existing Linksys - Velop system! Can't go wrong!

I looked at a lot of systems for our office. Luckily my son is an expert at installing various Wi-Fi systems for people, so he helped me look and he said this Linksys tri-band mesh system was the best possible system for the best price out there. We installed it carefully, following the instructions, and with my son's extra knowledge, so that each "Node" was in the right spot. Now our facility of 7500 square feet is well covered with Wi-Fi that allows several people in different sides of the building to be on a Zoom class or meeting at the same time (it's necessary of course to have enough upload speed from your internet provider).

This is the best whole home wifi solution that I have used.

Purchased over the Eero. Seems to be working fine. I have it at my cabin. It covers that and the detached garage across the driveway. Speed is great

Love this product. Improved overall WiFi and download speed

Had trouble with slow speeds and dead spots in wifi connection in my home. Got rid of the cable modem and replaced with a new modem and these and both speed and reception are greatly improved. Don't know why I waited so long.

Superb, easy to setup, once I remembered radio wave propagation behavior was able to site the nodes so the coverage is perfect in a three floor town house.

Bought this cos my old Apple Time capsule doesn't cover the whole house with many dead spot. Put one on the 1st floor and the 2nd node on the 2nd floor, now I have full coverage through out the whole house.

This is a great product. It was extremely easy to set up and use. I love the device priority on the app. We have so many devices it is nice to be able to make my tablet a priority over the Kids streaming videos.

I was having so much problems getting the right device for wifi coverage for my 5,000 sq ft house. I've tried extenders and 2 routers, which didn't help. Really recommend for anyone needing more wifi coverage band.

Definitely an improvement over my previous wireless system. Easy to set up and install. Would have been great if the hub had more than two ethernet ports.

Provides great coverage throughout the entire house. Had a small problem with initial setup but linksys support was ready to help.

This was so easy to set up with the app that you download for free. We were up and running in no time. It's doing a great job of getting coverage to every corner of our house & I even run on full bars out in our backyard.