Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a pretty good mesh system that provides sufficient coverage in the second story of my home. First, fast and easy setup.Unbox the unit plug in ac adapter to electric and connect the base unit to wifi via the provided ethernet cord. I then downloaded the Linksys app onto my iphone and setup was a breeze. My base unit was on the middle floor of my home. I put the two mesh units in upstairs bedrooms since this is usually where I had a weaker signal from my home wifi. After setup, which took about 5 minutes, I connected my iphone to one of the mesh units in my bedroom. Prior to the mesh system, my internet speed would be about 75 down and 50 up in my bedroom even though i run a 1 Gig connection into my router. After connecting to the mesh unit and peforming several speed test, I averaged about 250 down and 125 up, so a significant improvement in speed. I have used a google mesh system in the past and received very similar speed numbers. It definitely improves the speed of my wifi on my second floor, but I did not notice a substantial difference with great or poor, from previous mesh systems I have tried. This is a good product and will do the job satisfactory for sure. In my opinion it doesn't stand out from other mesh systems, but it definitely is on equal footing.

This is a well above average mesh router system from Linksys. It provides excellent coverage over multiple levels and multiple rooms spread across a fairly largish three bedroom floor plan with even some extra coverage to the back yard and travel trailer parked in the driveway. Packaging is fairly robust to protect the hardware. Documentation could be better. The small getting started booklet really just includes a picture to describe the ports and a QR code for an online manual. There is another QR code to direct you to an app store download for either iOS or Android. Setup probably would have been better if I bothered to actually read the instructions but once I did it was fairly simple. Picking where to put the boosters is crucial to provide coverage where you want/need it. A little moving about got that covered with no issue. This has been a life save as we've never had decent Wi-Fi for either the basement or two back bedrooms. An added bonus has been to provide coverage to the backyard and drive way. The backyard should come in handy by the pool this summer and to the camper parked in the driveway as we sometimes have guests over who will stay in it. Over all this is a good addition to our home internet setup and I'm rather happy with this system.

The Linksys Velop Micro 6 is a surprisingly good router. Why surprisingly good? This is my first mesh router. For whatever reason, I always felt that I would be giving up something- speed, throughput, etc.- if I went with mesh router. So I've stayed away from them. But recently I built my dream shop next to my house and didn't want to run ethernet to the building, so the best solution was a mesh router. I've been using Linksys routers for years, so the Velop Micro 6 seemed like a good option. And it has shown me my concerns about mesh routers were unfounded. I ran speed tests comparing my previous router, which is one of the fastest made, and found internet speeds to almost identical. And I got the same results with cross-network file transfers. So if speed is a concern, like it was for me, then there are no worries here. Back to the shop I built and the reason I got the Velop Micro 6 to begin with. All I had to do is plug in one of the 2 nodes included in the box, and boom, WiFi in the shop! To make sure I had the strongest signal, I placed the node on the router side (house side) of the building. And the nodes are small and unobtrusive, and look great. Bottom line--if you need the coverage, or if you have noticed dead spots or low signal areas in your home or business, you can't go wrong with the Velop Micro 6. It has fantastic coverage, is fast, and looks good to boot.

I have been wanting to switch over to a wireless 6 mesh system for some time because my Linksys EA7500 802.11ac wireless router had been going offline sporadically and I figured it might be good to upgrade to a mesh system. My physical setup is as follows. I have a Motorola DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem model MG8702 in my basement. The Motorola has its own wireless capability, which I normally do not use. The Linksys EA7500 router connected to the Motorola has been in use since a previous cable modem that did not have wireless capability. We have several devices that connect to our wireless network, most of them from the first floor. The only dead zone on the first floor is our garage, which is on the side of the house opposite the side of the house with the cable modem and wireless router. My office is on the second floor, directly above the wireless router, and gets a strong signal from my older Linksys router. The other room on the second floor, on the opposite side of the house, gets a signal that is a bit weaker. Physical setup following the included Quick Start Guide was exceptionally easy. I disconnected my old wireless router, restarted my cable modem, plugged in the Linksys Velop LN1100 router to my cable modem, and waited for the light to change from blue to white. Next, I placed one Linksys satellite mesh node (Model LN1200) in a first-floor room next to the garage and the other satellite in the second-floor room opposite my office. I plugged each into a power source and waited for the indicator light to change from blue to white, indicating Internet connection. And that seemed like all that I could do. The Quick Start Guide contained a QR code for a website if I wanted to "do more." I went to the site and found only four things I could do: change the name of my Wi-Fi network from the default, enable guest Wi-Fi, block malicious content with Safebrowsing, and track my warranty. I was astounded at this point, as I saw no way to change the Admin password, allow or deny MAC addresses, control port forwarding, and so forth. I was about to write a review with a title something like "Linksys Velop Micro Mesh 6 Good if You Like Simplicity." However, after using the network for about a week, I found that the website for managing the router suddenly switched to the familiar Linksys Smart Wi-Fi site, where you can manage any aspect of the router that you desire. The two most important features of the mesh system that I wanted to test were speed and coverage. I have a 300 Mbps plan from Xfinity. I ran the Xfinity Speed Test three times in a row while connected to my old Linksys wireless router, the new Linksys Velop router, or the wireless built into my cable modem in different areas of my house. I repeated these speed tests on multiple days with my laptop and Android phone. Although the three consecutive measurements at any point were very close to each other, speeds for the three wireless devices differed in different locations of the house on different days. In the basement, right next to the routers, speeds for all three wireless broadcasting devices were consistently between 350-360 Mbps. On the first floor near the satellite booster, the Velop mesh actually showed slower speeds (~200 Mbps) than the old Linksys router or wireless in the cable modem (~345 Mbps). But in the garage, only the mesh system picked up any signal at all; it remained a dead zone to my old router or wireless in the cable modem. On the second floor in my office, results varied considerably on different days, from 125 to 360 Mbps. Some days the mesh router was faster, some days the old Linksys router was faster, and some days they were the same. I did find that performance on the second floor improved by about 50% when testing the speed in the room with the satellite when connected to the mesh, while it decreased by about 50% when connected to the old router. The general conclusion I can reach is that the new Linksys Velop LN1100/LN1200 Micro 6 Mesh System, on average, shows the same download speed as the older Linksys EA7500 router. Its primary advantage is for rooms at a distance from the router, where the satellite node definitely provides better coverage. In theory, this router is supposed to handle traffic from multiple devices better than an older 802.11ac wireless router, but I could not easily test that because most of my devices other than laptops, phones, and Alexa devices are connected via Ethernet. If USB connectivity is important to you, I should note that the Linksys Velop router has no USB ports, while the Linksys EA 7500 router has both a USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 port. I have been using one of these USB ports for a Network Attached Storage drive. So it looks like I will have to invest in a new NAS storage drive with Ethernet connectivity if I want to use NAS with the Linksys Velop.

With all the improvements that have hit with Wifi 6E and Wifi 7, the cost for mesh systems seems to have skyrocketed. And I know everything is more expensive right now, but (for example) paying over $1000 for the latest and greatest mesh wifi routers seems a bit outlandish. Linksys has never been the flashy brand, but it has certainly been around for a while. This particular system claims to provide "internet access in less than 10 minutes for a 3 pack mesh system," which seems almost as outlandish as the aforementioned expensive wifi solutions. I know my way around a router, and I probably spent at least five minutes trying to figure out what app I needed to download to get this thing running. Note that I never (EVER) look at the setup instructions, like I said, I know my way around a router (or at least I claim to). But... no app. Nope, this is something you set up by plugging in to your computer, typing in an IP (trusty Linksys 192.168.1.1) and fill out a few configuration boxes. It was actually really refreshing. I was replacing an existing router with wireless, so I needed to change the out of box SSID. Fortunately, Linksys hasn't changed their user interface since I reviewed the Linksys EA9500 back in 2016, so making that change as well as resetting the admin password was pretty easy. I'm not positive it was all in under 10 minutes...at least I don't think it was. Once the router rebooted it took a few minutes for the Skynet flashy light to lose its sentience. It eventually took, and we were off to the races. Installing the mesh satellites was also relatively fast, although the boot/registration time on those seemed just as long as the main router. The main router has a 2.5Gbps uplink port, which is great if you have more than gigabit internet at home (it's strange to me that anyone needs MORE than a gigabit, yet I digress), meaning the router's uplink is no longer the bottleneck... except it still is the bottleneck because Wifi 6 speeds over a gigabit are rare on a dual band system like this. So while it's nice to have that extra bandwidth coming into your network, I don't know that the LAN ports are any faster than gigabit themselves, making the whole thing seem like a waste. Nonetheless, the Velop system is still a perfectly reasonable wifi solution for most people. The price of $279 is pretty standard for lower-tier brands like Linksys. It feels like we're seeing more frequent improvements to wifi standards than in years past, and for that reason I'd encourage against investing in a costly Wifi 6E or 7 system... at least for now. In that light, this is a totally acceptable option. Admittedly I don't love the outdated user interface, but maybe that's how they can get you up and running in 10 minutes... it's the same as the last Linksys system you put in place.

I got this with the hope to expand coverage and speeds compared to my Linksys MR7500 router and extender setup for my 2-story home. Looked like a nice simple kit, which I suppose it is, at a very reasonable price compared to many other mesh systems. It has a sleek router base station with ample ports and speeds. Plus TWO additional nodes that should provide a boost to most homes. The setup I didn’t love. I know it’s meant to be easy and they have a small leaflet with the instructions. But it took me a few plug-in, reboot, and re-plug iterations for them to all light up to the correct lights as described in the instructions. I followed them to a T as well. Anyway, once I got it up, I moved the nodes around through the house to find optimal locations. One thing I wish the nodes had would be an ethernet jack on each. While I know this is an economical mesh setup, it would be great to have the nodes ethernet connected to truly expand their broadcast at full speed. Wirelessly, I found a pretty significant signal drop if I was more than 20-25 feet away from the main router. So multi-floor positioning really didn’t help in my case. Wire connections to each node would have been optimal. After 2 weeks messing around and testing this, I went back to my old MR7500 and added a wired Linksys mesh node. That addition has been fantastic and better suits my needs. I think for a smaller place (maybe apartment or condo) this Velop AX3000 Dual Band Micro Mesh System would work pretty decent though.

I have really enjoyed using and exploring the capabilities of this WiFi 6 mesh router. We have a small horse farm and I'm able to place nodes in the workshop and tack room to cover most of the main property with WiFi signal: and since upgrading to this system I have yet to see any incidents where our WiFi security cameras lose signal and don't record: We rely on these camera both to know when someone we aren't expecting shows up at the barn and to be able to keep an eye on the horses: When we're home its fine to take a walk out but when we're on the go its really great to know we can always rely on our WiFi to have coverage that enables checking on a large property like this. My kids can be over 1000 ft from the office where the modem and primary node of the router is and still stream shows etc. The setup experience was okay: Linksys advertises 10 minutes to running and that is technically true: I was able to setup the primary node and have have two secondary nodes working in different rooms of the house in about 11 minutes: but this was without update network SSID's, password or admin settings. Doing all of that work was really cumbersome since they make you use a mobile app: it would've been WAY quicker if I could reliably login to 192.186.1.1 to get configured. I have since added a could MX series LINKSYS nodes on given the size of our property and I'm happy to report that overall that was pretty easy.

Linksys Velop AX3000 Dual Band Micro Mesh System 3 pack is a whole home Wi-Fi system. This system will cover a 5000 square foot area, and works very well in my 1500 square foot home. This large Wi-Fi range makes it possible to cover my entire front and back yard without any problems. I owned a Linksys Velop AC2000 3 pack system for over 6 yrs prior to this one which I rated 5 stars. I give this one 4.5 stars because the instructions stated that it should take about 10 minutes to set-up however, it took me about 3 hours to get it running as it should. This could have been due to me having a previous Linksys Velop System and already having the app installed on my phone. After set-up and connecting to my network, I had no problem connecting our phones, two printers, 5 computers, several televisions, etc. using the Linksys App. This system supports up to 32 wireless devices. The Velop AX3000 system has 3 nodes. One that connects to your modem and the other two plug into electric wall sockets. Highly recommend.

Wow I never knew how much I had to have this wifi mesh system until now! Firstly the unit came nicely packaged in environmental friendly packing . It came with the main unit and two pucks that look more like little mini towers. Including in the box as well is a start up guide which you will need because it has your new WiFi password on there. Set up is super simple I mean you don’t need to be tech savy to get this thing rolling. It’s really really easy to install you just unplug your modem and plug it back in to reset it, connect the provided Ethernet cable to your modem to the new unit and place the pucks or mini towers in areas the WiFi doesn’t reach too well. Our home is about 3400 sq ft with our modem upstairs in the office but we stream from the downstairs living room. I especially noticed issues before with our PS5 dropping because lack of signal. After installation I gave it several test and tried my best to lose the WiFi signal but it’s covering our entire property now. I can’t believe it took me this long to get this! If you have a large home w WiFi issues GO GET THIS ASAP!

Linksys continues to improve with each new mesh system they create. Until last week, I was using three MX5500 nodes I've owned since 2021, a mesh Wifi extender and three additional nodes I bought online to cover some dead zones. With an opportunity to upgrade, I went for it and I'm so glad I did. The Velop AX3000 Dual Band Micro Mesh System is the latest and greatest from Linksys. Inside the box is the router and two of the smallest nodes I've ever seen at this point. I have to admit that initially I was skeptical of that these three pieces would be as good, if not better than what I already have in place. I'm so glad I was wrong. Instructions in the box state to turn off your modem and simply just plug in this router and connect to the modem. The instructions were correct. Within three minutes of rebooting, the router was up and running. The next step in the instructions were to just plug in the nodes in the next room over. Once again, within two minutes, the nodes were up and ready to be moved to their new permanemt location. The router is located upstairs in the home office near my work computer so it can be hard-wired to the ethernet. The two nodes are located downstairs: one is in the kitchen and the other is in the nook area right outside our bedroom door. Once the nodes were in place, I started to transition our devices over. I was impressed right right off the bat. While there were dead zones under our previous setup, I had full Wifi range on my phone in every corner of our house. As I started to finish moving devices over and initially closing doors, the range of Wifi never dropped or lowered. I streamed from three TVs all at once and the signal never wavered. I also started up the PS5 and once again; no change. In a matter of 45 minutes, the house went from seven nodes and a Wifi extender, to just two nodes and no dead zones. As of right now, I have 24 devices on the mesh and each device has a strong signal. Very impressive. Linksys also has an app for monitor the router and node settings. If you have connection issues, there is a toll-free number in the instructions to assist. I haven't had to use it for this mesh system at this point. Once again, the Linksys Velop AX3000 Dual Band Micro Mesh System is the new standard and I'm so happy I made the jump

Works pretty good. Have alot of device's and surveillance cameras hooked up to it. And works great

Easy setup, but did not cover entire house with equivalent speeds.