TP-Link AC1200 WiFi Extender, 2024 Wirecutter Best WiFi Extender, 1.2Gbps home signal booster, Dual Band 5GHz/2.4GHz, Covers Up to 1500 Sq.ft and 30 Devices ,support Onemesh, One Ethernet Port (RE315)

-This product was outstanding and easy to setup. I needed it to fill a niche roll on my network. I am beta-testing a mesh Wi-Fi 7 network and 4 devices in my home would not connect to it. I tried everything including turning off all radios but the 2.4ghz temporarily and they still would not keep connected. I used this to create a separate wireless network that connected up to my network and even did it through a wired backhaul using the ethernet port. This thing is a rockstar for less than 20.00 on Amazon it solved all my needs. TP-Link has always been my go-to when I need something niche or when I face a unique issue on my network or my smart home. I love this RE315.

Super-duper! We wanted a Wi-Fi extender for the back of our house where our bedroom is and also unfortunately where the signal from the main Wi-Fi router was a little weak. My husband said we didn't need to bother opening up the walls to run a ethernet cable, whatever THAT is, but could just use our brand new Sony TV to connect to the router through the magic of Wi-Fi, and getting a Wi-Fi extender was the ideal solution. Since he was away on one of his many business trips he has been taking lately, I decided to set up the extender myself. Being a simple housewife from Calumet City, Illinois, I had a little trouble setting it up. I learned that to set up a Wi-Fi extender, you need to plug it in, wait about a minute for the power light to on and stay solid white, and then, using the smartphone or computer, go to the Wi-Fi extender's own network, which in this case was called TP-Link_Extender, and connect to it manually WITHOUT entering a password. This no-password basic type of connection is only for setting up the Wi-Fi extender. Now that your phone or your computer is connected to the Wi-Fi extender's Wi-Fi network without a password, you open your browser and go to 192.168.0.254. There's a warning it's unsecure, but don't let that stop you! (I felt just like our own Secretary of Defense, that brave Pete Hegseth, who, after a few drinks, recently connected using the totally unsecure and easily hackable app Signal to share classified war plans!) Anyway, you'll be next taken to tplinkrepeater.net, which will guide you through setting up the Wi-Fi extender the way you want, which in our case, is to have it have the same name as our main Wi-Fi network plus the letters "_EXT" added and to use the same password as our main Wi-Fi router does. It worked really great. Whew! Now I can get back to my cleaning, which is NEVER DONE.

I'm changing my review from one star to four, after two evenings of fighting with this thing, and finally getting it to work.First off, the app is rather useless, unless you have a TP-Link or Archer brand router (according to the chat support and list of compatibility devices). The help chat sessions are not very good either. WPS connection kept failing, over and over, despite my attempts to log into my router and edit settings. I couldn't find anything that would be preventing proper connection, but I kept getting a red light on my router's WPS connection (by the button), indicating a time-out or failed connection, that was pending, so here's what I had to do.First, I connected TP-Link AC1200 range extender to my router, via Ethernet cable. Somehow, during this process, mashing the WPS buttons, and attempts at linking the two yielded a new network appeared, called xxxxxxxx_EXT, where xxxxxxxx was the name of my original WiFi network. The WiFi light indicator on the TP-Link AC1200 was lit, and solid, but it had done this, prior, even while I was trying to connect via WPS, yet the router said it was pending, with a red light (meaning it failed or timed-out).Maybe it let me connect via WPS when the Ethernet cable was connected; I don't really think so, but maybe(?) I think this was just a biproduct of connecting them, though. I didn't get any prompt or alert or chime or anything, I just noticed the new network was available. Whatever, but it bothered me, not knowing what actually happened.However it worked, I then connected my PC to the new WiFi network, and went to the TP-Link website, from the instructions (tplinkwifi.net?), which I also found from a Grok AI query, when I was trying to get help. ***You definitely have to go to this page after connecting to the extender's network, then create a password and confirm it*** I do remember it asking me if I wanted to allow other devices on the original network to connect to the new network, which I agreed to, as some of my devices need automatic network recognition, like smart home devices and Google Home mini. I just made the passwords match, for ease of use.Once I had confirmed that was working, I changed my PC back to the original WiFi network, and unplugged the Ethernet cable, unplugged the TP-Link AC1200 extender, and moved it to a mid-way point, then plugged it back in and waited for the WiFi light to appear solid. I then connected the other devices to this new network, and lo and behold, they had much better signal strength!It only took two nightly sessions of fighting with it.So basically, the app is useless, for most people, and WPS might not work for you, but you can link the device to your router and magic might happen (?). Fine, I'll take the win, even if I don't get it. BTW, I was an internal help desk IT senior agent for a big tech corporation, not a weekend warrior. I still don't know what actually solved this. 🤷 -But it's working, quite well, now. I guess it's a win, for the price.

I’m sure this works amazing I sent back so I bought three different ones. The one I did keep from the same company and manufacturer works great absolutely fantastic. I’m so glad I spent this all but $14 on the product. I’m like I was just blown away at the difference between the hotel Wi-Fi that is nonexistent and most hotels are like that When the minute I plugged this in and set it up boom Wi-Fi at the extent where I am at the router because it’s a router it’s a router extender so I don’t know if Hotel should just either fix their Wi-Fi or hand out router extenders not sure if best anyway love it only send it back because I had too Many.