TP-Link TL-WA854RE N300Mbps WiFi Extender Booster, Internet Booster, Access Point,WiFi Repeater, WiFi Extender,App Control, WiFi Booster Range Extender, Smart Signal Indicator Light,UK Plug

I live in a one bed flat, but it's a long way from the living room (where my router is, right at the front of the house) to the bathroom (it's a converted Victorian house, so the bathroom is right at the back, through the kitchen) and garden, and it has very thick walls, so I was struggling to get a wifi signal in my kitchen, nevermind the bathroom or garden!It was a little bit faffy to set up (as I don't seem to have a WPS button on my router now!) but very straightforward via the app, with the help of the included instructions. I just set it up for the first time plugged in next to my router, then followed the relocation instructions in the leaflet to plug it in in my hallway, and the extender connected to my router within seconds. I can now get wifi throughout my flat and in the garden. My internet provider wanted to charge me £10 per month for this privilege so this is an absolute bargain! I've only been using it for 2 days so far, so can't comment on long-term reliability, but will update if I have any problems in that area. So far so very good though!

Set up is largely automatic, range is about 75-100m, switching between your old router and this might be fiddly on older/un-updated phones or old/cheap TVs but still works. You don't even need to download the app or make a new account!

Perfect. Will buy again. Connected very easy and hassle free. App is really good and great interface. Easy to use and keep track on what devices are connected. Decent range as well but have gone beyond 6m.

A super cheap and easy way to extend the range or your 2.4Ghz wireless network, and it's decent looking too. All you have to do here, is plug it in, download the app, open the app, and follow the instructions to add the device to the existing network.The obvious way you can use these is to give your current wireless network some extra range. The device and app work together to let you know how far you should place the device to optimise your extended connection. For example, if you place it too close to your existing router, you'll have a super strong link between those two devices, but you won't necessarily be extending your existing network as much as you could be. On the other hand, if you place it too far away in an attempt to stretch your network as much as possible, you risk the connection between your router and the TP link extender being weak. So the app does an amazing job of actually letting you know if you would benefit from moving it further away, or if you're too far out.Another use for this extender is one which I think is perhaps becoming a bit more common these days, and that's for allowing more devices to connect to your network without overloading the wireless router that's normally provided by ISP's. I have 36 devices connected to my wireless network, and most of these are smart devices (mostly 2.4ghz) such as switches and lights placed all over the house. Most internet service providers provide a router that doesn't have the best wireless performance, so rather than having 36 devices connect to one router, I can have half on the router, and half on the extender. This is the main reason I purchased this extender, and it's done the job really well. My home router had more than enough range to range all the devices in my house, even the furthest away device had a reasonably strong signal, but what I noticed over the last year is that as I added more and more lights to my network, the router seems to be dropping the connection to random devices intermittently. If I had to guess, I'd assume this is due to some kind of congestion, or the processor in the router just can't handle the job of connecting to so many devices. By using the extender, I'm effectively offloading half of that work onto the extender, and it's worked really well.One thing to note is that when using one of these, the extended network does have a separate SSID (network name). So you do need to manually connect your devices to that network for the first time, you can't just have it connect using the credentials from your main wifi router.The signal strength seems strong, regardless of where I placed the extender, it was showing a strong signal and letting me know that I could move it further away from the router if I wanted. The app even has a setting for the extender which lets you lower the power output, and putting this down to minimum still left me with a good signal to my devices.There's some LEDs on the font to indicate status. These can be disabled in the app, as they are quite bright. I've found however that if you turn the extender off, the LED's will come back on when power is restored, and they don't automatically disable themselves again after boot up is complete. Speaking of boot up, the extender will boot up and connect to your network and devices in under 1 minute after turning it back on.I'd definitely recommend this extender, and will be picking up another as I add even more smart home devices to my network.

This has worked but every couple of weeks I have to reset it. Turn it off and on and it all works well again.Not sure if this is due to interference or what really. A bit annoying but not a deal breaker. This was a very cheap solution to connect my new EV charger to my WiFi as it was out of range the existing signal.

Avoid this thing like the plague. Its easy to install and creates a strong signal but unfortunately is creates havoc with existing networks and in my case my entire smart home, that very much depends on WIFI and internet access, fell over as devices lost connection to the network and outside world. Any device connected to this device would randomly lose internet access and when it was connected the 65Mb/s network it was supposed to extend, was turned into another much slower 10Mb/s one, so not even fast. This thing is absolute junk, avoid it and buy something else.UPDATE: Not liking being beaten by technology I tried connecting this device to another WIFI network that is produced by a TP link wireless access point that serves my workshop and back garden. That seems to work quite well so whilst its not suitable for use with all routers, it does seem to be OK with something like a TL-WA801ND.Update 2: I thought this was working ok but a power cut and power restoration and my whole network stopped working properly. No access to almost all streaming services on either of our two Apple TV 4K boxes, no access to many websites via my office PC and I couldn't access my Home Assistant server via remote desktop either. It even used an IP address that was already reserved for an IP camera.I also note that in my router it doesn't identify the firmware as TP link but some other company I have never heard of.This device is appallingly bad, I cannot recommend it and I am returning mine, it just isn't fit for purpose.

Very easy to setup and has been working well. This replaced an existing repeater that had to be restarted regularly to keep it working. This one is giving good signal (on Virgin Media router) and has worked well. For the price I can't fault it.

It’s so easy to set up and even reaches to my kitchen where nobody gets WiFi at all so pleased with it!