TP-Link RE200 AC750 Wi-Fi Range Extender

Performance:VERY GOODValue For Money:yesBest Feature(s):WiFi extenderI've had WiFi issues in my room for the longest time because it's the furthest room away from the living room aka it's a dead WiFi zone.Tried another extender last time but it didn't work, but when I stumbled upon this extender by TP-link, I just got it - it was on sale by like $8 off original price of $40.Set up is easy, just plug it next to your router, link it, then unplug and plug it back to a socket that is in between the router and your dead WiFi zone. I've tried plugging it in my room - it doesn't work so you've to really plug it in the middle. And voila, it works! I've decent WiFi now, enough to watch YouTube videos without lagging (4k vids work apparently) and having Team meetings ... MorePerformance:VERY GOODValue For Money:yesBest Feature(s):WiFi extenderI've had WiFi issues in my room for the longest time because it's the furthest room away from the living room aka it's a dead WiFi zone.Tried another extender last time but it didn't work, but when I stumbled upon this extender by TP-link, I just got it - it was on sale by like $8 off original price of $40.Set up is easy, just plug it next to your router, link it, then unplug and plug it back to a socket that is in between the router and your dead WiFi zone. I've tried plugging it in my room - it doesn't work so you've to really plug it in the middle. And voila, it works! I've decent WiFi now, enough to watch YouTube videos without lagging (4k vids work apparently) and having Team meetings and WhatsApp video calls without needing to hop onto my data.10/10 for a simple yet effective product!!!

Easy to set up and solved broadband speed problem

I was struggling with broadband speeds on devices located at the opposite end of my flat from my newly installed Plusnet Hub 2 router. The RE200 solved my problem and increased the upload speed tenfold. I like that it has both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands and the devices connecting will choose the optimal one. I live in a period property with thick walls and there have been no dropouts or issues so far. This is a nice cheap solution.

Efficient way to BOOST wifi, not strictly an extender though!

Positioning of this is critical, it does pump out both 2.4GHz and 5GHz, but take my advice, and put some doubled-up tin foil about baking-tray sized, behind your wifi hub first. This, may be the biggest boost you will ever get for nothing - think of the microwaves in wifi as light - reflect more from the back, where it probably is wasted and it gets focused to the front. About 40% boost in power just from tin foil - no its not a joke, I worked in IT in an emergency service, not kidding this really works. Same as if you put foil at the back of a lamp. This unit, you plug it in, you will want to download the TP-Link tether app now. Dont connect to the little network the extender - really a booster or repeater in truth - until you get the app downloaded. Once you have ... MorePositioning of this is critical, it does pump out both 2.4GHz and 5GHz, but take my advice, and put some doubled-up tin foil about baking-tray sized, behind your wifi hub first. This, may be the biggest boost you will ever get for nothing - think of the microwaves in wifi as light - reflect more from the back, where it probably is wasted and it gets focused to the front. About 40% boost in power just from tin foil - no its not a joke, I worked in IT in an emergency service, not kidding this really works. Same as if you put foil at the back of a lamp. This unit, you plug it in, you will want to download the TP-Link tether app now. Dont connect to the little network the extender - really a booster or repeater in truth - until you get the app downloaded. Once you have the app, you have to have an ID on the TP-Link system! Thats the paperwork over, NOW you can log onto the non-connected world of the extender wireless network, it will be called something _EXT if its new. NOW, setup the unit to be able to log into your existing wifi. NOW, you may set the unit following the option of extender to have the wifi network name the same as your little extender/booster unit. This makes the transition seamless as you move through your home, because you set the passwordto be the same, and the wifi network name to be the same as your main wifi hub. Its called cloning. OR of course, you can mess with the pressing of the WPS or quick-setup button. I didnt because I have no idea where this button is on my wifi hub, and its buried behind the TV. POSITIONING - essentially, you want to make this unit plug in to where SOLID wiring is in the wall. I say this, staring at my own device, slapped onto a dangling 4-gang, but dont do as I do, do as I say...! The location, is to be BEFORE your wifi runs out properly. If two rooms down, the wifi has gone, do NOT plug this unit there. Move one room nearer or the hallway or something. To be brutally honest, if I had my money back after the umpteen extender/booster boxes and broken obsolete wifi hubs stacked in the loft, Id just get a mesh system - but in effect, I am going to end up with that, once the other extenders arrive (really extenders this time, it goes through the mains then emitted as wifi after that). This unit is technically a booster, or repeater, because it takes the existing wifi signal and reinforces it or repeats it, amped back up to full power. At the extremities of our property - the summerhouse - I utilise the fact a mainscable runs to the shed opposite, and there is asocket in there, from which a proper extender emits wifi, having received the data via the mains cable instead of wifi, which was non-existent in the garden. It sprays the wifi willy-nilly, so again I got sticky-back copper foil this time and CAREFULLY stuck it to the backside of the wifi powerline unit, the side furthest from the garden, so it too, gets boosted for free, focused in the direction of the summerhouse/garden. As a result, these boosters/repeaters work to give us 50Mbps in the front lobby, then the next room the kitchen, so they daisy-chain in effect, from where the hub is in the front room in that manner, their zones of wifi overlap, this is what you must do. Unless all the front lights are green, it aint working properly. With wifi, the POWER emitted, is exactly proportional in reality, to the SPEED you benefit from. These boosters/repeaters, can only give what they get - if your hub has no foil sheet reflector behind it, is at the far end of an obstacle course in your front room, and has a wall or two, dropping to ten MBps, dont expect much. Slot this in where ookla speed meter app, tells you you have maybe 15mbps lets say, or more. And at the extremity of your domain, you may well need proper extender units, with a base unit that plugs in near your wifi hub, uses a LAN/ethernet cable - looks like a phone cable end but is not - and that cable, plugs the other end into your hub. This gets a wired (as opposed to wireLESS) signal nice and clean and not corrupted or degraded, into the base unit. That base unit then fires it along the mains cable (it is called carrier wave method, because the light network signal piggy-backs onto the mains sine wave electricity), and when received by the other paired wifi-emitting unit out in our case, in the shed, wifi appears nice and cleanly, as if the hub almost, were in our garden. So, booster/repeater vs extender, dont get confused. Good luck, if in doubt, search for the instructions online, TP-Links website will let you grab them.

Goes offline continually, won't stay connected

Doesn't stay connected to WiFi router - goes offline consistently. Very frustrating. Can't get it to reconnect to WiFi router whether through weblink or through the Tether app. Have updated firmware, powered router/TPLink on/off - other WiFi connections are strong and consistent but not the AC750. Even with AC750 one foot away from the WiFi router - it will not connect and will not stay connected. Returning to the store (if possible). Purchasing another brand.