NETGEARWiFi Booster Range Extender | WiFi Extender Booster | WiFi Repeater Internet Booster | Covers Up To 1200 Sq Ft And 20 Devices | AC1200 (EX6120)

Having read some of the reviews commenting on set up problems I was a tad apprehensive. Looked like a great bit of gear apart from that so I bit the bullet and ordered it. Took me about 5 minutes to connect it and be up and running. Really easy, just following the instructions in the quick set up guide. I'm using it, via the ethernet connection, to my desktop PC in my home office in the garage. Which is detached from the house and the signal has to go through the house wall (cavity block and brick) and the garage wall (brick and drylined and insulated) with about a fifteen foot gap between the house and garage.Works perfectly, and gives me a much better connection than the BT 610 Wi-Fi extender which I had before and had started to give me problems.I cannot fault it so far, and am more than happy with the performance. As an added bonus it is a very small and neat unit, even with the external antennae, and I can use both sockets in the double wall outlet no problem.I'm just adding to this review as it's almost six months on from purchase, and I'm pleased to report that everything is still working wonderfully. No problems at all and it's been on constantly in that time. Never had to reset or adjust settings. I can thoroughly recommend this item.For all those, like myself. Who pore over reviews and specs prior to making what I hope will be an informed purchase. This is another update as of November 2021, so over three years after purchase, and it's still working beautifully. I am now on BT's FTTP with their latest Smart Hub2 and it integrated with it perfectly. In my opinion anything electronic at this price point that is still giving perfect service after the best part of four years pretty much continuous service deserves top marks.

After getting a new router, the signal wasn't quite strong enough to reach upstairs towards the back of the house, so I went online and researched quite a few WiFi extenders. The house was built in the late 1960s with thick brick walls, so finding a good extender was crucial.I decided to go with this one, as it received pretty good reviews.And, I'm pleased to say, that I haven't been disappointed. Feeding off the main router downstairs, I was a little apprehensive setting it up; however, it was very easy to do so, and it only took a matter of minutes to sync up with the TV, laptops, etc. It integrated seamlessly with my BT router.I've been happy with the performance and signal; however, on the odd occasion, when it has dropped out, which has been very rare, all I've had to do is turn it off and back on again, and it's as good as new.The coverage has been good, as has the speed, which has been great, as it's used daily.I'm sure there are other WiFi extenders out there, but having used this for a year or so, I can't complain about it.

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I nearly gave up on this a couple of times, but perseverance paid off.At first, it would NOT connect via the WPS to my router, even though it was less than a metre from it. About a half dozen attempts (including turning my router off and on again) and it just kept flashing.So I referred to the manual for 'browser setup'. This was a fairly long, but not overwhelming, process of filling in a couple of menus.Setup for me is a home office two rooms away (in a new apartment with solid walls) from the router which receives a signal, but not enough to stop freezing on things like Zoom calls and a bit of buffering on videos at times. My network showed up as 100% on the 2.4GHz channel, and 57% on the 5GHz. Since the menu recommends NOT using a network below 60% I deselected the 5GHz channel and opted for the 2.4.I had the extender plugged in beside my laptop, but the router LED was red, so I had to move it to the plug socket at the other end of the room, closer to the router. It went green! All Green!Note: you have to choose the _2GEXT or _5GEXT suffix on your network drop down, not the original network.I tested it and the signal was no better than without! :(So I thought I could redo it all but select the 5GHz channel and see. Maybe moving it closer helped, but the _5GEXT was already available. I connected to that on my laptop. First try wasn't good. AAAARGH! Tried it on my phone... 90Mbps!! So I tried the laptop again, and it had begun to work.Got there in the end. Very close to returning it for a refund. I was getting between 15 and 35 Mbps in my office on a 100 Mbps (really usually about 110 - Virgin) service. Now I'm getting between 70 and 90! Even in the bathroom next door, so it extends THROUGH walls too.UPDATE: After a few days, I noticed the connection light to the wifi to be red. Over time, it became more common to see it red than to see it green! I discovered this did not mean that there was no connection, but is WAS a lot slower. I tried it in the room between the study and the router, but this then meant it wouldn't really extend to the bathroom. I moved it back to the socket next to my laptop, to see if the connection was faster, but little difference. It's now getting results between 27 and 48, usually around 30-35. I might get a refund and get a more reliable one. This unit IS cheap, so may be good value if you're on a budget.Another annoying thing about it is that if you're moving with your phone from say, the bathroom, back to the living room, you need to reconnect your wifi to [network name] instead of [network name]_2GEXT or [network name]_5GEXT.