tp-link AC1750 WiFi Range Extender with High Speed Mode and Intelligent Signal Indicator (RE450) (Renewed)

My LAN modem is on the second floor. Wireless signal strength on the first floor and basement was always poor. This unit raised the signal strength on the first floor from "poor" to "excellent" for both my laptops and mobile phones. The unit was not difficult to install but I could not make the setup happen using my mobile phone -- the email that was supposed to arrive after I created a login never arrived, even after multiple re-transmit requests. When I switched from my mobile phone (android) to my desktop the email arrived promptly. One note if you are going to use this unit, When you want to connect a device to the extended LAN you use your LAN password, not the tp-link password you created for setup. Overall I had the unit up and working in about 40 minutes. I would recommend this unit for extending household LANs

I'm connecting 2 hardwired gigabit LANs together through a clear 5GHz WiFi band with this. I disabled the Extended Network WiFi so it's only a WiFi bridge to my main TP-Link Archer C1200 router. My main router is about 30 feet away through 3 or 4 walls in a straight line and the signal quality status states my connection as 'Strong'. My pings to the RE450 through the WiFi is about 1 to 3ms. My Archer C1200 can transmit about 500Mbit to the RE450, and the RE450 can transmit about 300Mbit to my router. Visible in the 1st attached photo you can see the green is RE450 transmission, and the red is the RE450 reception when I transfer a file to and from computer to computer through the WiFi bridge. I don't know why it transmits slower than my router, but I'm assuming it's because my router has 'beam forming' technology that can focus a signal to where it's needed unlike the RE450 which just broadcasts the signal in all directions. About 500Mbit reception is acceptable. Because really all I'm trying to accomplish is to get as close as possible to Gigabit hardwired speeds without actually running Cat5 cable. And about half the speed will work for me considering what I had before was maxed out at 90Mbit due to only having 100Mbit hardwired ports. I do have it on an extension cord raised about 2.5 feet off the floor on a TV stand which does give it better speeds than just plugged directly into my wall only 1 foot from the floor. I like all the advanced options and even the ability to turn off the WiFi repeater function is perfect for me. I also like that the DHCP server has an Auto option which can disable itself if it finds a DHCP server on your network already. The 2nd attached photo is the difference between power settings. They call it "Wi-Fi Coverage". The settings are Max, Mid and Min. This did have an affect on transmission speed as visible in the photo. All in all this does what I expected even though the transmission is a bit slower than the reception. But for me the reception is more important than its transmission for what I bought it for.

...initial setup was a problem. At first, I thought it was working well, but then it would cut off connection and restart every 30 seconds. I'm a decent 'techie' and attempted re-setting up several times - using the 'Quick Set Up Guide' which had 2 'quick and easy' versions. I tried both with no success. I was about to re-pack and return when I decided to investigate the 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz issue - because only the 5 Ghz indicator light would turn on. I went into our newer modem/router setup and realized I had to enable and align both the wifi on both devices to 2.4 Ghz (something that I would not recommend to a novice!)... because only the latest devices will accept 5 Ghz (Kindle Fire devices do not!). That was the solution. It should not have been that difficult, and the Tp-link device should have had advanced instructions indicating this issue. I go to lengths here to describe my problem and solution to help others who may have the same connection issues. Now - it works just fine!

This product is absolute garbage. Please do yourself a favor and heed my warning. I used my iMac, macOS Catalina, to connect to the extender and set it up. This was using the wifi connection, since the built-in Gigabit port on the extender wasn't enabled yet. I am NOT stupid, and I know how to set up computer networks. I was able to get the extender to connect on the 2.4 and 5ghz bandwidths from my router, but I could not get any devices to have internet access when connected through the extender back to my router. I began to investigate and noticed that in the settings this extender has a DEFAULT DHCP server enabled. WHY??? My router is the DHCP server, and only it should hand out IP addresses. This option should only be enabled when you choose to set the extender up as a Wireless Access Point. I disabled this stupid setting, rebooted both the router and the extender, but still had no internet access. I definitely received IP addresses from the router, through the extender, back to connected devices. I eventually connected the Gigabit port to my iMac's LAN port as a final test. This was my undoing...I did not have internet access this way either, so I rebooted my iMAc. Upon reboot neither the wifi card nor the LAN card could make a connection. I turned off the extender and attempted to connect to my router via the iMac's wifi. Nothing. Network Utility showed nothing. No IP, no connection. I rebooted the iMac into recovery mode and Network Utility made a solid connection. So now I'm kicking the table, because the network cards work in Recovery, but not in the OS. Booting back into the OS, and nothing. I flushed the DNS cache more times than I can remember. I reset NVRAM. I rebooted more times. Nothing. THIS PIECE OF JUNK BROKE MY IMAC NETWORKING!! My last ditch effort was to reboot back into recovery and restore from a Time Machine backup. The backup utility said it would take 4-5 hours to complete....I said a small prayer and went to bed. The next morning my iMac was connected back to my router, and working fine. Seriously reader, do not buy this, especially if you have a Mac.

Decent range extender. I got a refurb with hardware version 1, so I can not update the system with the opensource firmware I wanted BUT the firmware it has is sufficient for what I needed and works well. I wanted a range extender for my shop with a ethernet port so I could build a small LAN for all my gadgets that might need internet for updating and such. My modem/wifi router is in my house and can not be moved or my wife and kids would feed me to the neighbors dogs. The house is about 50ft away but plenty of walls in way so running a cable is not feasible and buying a wireless router with more power is not a reality no matter what the advertisements say. (5gh is 5ghz, and the FCC regulates power output to be certified) So I needed a range extender AP that could dual band bond, and provide dhcp on the ethernet port. This unit fits the bill and does what I need. The setup webpage is easy enough to use, and I like that you can duplicate the ssid of your regular router with the same password OR set each band to a different SSID and password. For me that was great as I keep things separate.

Device is easy to install and works fine, with one major exception. The max wifi speed is half of wifi speed when connecting directly to the router. I can use my phone right next to the AC1750 and get 400Mbps when connected directly to my router, but only 200Mbps when connected to the extender. Contacted TP-Link and they say that's normal and how it works due to "interference". So don't expect full speed when going through the extender. It can extend the distance from the router where there's a solid signal, so can still be useful, but a max of half speed is far less than ideal. Edit: A couple of tips. If you can run a cable from your router to the extender configure the extender as an access point. This will allow much faster throughput on the wifi connections. Of course extenders are often used to extend wifi reach and a cable run isn't practical, but if it is the speed can double. Also, the Tether app doesn't appear to allow changing the channels the extender uses and the default is for it to use the same channels as the router, which maximizes interference. If you use a PC to access the extender the configuration options do include specifying the channels used on the extender. Tweaking those can potentially make a big difference in speed. On Android you can use an app like Wifiman to see which channels are congested in your location, which allows selecting channels that are not in use for more speed.

Great product ..works exactly as advertised. Be sure to follow the directions when setting it up. Hold it near your router and press the correct button on the back of the router. My TP-Link Router has 3 buttons on the back. They are each labeled, but the labels are hard to read... even with a flashlight and a magnifying glass. It took me several tryst to find the correct button. But when I used the correct button, everything worked like a charm! It would be nice if TP-Link would include a little drawing that called out what each button was for.

Purchased this product for our home, we had good internet service except for the very far end of the house. Which really wasn’t a big deal for my wife and I, but the adult-kid's are gamers and they wanted to play games while visiting over the holidays. Couldn’t down load for squat. So I decided to make the purchase and it has improved everything. An amazing transformation. Our speeds on the television are even better no lag time. No buffering . I would highly recommend this product if you are looking to make your internet better and faster in your home. Set up was easy ( download the Tp link app on any smart phone or computer ) the app tells you what to do.. it is a breeze to plug and play. It also tells you if it is a good place to setup and only takes a few minutes to do... Definitely a great buy for us... I Told 2 friends about it also...

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Muy fácil de configurar, práctico y da buena cobertura.

Easy to install and strong signal

Recently replaced a very old Linksys router (which I loved) with a TP-Link WiFi 6 router in the hopes of addressing an issue with my iPad Pro constantly losing WiFi signal in a bedroom which is the farthest room away from the office where the router lives. While the new router was fast and strong enough to get signal to most of the devices in the house, for some reason the iPad would still constantly be interrupted and drop signal. Purhcased this refurbished TP-Link AC1750 WiFi extender in the hopes that putting it in an area where I had stronger WiFi would solve the problem. BOY DID IT EVER. Not only did this extender allow me to keep the devices all connected to the same SSID (I didn't like the idea of having to hop to different SSID's depending on where I was in the house) but the WiFi signal was full bars and very strong with the iPad in the room I needed it and the throughput even with my VPN was 90+MBPS down in 7+MBPS up. More than enough for what I need. Installation and configuration was an absolute BREEZE. I am well versed in router and home level network administration but even without that experience I have no doubt that with the included Quick Start guide that anyone would be able to figure this out. As long as you know your current WiFi password and SSID (network / router name) you will have no problem. My only regret is that I didn't make this purchase way sooner since I would have saved myself so many nights of frustration trying to keep a stable connection on my iPad when I'm using it in the bedroom. If you need a WiFi extender, buy it. You won't regret it and saving some money on refurbished which comes with the same warranty and return policies is a no brainer.

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