NETGEAR Nighthawk AC2200 Plug-In WiFi Range Extender
$69.99
$99.99
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Condition: Factory Reconditioned
Top positive review
4 people found this helpful
Does exactly what it's supposed to do
By Alan on Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2022
If you need to boost the signal strength in a remote part of your house, this might be what you need. There are multiple ways to install this device. I tried several ways and decided the best results come from using the simplest approach: the WPS button. In my case this resulted in the extender being connected to my Netgear R7800 router over the 2.4 Ghz network. I can force the extender to connect to the 5Ghz network through the Nighthawk app but that did not work as well in my case than the options selected automatically by the WPS approach. My router is on the main floor of the house, and my office is in the basement. I used the Wifi Analyzer app on my Android phone to locate an area in the basement that was getting a signal strength in the -50db to -60 db range from my router. That's where I plugged in the extender. I'm now getting 2.4Ghz signal in the -40db to -50db range in my office about 20' away from the extender, and 5Ghz signal in the -50db to -60db range. I'm connecting my office PC to the 5Ghz signal and getting a good reliable connection. The resulting download speed on Ookla Speedtest varies widely (anywhere from 20Mbps to over 100Mbps) from one trial to the next, but so far it's always "good enough" for my purposes (basic videos, web browsing, email, Zoom etc).
Top critical review
7 people found this helpful
Junk. Devices do not automatically switch via mesh network. Speeds questionable.
By Kindle Customer on Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2018
Picked this up to mesh extend my wifi network into my basement. I already have a netgear r6400. As instructed I factory reset and installed the newest firmware to enable the mesh feature. My goal was to just have a single SSID and to have devices automatically connect to the best signal, which is exactly what Netgear advertises with this device and the newest firmware. Setup wasn't difficult. But devices would only occasionally connect to the 7300, even when it was clear the 7300 had much better signal. So my smart TV and my ipad would sit there and spin endlessly because the R6400 signal isn't good enough. There is no manual way to force a connection to the 7300 short of just redoing the entire setup and giving it a different SSID, but then it would just be a repeater which I can get for $20 these days. When it did connect speeds seemed to be much lower than anticipated. With the 7300 showing a 72% signal from the R6400 it advertised both 2.4 and 5ghz speeds much lower than native. I expect there is some overhead to doing this, but speeds seemed way too low to make sense, lower than the 75mbps I'm getting from my cable company. Also the Netgear genie app kind of stinks. When I did have devices connected to the 7300 the app said they had 0% signal, but clearly the device itself said it had a good signal. The app is cumbersome, doesn't work well with the 7300 added on and often would not remember settings. I didn't try customer support, past experience with them made me already know to expect long wait times, heavy accents and minimal help. Sorry, I just don't have the time.
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