• Reviews around connection (2.37 of 5)

    TP-Link AC1200 Dual Band WiFi Range Extender, Repeater, Access Point w/ Mini Housing Design, Extends WiFi to Smart Home & Alexa Devices (RE305)

    • this time, I was staying for a month and a half, and I couldn't bear the thought of a horrible connection for that long, so I took a chance and ordered this, not at all sure it would help.
    • Does not work well with weak wifi signals, fails to maintain a solid connection where another TP Link product (RE270K) is able to.
    • 100% better connection.
    • I have seen the same problem as others where it will occasionally loose connection to the router in a weird way.
    • Loses connection to the internet every day.
    • It lost the connection twice over 3 hours.
    • When I leave it though I lose my connection
    • Bought this because i could not get my ring door bell to work as well as the tvs and computers upstairs having a terrible connection
    • The connections are reliable, and fast.
    • and sometimes I would lose connection
    • All seemed fined then 30 seconds later connection was lost
    • Did lose connection with all devices once since purchased and installed
    • Even tried a fresh connection after a device reset
    • After running cable out my basement and around the deck and mounting a 100.00 router on it's 2nd year the connection was hit or miss
    • It worked, but the connection was extremely spotty
    • I set it up using the direct connection to my lap top and download the IOS app on my cell for further control, and the connection seemed to work properly
    • Yesterday, I lost my 5g connection entirely and my 2.4g connection became very spotty
    • The xbox did alert that the connection might not be suitable for live gaming, and suggested opening uPnP port number blahblahblah on my router, which I will investigate further if my teenagers complain
    • If you have a faster internet connection you will be sorely disappointed by this range extenders performance
    • Easy setup and boosted my wifi connection 100% in "dead-spots" and everywhere else throughout.
    • and I can connect my playstation to the internet since the connection is strong enough
    • I have it set up in our family room close to the TV/game consoles and computers that we use most frequently to make sure that they have the best connection, and in the bedrooms on the opposite side of the house I will often get two bars of signal but very slow transfer speeds.
    • It is just a very faulty device that constantly looses its connection to the main Wi-Fi signal, the company after an update to the mobile app that allows remote control from your phone do not recognize the device anymore
    • Loses connection often
    • Only the connections to this range finder lose connection.
    • Follow the online instructions (at this time it is advised to connect your laptop to the TP_Link RE305 via a ethernet cable as during the upgrade process it may lose the signal/connection
    • Now the AC2600 will always show a blue ring and solid connection interface with my router but the thing turns itself on and off constantly so much that wifi devices cant access internet because of the constant bouncing on off every couple seconds
    • Devices attached to network through extender lose internet connection
    • In my case I spend &50 and purchased two cheap routers from Walmart and used them as WiFi AP, and now I got solid connection for all devices with 20M+ bps Internet connection in all channels.
    • With full bars connected to the network it creates for the dead spots at your place, right off the bat I was getting 25% of the speeds I would be getting with a good connection to the router
    • Giving this 3 stars because it technically worked but it slowed down my connection to a snails pace
    • and then I started having to reset the extender every few minutes as I would lose the Internet connection
    • Went from 1 bar with constant Wi-Fi drops to full Wi-Fi strength and reliable connections!
    • Weak connection was not improved with this product
    • the set up was not very easy, and once it was finally done, it barely improved my wifi connection
    • I was having no end of trouble maintaining a good WiFi connection with my laptop
    • But....it knocks out the internet connection to every device using it.
    • I'm not looking for fast connection but need to connect devices throughout the property and able achieve the target
    • A range extender fixes that--if it can catch a hint of a signal, it can pass it on to my room, smoothing it out to a reliable connection
    • If you are looking for a reliable connection, look elsewhere.
    • I have those speeds, and my connection was better without it
    • Managed to find an outlet w/ discrete placement and a strong connection to all necessary devices.
    • But that doesn’t even matter because it didn’t improve the connection in the dead zone I got it for
    • Fast connection.
    • I can see the network on my phone, but the connection is so slow, it's a waste of time to try to use
    • It was a great buy and gave a better connection where I needed it
    • ’s connection was actually worse than the regular WiFi
    • I get the same sketchy connection as my regular network in certain rooms
    • But as mentioned earlier the connection failed the next evening.
    • Our connection was not the greatest
    • My extender is about 200 ft from the router, but still manages to maintain reliable connection to the router and decent connection speeds to the connected devices
    • I included a screenshot to show how it looses connection after I restarted the device, look at the icmp_seq#
    • However, after three days it lost the connection
    • I am on the second floor, in the left corner of the house, so my room has very poor connection strength on the 5 GHz spectrum
    • If you have a slower connection this will be a fine extender for you
    • Randomly refuses connections for no particular reason
    • But the deal breaker was that this thing kept losing the connection to the router
    • Could only get a connection up to 12 feet away, Pitiful
    • -- I actually can't remember the last time I played a YouTube video and got that 'crappy quality' version they give you when your connection is bad
    • The devices always show that they are receiving the wi-fi signal, but they periodically lose the internet connection (i.e., data transfer ceases).
    • connection is spotty but not terrible
    • This product have a very good signal range,very Constant Connection and it is very easy to made the setup
    • Also, I got this to help with all my Alexa and Smart Home connections, and it does seem to be improved.
    • The 5 G connection to the router stopped working after 2 months
    • The device would loose connection with my network and I had to constantly(multiple times during the day or even within the hour) power off and on the device to re-establish connection to the network.
    • Now only the 2.4 G connection works.
    • Good item although it is hard to reset when it loses connection
    • The worst thing you will ever have, unstable connection
    • Using for a hard wired ethernet connection on the other side of my house, and does not hold a consistent connection
    • It connects and maintains a solid connection to my main WiFi router at both 2.4GHz and 5.0 GHz.
    • Would be great if had a little better connection speeds.
    • No connections issues whatsoever good range.
    • Lost connection with internet frequently.
    • I've seen a much stronger wifi signal in the area of the apartment that was weak, and no issues with the booster dropping the connection
    • 16.48 MbpsThis alone merits a 5-star rating!However, the connection from the AC2600 to my Ring devices failed the next evening
    • It's definitely improved my connection to several devices
    • the connection oscillates a lot and connection appears almost always limited.
    • I’ve tried unplugging it and restarting the whole set up but connection is still inconsistent
    • Ignoring my own advice of buying the right thing the first time, I originally purchased a cheap Huawei WiFi extender and while it offered a more reliable connection that prevented drops, the speed made it equally unusable.
    • When I set mine up, as soon as I entered the device's physical MAC, I'd lose internet connection
    • ...800 Mbps speed where the connection is so low I constantly lose connection
    • It too-frequently loses connection with my Archer C7 router
    • Although there was quite a bit more speed loss, my connection is stable and still fast enough for video streaming despite having two instead of three bars of signal strength
    • Great signal but connection is slow on all devices.
    • Doesn't stay connected to the router, has to reconnect every 10-15 mins so my connection on my work PC is interrupted for 30 seconds and it kills my RDP session.
    • 16.48 MbpsThis alone merits a 5-star rating!However, the connection from the AC2600 to my Ring devices failed the next evening
    • I bought this to make sure I had a strong connection with our Amazon Fire TV in the living room and it's way too slow to use for streaming video making it somewhat pointless.
    • The overall connection is probably 90% stable, but that 10% instability is extremely crippling if you like to play videogames
    • TO GET PROPER CONNECTION
    • This extender loses connection to my main router constantly.
    • 5G connection is very unstable.
    • We live in an area with weak WiFi connections
    • the throttle was very noticeable as it was quicker to use the original wifi (with the spottier connection).
    • but all I see is much faster connection speeds on my phones and Fire TV stick (which is the reason I bought it in the first place, it couldn't keep up with the stream and was getting pixellated)
    • I can now stand across the and still have a 75% solid connection
    • If you're connecting wirelessly, the connection is very spotty
    • I get a good connection and the coverage is decent but my gigabit net work slows to a crawl when I use this extender.
    • Steady reliable fast connection
    • Now I have an expensive paper weight and the same poor network connection.
    • Reliable fast connection
    • These couldn't seem to get fast reliable connection over 75ft with direct line of sight between devices even when paired with another another TP-Link AC2600, bandwidth took a big dive.
    • No too happy doesn't work as I though it will.