Amazon.com: Customer reviews: TP-Link AC2600 WiFi Extender(RE650), Up to 2600Mbps, Dual Band WiFi Range Extender, Gigabit port, Internet Booster, Repeater, Access Point,4x4 MU-MIMO

Great product. Far exceeds my expectations.

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017

I bought this wifi extender with low expectations. I have a 3200 square foot house and thought I may need one for each floor. However, I am super happy I decided to try one at a time. Despite what I have read on some reviews, setting this thing up was a breeze and took maybe 10 minutes....max. I set it up for both bands. Then, I plugged it in on the same floor as my router and the range covers my entire house. No more dead spots and the speeds are much faster too. I couldn't be happier. As an added benefit, my wifi now extends far into my yard as well. Very happy.

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nplazio

Great product at a competitive price

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2020

Style: WiFi ExtenderVerified Purchase

This is a quality item that is super-easy to install if your router has a WPS button. There are two other alternative methods if your router does not have a WPS button, but that is the easiest way. It literally took me less than 2 minutes to set it up and that included unboxing.

Simply remove the unit, plug it into a wall outlet somewhere near your router, and push the large button on the Range Extender. In a few seconds, the flashing light turns solid blue. Now, push the WPS button on your router. The range extender begins flashing and when the little blue flashing lights on the range extender turn solid blue, you have a solid wifi extension. Unplug the extender now and it remembers the settings.

Take the unit to a room in your home where wifi is poor and plug it in. The unit will begin flashing and when the little blue lights turn solid blue again, voila, instantly extended wifi. The signal is great and the unit works flawlessly.

If anything changes regarding reliability or failure, I will post a follow-up review.

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Jeff H.

VERY impressive

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2020

Style: WiFi ExtenderVerified Purchase

Standard for all my reviews: When reviewing products, I always remain objective and honest about the product or service. I always review with information that I feel others would like to know about the product as I always assume what I'm writing will influence for or against the purchase. I always try to go above and beyond surface characteristics and input into quality, value and application. Most importantly, I will always end the review with an answer as to whether I'd purchase the product again which I believe is the most critical question pertaining to the item. To manufacturers: Want me to review your items, just let me know!

This is one of those review I LOVE to give. I didn't leave a review right away as I wanted to see it work for a few months before giving my feedback. Many extenders seem to work well for a few weeks and then start going south for whatever reason.

I did a fair amount of review and due-diligence before choosing this TP-Link extender as I looked into bridging, perhaps hard wiring a second router, etc. In the end, I decided I'd try the TP-Link AC-2600 and boy am I glad I did.

My last extender just wasn't getting the job done in our 2850 sq. ft. house. My router is on the far northern side of the house in our bonus room and the signal to the first floor was very poor. In fact, my old extender had to be put so close to the router I didn't get much extension. If I moved it further away, it lost signal or had only a weak signal. This TP-Link was placed at the bottom of the stairs in they foyer and I now get full signal in all rooms including the cameras on the outside of the house in three locations. Couldn't be happier with this unit.

Setup was a breeze, no secondary network to have to worry about as it simply extends the primary. Light indicators are easy to see from a distance and functionality has been without issue or headache. If you are struggling to extend your Wifi into the nether regions of your house, give this TP-Link AC2600 a shot. It took a frustrating situation and rendered it a non-issue.

Big fan of this unit!

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ex avibus

Should have believed negative reviews

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019

Style: WiFi ExtenderVerified Purchase

So many positive reviews that I didn't believe the problems described in the negative reviews. I bought this unit as a wireless access point for my home which is wired with cat-6 to every room. I use Spectrum ISP giving me about 100 Mbps downloads. My router is an Apple 2016 Airport Extreme.

First, there is no out of the box easy setup as an access point. You have to set the unit up to join your wifi network (do not plug in the ethernet cable!). After that is up and running then you have to change to access point mode. Be careful, however, since the device still wants to be a DHCP server. So, after switching to access point mode be sure to turn off the DHCP server. Sadly, after sorting all these details out by myself (no online support and documentation for setting up access point mode), the download speeds were less than 1 Mbps! I tried factory reseting and repeating the whole process hoping to find something I missed, but in the end I continued to get 1 Mbps.

Finally, I gave up, boxed it up, and returned the unit. The software looks beautiful. Unfortunately, what's under the hood is more problematic.

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MJP

Very easy to set up and works great!

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2017

Style: WiFi ExtenderVerified Purchase

I bought this for my in-laws who live on a farm. They wanted to extend the wif in their house to a couple of barns within a couple hundred feet of the house. This extender was extremely easy to set up. It took me about 5 minutes to set it up. I tried plugging it into a couple of different locations which was also extremely easy to do. The ring around the power button turns red if the extender is unable to connect to the wireless router and blue if it is able. We were able to find a location that extended their wifi to both barns. They are very happy with this item. I was shocked at how far it extended their wireless network.

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P. D. Schaffner

The only Wi-Fi extender that's really worked!

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2017

Style: WiFi ExtenderVerified Purchase

TP-Link AC2600: Works great, almost no lag and easily tripled my WiFi coverage area. The speed is great, we've had a desktop and my iPad streaming HD Netflix with no lag. Setup is easy if your router is a TP-Link, simply press the WPS button and the main round button on the front of the extender, wait a minute and you're done. Automatic connection after that point as it basically mimics your existing router so no new passwords or logging in is required. The app is very useful, especially when limiting certain devices from accessing the extender, but it can be buggy (iOS). The AC2600 is pricey but overall worth the investment if you're having connectivity problems. I've had the lower-end models and they can't even compare with the performance and ease of use; it would have been faster and cheaper to just get this and have been done.

Notes: The LEDs are bright at night but can be turned on/off with a convenient button on the side of the unit. The unit is larger than I had thought, it will dominate any outlet it is attached to. I have mine on a short extension cord. Pic attached.

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Mary F. Radicke

Don’t waste your time

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2020

Style: WiFi ExtenderVerified Purchase

Easy enough to install, but doesn’t actually do anything. In locations where I’m getting a strong signal on my phone, this device can’t even detect my brand new AC TP-Link router. It has to be plugged in no more than 15 feet from the router to connect, and won’t even connect at 15’ if signal has to go through ordinary window glass. Really? My little 10-year old A/B/N mesh system had a range of over 50’. Speeds weren’t great, but at least there was signal. When I plug this in 15 feet from router, line of sight, it results in NO extension or improvement of signal inside or outside my house. I’m no novice, I’ve been an IT pro for 35 years. Bought two, sending both back tomorrow. Do yourself a favor and don’t waste your time with this piece of junk.

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Serpico16

BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL WIFI EXTENDER FOR MY LINKSYS WRT 3200ACM - FLAWLESS SO FAR!

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2021

Style: WiFi ExtenderVerified Purchase

Honestly, I have only had the TP-Link AC2600 WiFi Extender(RE650) for about 2 weeks. But it performs
awesome - solid signals on both 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. Extremely easy to setup, just use the WPS or Log Directly into it. I did both methods just to see how it would go, as I generally never use the WPS (EASY METHOD) of adding devices to my router, I had to go ahead and try it. Went so easy, so easy.

But being a bit of a computer, networking nut, I still like doing things the direct hands on way, so directly logged in, very easy to navigate, changed that default security password jazz - DO THIS or anyone who sees these devices or any hooked to your system, will straight off try to log in to them and either hack you or just lock you out.

Not to scare anyone, just keep that in mind with ANY electronic devices hooked to your network. Save yourself the heartache.

That said, it's so easy to do or have a family member help you, but it is really very easy. read and follow the easy directions and you should not have any problem.

My LinkSys Router used to (2yrs ago) delivered a 5 BAR signal to everywhere on my property (about 1/2 acre) but my house is only about 1850 sq-ft. Router sits in the farthest room from screened back porch. As I said, 2 yrs ago the signal was 5 BARS everywhere maybe occasionally at the farthest corner of the property I might dip to 3 but then zoom back up to 5 within seconds.

That was 2 yrs ago, more homes have been built, more cell towers etc. So for the last 12 - 15 months, that great signal dropped to 5 BARS occasionally with 2 mostly or completely dropping signal altogether.

That's some Big League Taboo nowadays, so that leads me to my purchase of the TP-Link AC2600 WiFi Extender(RE650) - Plugged it in at the opposite end of the house - In the Laundry Room. No problems. Solid Signal on both bands - never drops at all, not even a flicker. Fast transfer speeds, I upload / download photos and graphics to and from my place of work. No hick-ups, no more dropouts, just a solid enjoyable signal. Watch HD and some 4k videos over it without a bit of trouble.

This device is top shelf in my opinion. You can set timers for when it shuts off and wakes up (when nobody's home) and can even set the led lights to always on, always off, or at a sleep/wake time.

Yeah you can get cheaper, but that's generally a gamble with finding a diamond, usually you get what you pay for. Who needs that headache to save 25 or 50 bucks. Not saying saving some money is a bad thing, I like money too, work hard for it, so throwing it away is not something I do either, but if your internet and network traffic is important to you - why skimp. There may be better too, really just depends on how you use it.

If you're a real Rockefeller Type, go for whatever fits your need. I just needed my strong signal and network/internet transmission speeds back to STELLAR.

And STELLAR is what this 58 yr old kid got with this TP-Link WIFI Extender. Oh, and it comes with an Ethernet port built into it for direct configuring or getting even more speed out of it. I only used it for the direct login to the device and to upload a new update. That was easy peasy too.

Oh, and it has 4 swing up antennas on it. Really nice device, just place it and forget it.

Sorry for such a long winded review, but it is an honest one. Like I said, I have only had it for maybe 2-3 weeks, more 2 weeks. Will definitely update if anything happens to change it. FOR NOW IT'S AWESOME AND 5 STARS.

Hope this was helpful people.

Thanks TP-LINK. Very well done.

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Bob Hart

A Piece Of Cake

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2021

Style: WiFi ExtenderVerified Purchase

The Amazon man delivered the TP-Link AC2600 WiFi Extender a short time ago and a few minutes after removing it from the box it was up and running.
My home is a one level townhouse where the router is in the livingroom at one end of the house and my son's bedroom is at the other end.
My router is a Netgear RAX120 that delivers 2402Mbps to a notebook in the livingroom and a bit less to a desktop in a room next to the living room.The notebook and desktop have Intel 6E AX210NGW adapters.
My son's notebook with an Intel AC9560 has a tough time staying connected and when connected it's about 60Mbps to 140Mbps.
I plugged the TP-Link AC2600 WiFi Extender into an outlet close to the router and pressed the big button on the extender.When the flashing small blue light turned solid blue I pressed the WPS button on the router and within several seconds all lights were solid blue.
I moved the extender to my son's room and within 30 seconds all lights were solid blue.The average connection speed is now between 866.7Mbps and 1400Mbps.
My normal SSID is NETGEAR08-5G.The Extender shows up as NETGEAR08-5G_5G
If the extender keeps working the way it is now I'll be extremely happy and concider it money well spent

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Geek Girl

I love this thing!!!

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2017

Style: WiFi ExtenderVerified Purchase

OMG. Why did I wait so long to get one of these?! I got this during the deal of the day and there was also a very nice coupon at the time so I got this for a steal. It was super simple to set up, especially if your router supports WPS. Just push the button on your router, then push the big "lock" button on the range extender and done. If you have dual bands, just do the same thing a second time and it magically sets up your other band, too. Seriously, it was that easy. I love my router but it's range isn't great and only covers about half the house reliably. I put this extender just past the mid range of my router signal and it has vastly increased the range. Now where I previously barely got a signal in the furthest room in the house, I can now get a full signal anywhere in the house AND outside in the yard. Watching Netflix on a projection screen outside in the summer is actually a reality now. Not only that, I can go down the street and STILL get a signal. Being Pokemon GO fans, this allows me to go sit at the pokestop at the end of the street while still on my wifi signal. I love this thing. Worth every penny, and on sale, its a must buy. Get it!!

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