TP-Link RE500X AX1500 WiFi 6 WiFi Extender Booster WiFi Booster

I upgraded to full fibre broadband but this meant I had to relocate my router. Previously it sat in a cupboard where I had wired up various rooms in the house with ethernet cable, so I had a central location for both WiFi and wired ethernet. There was no way to replicate this so I had to try and connect the router to this wired network in some other way - and of course the new router was in the one room that was not wired up! I initially tried a pair of 1GBit ethernet over the mains adaptors, but only got about 80Mbps with these (I am on 500Mbps broadband) so that was not good enough This P-Link AX1500 Dual Band Wi-Fi 6 Range Extender was definitely Plan B. I initially plugged the adaptor in close to the router and (having read the manual) connected twice using the WPS feature - I needed to connect twice to ensure it used use both the 2.4 & 5GHz bands. This took about about 5 minutes. I then unplugged the adaptor and moved it to the new location, and connected it's ethernet port to the network switch in the cupboard. Back on my desktop I checked the internet speed which was the 500Mbps I have. So my desktop internet connection is: wired: desktop to network switch wired: network switch to TP Link Range extender WIFI: TP Link Range extender to router. This gives me a 500Mpbs connection to the internet. The range extender claims 1Gbps but I'll have to connect another computer direct to the router (with an ethernet cable) and then copy a big file to see if it can deliver the 1Gbps Note that I have not used the WIFI extender feature as the standard WIFI signal is fine for everyone in the house as is Although its only been in use for about a month its been faultless so far, so really pleased. Got it at a reduced Black Friday price as well so even better

So far so good. It’s a decent enough extender and boosts without any criticism but drops signal quite often, and I couldn’t figure out if it was the extender or my router. I reboot it probably twice a week and seems to solve in the moment. Overall happy though

Works out of the box as an access point. Instant coverage and connection and filled in a WiFi dead spot. If you can wire a cable in, I'd highly recommend using this as an access point over extender mode - much faster speeds. The only annoying feature is the ethernet port enters from the side (see pic). Fine for me, but something to be aware of. Overall, this is a great little unit for its price. Very happy.

This works with the BT business hub 3. We jumped from BT fibre to EE fibre and EE sent us a new hub which turned out to be a BT business hub 3. Previously on the old set up we had an early generation ‘black disc’ BT range extender which was plugged into a Cat 5 cable back to the main router and which operated as a wireless access point. When the engineer installed (ie plugged in) the new Hub 3 router we asked if the range extender (some distance away and hanging off a Cat 5 connection back to the router) would work with the new router - he would have known it wouldn’t but he said it would because clearly he couldn’t be bothered / didn’t want to get involved in sorting that out. An hour on the internet and BT forum boards lead me to this product. Arrived next day, plugged it in, used the app to switch it to access point mode and it’s working like a treat. It was also 1/3 of the price of the new upgraded BT black disc range extender and arrived next day (the BT version was a week plus away from being delivered). Buy this.

Got this a few days ago, after a previous wifi extender just stopped working after a couple of years, and that supplier was pretty inept at offering solutions other than 'contact the seller'! I've tried a number of extenders in the past, many just not acceptable at all, and were returned for refund. It seemed impossible to get this TP-Link to initialise, and I tried various ways. So I sought online for troubleshooting solutions, and one was to download their 'Tether' app to my phone. That worked seamlessly right away, asking for my Wifi network password, and device to connect, and it was all set up in a few minutes. So I moved it to the bedroom where my desk is located. This is the dead area, that CAN connect to the living room router, but not consistently. In the bathroom next door it doesn't connect about 95% of the time. When I CAN connect my laptop to my router, speeds are up to about 140 Mbps. Now with the extender, I can get this speed but more usually it's in the 50-80 range. If the router connection is slower (like at peak times), the extender is always faster than the long connection. Works very well in the bathroom too. So it's an improvement on the inconsistent direct connection and much more accessible. Only niggly thing Is that if my phone connects to it and I move back into the living room, it doesn't always switch back to the direct connection [showing xxxxx_EXT instead of just xxxxx], and even vice versa, so I have to check at times that it's on the nearer one. That might just be my phone. But for the static laptop, this is no problem. If this stops working at any point, I'll come back to downgrade the review. (Oct. 24) Update: 18/11/24. I wasn't getting great results from this. I was due an upgrade on my Wifi from 125 to 250, so I thought that would help. Not that much. While the booster is consistent in providing connection, the speeds were consistently between 20 and 30! Just not enough to make the price of this purchase worth it. Returned for a refund, and the engineer who upgraded the broadband told me to get a mesh instead of a booster; always better, and solves the problem of switching between the main and the extension, as it's all under the same network name. I've done that, and speeds are consistently higher now, over 50 up into the 70s.

Utterly useless, as all of these type of extenders seem to be. It's seamless apparently, well that's true as their is no join (geddit?) I bought 3 of these as I have a TP-Link Archer MR600 router so thought, same manufacturer, mesh compatible, should be a breeze. Took ages to setup using the WPS button, logged into the router, couldn't see the mesh devices even though I checked that it was enabled & supported. After about an hour and a half of logging into both the router, the extenders and various re-boots of everything, it was all linked and sort of working. Then we had a power cut a few days later and afterwards everything became un-linked. A bit of messing about and I got 2 of them working although I'm pretty sure only one of them was actually carrying the signal. One of them didn't want to know and was just broadcasting it's own signal but not connected to the internet so I left it disconnected. A few weeks later I plugged it in and afterwards it wiped the other two off the map. Unplugged it, and the other two re-appeared, Decided to re-set the rogue one and re-linked it using the WPS button. It seemed to link, moved it to it's proper location and behold, all 3 were now missing from the map. Utterly utterly useless piece of crap. I can't return them now so they will be getting the hammer treatment to ensure that I don't waste any more of my time trying to set it up again. So I am still restricted to WiFi being available in only half of the house, as I have been for years having tried dozens of these type of useless extenders. Update. 18/05/2023 Before I change my WiFi from 4G to Starlink, I thought I would see if I could get these to work. After half an hour of re-setting , connecting, and trying to get the tether app to actually see what it was connected to (without success) I finally gave up on them. To ensure that I didn't open the cupboard in 6 months time and waste my time again with them , I smashed them up with a hammer and chucked them in the bin! Last TP LInk product that I will ever buy! Utter crap!

I am very happy with this wifi extender - it gives us 2 options and easily supports gaming, working and streaming. Easy to setup / straight from the box - good signal strength. Very glad I bought it.

Even something costing £55 like this tends to run in half-duplex mode - see the details on the product information section. This means it will NOT operate at the full speed of your router. My router provides 300mb/sec via fibre-to-the-premises. But upstairs I was getting weak wifi signals, so I bought this extender. Standing right next to this extender with various phones, pads and laptops only gave me about 150mb/s, often a lot less than that. But I then ran an ethernet cable from the extender upstairs to my laptop in the study upstairs, and with that setup I now get the full 300 mb/s at the laptop - this hybrid wifi/wired approach made it a good solution, and avoided the messy problem of running an ethernet cable from the router downstairs across the hall and up the stairs to the laptop. If this setup is useful to you, then this bit of kit will work fine.

Prodotto ottimo. Unica pecca, la presa inglese e quindi ho dovuto comprare un adattatore.

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The TP-Link AX1500 WiFi Extender (RE500X) has proven to be an excellent addition to my home network. The improvement in WiFi coverage is impressive, and since installing it, I no longer experience internet drops anywhere in the house. The extender significantly boosts signal strength, providing stable and consistent connectivity even in areas that previously had weak coverage. In my room, the 5GHz signal was extremely low, but after setting up the RE500X, the signal strength and overall performance improved noticeably. Installation was quick and straightforward using the TP-Link app, which makes the setup process easy even for non-technical users. The device connects seamlessly and starts delivering results almost immediately. Overall, the TP-Link RE500X offers reliable performance, excellent range expansion, and user-friendly setup. It’s a great choice for anyone looking to eliminate dead zones and improve WiFi stability throughout their home.

Funciona perfectamente , es justo lo que buscaba, mi hija está encantada ya que ahora puede jugar en el salón

Parece que funciona correctamente. Lo tengo entre el salón y las habitaciones (pasillo de 8m) y llega bastante bien la wifi. Desde la app puedes programarlo para que se apague por la noche o para que no haga lucecitas. La pega es que no se puede vincular con Alexa, pero por el resto, es funcional.