An easy-to-use and convenient device that will allow you to extend your network. Suitable for both home and professional environments, it is capable of boosting your wireless network signal and
An easy-to-use and convenient device that will allow you to extend your network. Suitable for both home and professional environments, it is capable of boosting your wireless network signal and covering dead zones that were previously out of range.
An easy-to-use and convenient device that will allow you to extend your network. Suitable for both home and professional environments, it is capable of boosting your wireless network signal and covering dead zones that were previously out of range.
Eliminate Dead Zones in Your Home Wi-Fi
The TL-WA860RE is designed to easily extend the coverage and signal strength of your wireless network. With 2 external antennas, it turns dead zones into connected zones, helping to keep your mobile devices, media players, and computers connected to Wi-Fi with a reliable connection.
Plug and Play, Extremely Easy to Use
Users can easily extend wireless coverage by pressing the WPS button on the router and the Range Extender respectively. Once connected to a router, users can simply unplug and plug the Range Extender back in anywhere without needing to set it up again.
Designed for More Convenience
All that is needed for the device to operate is a power outlet to which it is connected. To ensure that no outlet goes to waste, it offers a built-in power socket.
Find the Optimal Position with Smart Signal Indicator
Smart signal lights show the strength of the signal received by the TL-WA860RE from the existing router, which helps in finding the best position for optimal Wi-Fi coverage.
More than a Range Extender
With the AP Mode function, the TL-WA860RE could convert the wired Internet connection into a wireless access point. Besides that, it could function as a wireless adapter to connect wired devices such as Blu-ray players, gaming consoles, DVRs, and Internet TVs.
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I placed it in a ground floor room, high up, with the router located on the 1st floor, in a room right above. It covers the ground floor area (60 sq.m). I haven't tested it outdoors (balcony). It comfortably covers data transmission and now we can do things like live streaming without any problems. After the live stream, I noticed that the device is warm, without any further observations.
If the connection (from the internet provider) doesn't disconnect, the machine's transmission doesn't disconnect either. Installation and synchronization take about 3 minutes.
100 Mbps connection (actual download: 44 Mbps, upload: 11 Mbps). I have the impression that it performs as well as the data it receives. The construction of the house plays a role (if the walls have a lot of iron, if they're thick, if they have enough insulation, distance from the router, etc.).
For the space I placed it in, I noticed an improvement. On the 1st floor, similarly, one can comfortably watch a movie on Netflix (without interruptions, like before).
It has indicative lights, which is a positive feature, unlike other devices.
For the 2.4 GHz channel, it's fine. Because I saw a friend of mine using the 5 GHz channel, I have to say that it only benefited him when the devices he was using were very close to the transmitter (otherwise, they didn't benefit).
Three people can work simultaneously without any problems (depending on the quality of the provider's connection).
The device is worth it, I don't regret buying it. Very good company. Two years warranty. 16A power socket. I didn't need (yet) to use an Ethernet cable. If I use Ethernet or discover anything else or additional information, I will come back with additional comments.
Everything is complete, I've had it for over a year with almost no problems. The only issue was in the one year when it had disconnections or no internet. You restart the main one from the app and everything is fine. The range is large; the router is on the other side of a big house with many obstacles and no problems at all
No stability, it connects and disconnects frequently. Generally, it needs to be plugged in and out of the socket constantly because it loses its signal. The worst part, however, is that it confuses the other devices in the house. I searched for 1 month with phone calls to OTE because I had no internet on the PC and discovered that the problem was caused by this particular extender. I wonder how it has such a good rating.
Purchase 04/10/23 until today it works flawlessly, I have it in Range Extender Mode, meaning I have it connected to the wifi and I provide ethernet to a device.
Very good solution to cover a part of the house that the wifi range from the router does not reach, I have connected it with ethernet and I am satisfied. Due to old cables inside the walls, I can provide up to 100mbps even though I have a 1 gbps connection, so be careful.
I have had it for about a year. I am not completely satisfied, and I will explain. Any desktop or laptop connected to the extender entered a subnet with limited ISP, and only Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and other well-known websites worked. To fix this, I made separate settings through cmd on each computer individually. Mobile phones and tablets seem to have no issues.
The second negative is that after a year, it frequently disconnects, and a light blinks red for a few seconds. Also, my phone no longer connects automatically; I have to open the Wi-Fi settings and press to connect even though the "automatic connection" setting is turned on.
While I have a speed of 200 with fiber optic, this transmits at most up to 10... Useless in my opinion unless I'm doing something wrong, which I don't think I am, I did a location test and it came out okay.
Don't make the mistake of buying it; it takes the same IP as the router, and every time I sit at the computer, I have to change the broadcast channel to have internet on the computer.
Mediocre result. Quite a few hang-ups. The connection is not that simple, I would say, despite my familiarity with technology issues. There are not many disconnections, but it does happen. It doesn't have a great range even though I have it in a central location inside the house, without interference from walls and other wireless devices. I bought it supposedly to have a better signal on the upper floor of the house, but there's minimal difference. In the speed of signal transmission, I have a deviation of 4-7mbps. The only good thing is that you don't waste an outlet. I do not recommend it.
I have been using the same model since v3, in the same house, in the same sockets with both an older provider modem and a new 2-year-old modem. Unfortunately, my v6 turned out to be problematic, even though I tried with a second device from another supplier (different import label). I switched from dynamic to static IP, tried to disable the DHCP, installed the beta firmware suggested by the company's technicians, and then the new official firmware from the global site. I bought the exact same model again, but unfortunately, the same result.
The devices experienced issues with the internal DHCP as mentioned in other reviews. For some reason, even when set to OFF, the TP-Link DHCP does not completely turn off (as seen in the system log), resulting in the speed dropping to 1 Mbps several times a day, freezing, and requiring a restart. Sometimes, even the devices connected only to the provider's modem are affected, and my computer shows an IP address conflict notification.
Less importantly, I notice that even if the time is set correctly, the reboot schedule is not reliable; sometimes it performs the daily reboot at the scheduled time, and sometimes it doesn't do it at all.
I am sorry because it was the only reputable solution with passthrough that had a good price and did not take away a socket from the house.
UPDATE: 06/11/2024: The only makeshift solution I found for anyone struggling and wanting to try is: Upgrade the firmware to the latest official version and then (soft) restart the device at least every 12 hours (either you do both from the settings or you set one to happen automatically and do the other yourself at a different time of the day). I don't think the DHCP completely turns off; I didn't notice a difference whether it's set to OFF or Auto. Unfortunately, without these steps, it continues to exhibit the same problem.
a great little machine, 50 Mbps connection with a duplex on the first floor is the modem, with only the modem in the bedroom it caught one line with interruptions, it was placed exactly below in the living room and everything is perfect I stream normally no interruptions and minimal losses, the modem outputs 40-45 mbps and the repeater 35
In terms of speed, it is good BUT when it connects and doesn't freeze and doesn't disconnect every half day and then needs to be installed again from the beginning. I have connected 1 camera to it since I bought it and it has never disconnected! On the contrary, on the mobile, laptop, etc., it is unbearable... we have disconnections and installations every day.
Guys, we're talking about a big mess and I'm saying this because I previously had a TP Link powerline that worked perfectly until it started having issues (the wifi with disconnections, etc.). I have another one from the same company without wireless functionality (plug-to-plug) that works wonderfully. I got this one to extend the range outside the house and with a speed at the router of 70-75 mbps, this one at best reached 12-14-16-17-19-20 (max)!! And this while I had it just outside the router at a distance of at most 3-4 meters (while they told me it normally works even farther). I took it back to the store to see if it was problematic, and after they examined it, they told me it works just fine.... to their credit, they took it back and refunded my money and suggested some MESH which, however, as a pair cost around 100 euros..... what’s the point of extending the network coverage with 1/4 of the speed at best??? None, obviously.
I had version 1 and for security reasons I decided to change it with this one (V6). No comparison, day and night. Much better signal quality, no disconnections and greater security and speed. Value for money.
For 1 year and something it was working fine. Lately, I have an issue with it mixing up the other devices in the house, the router gets stuck and the firewall detects duplicate IP, attacks, etc. Unfortunately, whatever I tried didn't work, it went into the closet and we'll see if there will be any update in the future.
One of the worst products I have purchased from tp link, it worked for a month and after a reset, no device could detect it again. Unacceptably fragile product, from a company that usually leaves me satisfied.
Very good, I have bought it for both of my houses, I have stopped connecting from the regular Internet. I highly recommend it, it will save you a lot of work time and you will stop having to constantly communicate for Internet troubleshooting.
Purchased for 25€.
Installation was easy for me as an experienced user, but for someone who is not, there is a high chance of difficulty even though there are step-by-step instructions.
It does what I want with ease and without any issues. Wifi to ethernet access point.
I recommend it.
Owner of this product for about 2 years. After so much time, it starts disconnecting on me. Speed I would say is bad. There are 2 walls separating us from the router. About 20 meters distance in total.
Bad signal range, slow, loses connection and decreases the speed of the connection. I spent 2 hours today chatting with the internet company's customer service and it was the fault of this antenna.
I have a 100 Mbps connection and it was dropping the entire connection to just 10 Mbps.
WARNING!
The most important problem, apart from the mediocre speed, is that it can cause disconnections even on devices that are NOT connected to it (possibly due to a faulty "internal DHCP server". Disabling it from the web interface did not fix the issue).
PCs directly connected to the router via ethernet would randomly lose internet connection for months without any explanation. Eventually, it was proven that this specific Extender was responsible. As soon as it was unplugged from the socket, everything was fixed
We have purchased a set of two. Due to the construction of our house, the signal did not reach the rooms/offices of our two children (students). No problem at all. It does not have interruptions or disconnections and it delivers the signal extremely well. Used for more than 2 years. Excellent!
It makes connections and disconnections and causes problems with the other devices. I set static IP on all devices but the disconnection problem remains. Despite configuring static IP on the TP-link device and router, I saw it connecting with a different IP. I don't know what's wrong. After a week, I had to put it on the shelf. My router is zyxel vmg8623-t50b. Unfortunately, 18 euros went down the drain.
WiFi 4 tells you up to 150mbps and it doesn't even reach 15. I am in front of the extender but connected to the router 98mbps, I connect to the extender 12-14mbps. I have tried settings, different locations for the extender but nothing. Two stars because it was very easy to install and operate.
The 20€ may seem like a small amount, but it's almost a waste of money as it is slow and cannot pass through 2 walls at a distance of 5m! Despite having antennas, I don't think they make a difference, and the 300mbps doesn't even reach 10 on a 100mbps network like Nova, when the same iPhone reaches 90 on the main modem. In order to even get a connection, I have placed it in T in the socket of the air conditioner at a height of 2m, but it still annoys you with its slow response. So it's better to get an ASUS modem Wi-Fi 6e for 150€-200€, and not an extender or mesh or anything else - since you can place all the mobile phones, IoT devices, and laptops outside.
I have been buying one here for 3 years and I will buy a second one. It is reliable, cheap, and the best there is.
Because many reviewers rate it low because it disconnects, let me tell you that the point it should be located is INSIDE the 5th line, meaning the strongest point of the main router and not too far away from it.
Very good. It does exactly what it says. It provides signal in the house, in rooms where there was no signal at all. Easy and fast installation. The internet speed is the same whether you receive it from the router or from the TP Link, without decreasing. It's worth the money!!
2 stars only because when it works, it has good signal. The issue is that in order for it to function, from the first day, I have to unplug it and plug it back in 1-2 times a day. I will contact the store where I purchased it and if anything changes, I will return with a new review.
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