Linksys RE9000: AC3000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Extender, Wireless Range Booster for Home, 4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports, Works with Any Wi-Fi Router (Black)

We purchased the Linksys AC3000 in an attempt to achieve reliable, stable wi-fi from the router located in the downstairs northernmost corner of our two-story 3,400 sf L-shaped home (yes, I know, worst location ever) to an upstairs family room television located in the furthest opposite corner from the router. The AC3000 replaced an older Linksys router previously set up as an access point and located in the upstairs front middle of the house at the top of an open staircase. Over the years we tried various devices to get a decent signal to that family room. So, we were somewhat skeptical the AC3000 would alleviate the constant buffering when streaming to the upstairs television, or the unreliable and weak signal other devices suffered in that room due to distance. Happily for us, it works perfectly. The most surprising thing is that downstairs bedrooms and bathrooms located in the back "L" also now receive strong, reliable wi-fi signal from the AC3000. Surprising because every downstairs wall, exterior and interior, is concrete block with 1950’s hand applied plaster which previously rendered the wi-fi signal non-existent in all but one bedroom, and even that was weak and unreliable.The one small frustration in setting up the AC3000 occurred when attempting to use the WPS button for easy setup. As it turned out, our Apple 3TB Time Capsule router doesn't allow for WPS setup. Once we reset the AC3000 (via the reset button) and then used the web page option, it was a quick and easy setup. Overall, we’re thrilled that we now have wi-fi throughout the entire house and finally feel confident we can cut the cable cord.

This Router serves one of 2 purposes.1) as a Router that has solid capabilities2) as a WiFi Extender, which is my use case.There are a few ways to configure this Device, but the easiest is to just power it on, hit the WPS button on the Router (Extender) and then log into your foundation or primary router, hit the WPS button ( if all Linksys ) simple integration, and within a minute or so, your main Router ( the one connected via RJ45 cable (twisted pair cat5e cable) to the internet, will be discovered and automation takes over the integration of signal protocols.The Technical part, and the reason I purchased this Router/Extender is because I have a few RING Floodlight cams that I installed and the RING products work well, but was experiencing latencies when I wanted to view the RING cams because the primary router signal was kinda weak. I figured out because it took sometimes 10-30 seconds to connect to the cams, it could be due to weak signal. RING has the ability to display the receive signal strength. Honestly I figured more out deploying this product than I ever wanted to but it was honestly alot of fun and I figured everything out.You need to understand what you need to do next.you have the Router extender connected to your primary router, but you still need to ensure the deployed Ring CAMS are configured on the WiFi Extender network,Really Important, you must ensure that the SSID of your Existing network is the SAME network name on the Extender network config, only way the nodes or Ring cams you want to go through the Extender are routed correctly which means you need to adjust each setup for each Ring cam, and ensure it goes to the Extender router or the connectivity will always be on the original Router and NEVER route through the Extender, to your primary router, which is exactly what you need to do...I hope this helps some out who as I, was a bit leary due to the reviews, but I am a technologist and please trust me, this really does work, I now connect to the furthest Ring cam in 1/3 the time, which is less than 5 seconds, a real improvement, which can be measured as a success.

I used this along with my wireless router in my 3000 ft2 house for years and it gave me coverage to do everything I needed. If mesh systems hadn't come out and worked as well as they do I wouldn't have removed it. It very seldom needed a full reset and gave me speeds that met all of my needs. Ultimately I have moved this to my parents house now as they don't have a mesh system and it works great for their needs and I know the linksys quality means I don't have to trouble shoot things at their house.

Have an odd shaped 3,500 SF ranch finished up and mostly finished down. Have a Linksys EA9500 main router. There are too many walls/obstructions between the centrally mounted router and family room and bedroom ends of the house. Bought a Linksys RE9000/AC3000 and set it up as an access point with an ethernet cable for one end of the house. Set it up with a non-networked computer and gave it the same name as the main router network to avoid having multiple networks. When setup was finished, hooked the RE9000 to the main network and recycled the main network and the unit came to life. Setup and instructions are a tad wonky in my opinion, but forgiving and not too bad. I have one network name and one can walk from one end of the house to the other without any loss of connection or signal. On a hard wire, I get 800 down and 40 up. In the wi-fi in the family room with the RE, I now get 450-600 down and 40 up, which seems pretty acceptable. I was so pleased with the results I bought a 2nd unit from Amazon for the other end of the house and now get It gets about 400-550 down pretty much everywhere in the bedroom area, but signal is going through a few more walls. Setting these up as access points probably gives much better coverage than setting them up as repeaters. From what I have read, repeater style extenders need to be kept close enough to the router's signal envelope edge to get a good connection and then part of the extender's wi-fi signal is consumed by back-hauling data between thee extender and the router. The access point approach avoids this issue. Anyway, the LInksys RE9000's are decent units and they seem to be trouble free. I'm a Happy Camper.