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Having poor wireless broadband connection in the house is hell. My tablet and mobile phone were so slow. A few pounds spent on the TP Link TLWA850RE was a great investment, cured the problem and overcame my frustration. So easy to install in a few minutes. Don't hesitate would be my advice.
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I expect some signal boosters work better than others in a given location, so I cannot generalise. This booster might perform better in another house. But in my case it makes no detectable difference. Installation was easy and quick - and the device indicates it is making a strong link to the router. But the signal at the receiving end isn't any stronger than without the booster - and it fluctuates.
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Why pay more? This does the job well and the free setup app is easy to use. SETUP Three methods to set this up in your current WiFi network. If you have a WPA button on your router this method is the simplest. If not then get the free Tether app and use it to set the device up. This is a nice app giving you access to the settings of the WA850 Extender. The app sets the WA850 Extender up as a Range Extender by default. This is the setting most people want as it extends your current WiFi across the router and this WA850 Extender. You can use it as an Access Point instead and this would be useful if you have cabled internet but need to add WiFi to it (the access point). One thing that caused me some problems was that the app names the WA850 Extender the same as your router but with "_EXT" added to the name. This effectively splits your wifi into two different access points with their own IP Addresses. What most people want is to simply have a good signal wherever they walk in their homes and to get this you must manually rename the WA850 Extender to the EXACT name your router uses. Once you do this the Extender will invisibly and seamlessly take over when you are close to it and you get a good signal everywhere. Your phone/tablet/laptop can have the strongest signal wherever you are although the IP Address will change as you move between the two transmitters. (This will only matter if you are a developer and wish the IP to remain stable.) So... name the WA850 Extender unit the same as your router and they effectively become one. The Tether app is excellent. Apart from allowing you to 'pair' the WA850 Extender with your Router you also have access to the extender's settings. I found this most useful as I have the extender in a bedroom and one of the settings can turn off the bright LEDs at nighttime. I was expecting to have to put tape over them for night use.Read full review
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my pc is in a corner off my back bedroom and the signal was not very strong. I brought one of these is the hope that it would improve things and was not disappointed. Signal is at full strength now and can not be more happy. The light from the unit is very bright so I suggest that you put it in a area that the light will not brother you .However I switch mine off when not needed as it on the landing and is like a night light. Very easy to set up. just press button on you router and on device wait a min and done.
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used to connect talktalk tv box to wireless router. can turn of extended wireless, so this becomes just a wireless bridge for Ethernet connected devices. I use a tp-link passive switch to connect 3 other items to same Ethernet port. getting full 38mb fibre speed no problems. 1watt to 1.4watt measure power draw. can set timer to turn off and on, can also do same for the bright leds. easy setup. recent firmware. no external ariel's to snap off. good logs in web ui. access filtering option. (to block or allows) repeater range adjuster.
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