Tenda nova MW5s AC1200 Whole Home Mesh WiFi System
3 reviews
I've had the Tenda MW5C mesh Wi-Fi system for about two years now, and honestly, it's been really good and reliable the entire time. From day one, the setup was super easy—everything basically paired automatically, and I was up and running in no time. It immediately fixed the dead zones in my house, and the signal has stayed strong and consistent… Read more
ever since.
What I really appreciate is how simple it is to manage through the app. It’s nothing fancy, but it gets the job done with things like parental controls and guest network settings. The performance has been solid too—great for streaming, browsing, and gaming. The Gigabit Ethernet ports are a nice bonus when I want to plug in for maximum speed.
The only downside I’ve noticed is that there aren’t many advanced settings. If you like digging into things like QoS, firewall rules, or splitting bands, you won’t find much flexibility here. But for me, I just wanted something that worked well without needing to mess around with it too much—and that’s exactly what the MW5C delivers.
Overall, after two years of daily use, I can confidently say it's a great little mesh system, especially for the price. If you want reliable coverage without a complicated setup, it’s definitely worth checking out.
Btw I bought two packs X 2 but only needed to use 3 nodes. Each node ican be used as a router too. I paid $44 for each set in November 2022.
Funny machine, drop out intermittently – Now one primary and two secondary nodes led show solid red, but you can still access the internet. Phone connected to tenda mesh but the tenda app says 'failed to connect to device' It just doesn't make sense. Also, wifi drops out intermittently. I reset the primary nodes more than twice since 6 months ownership to solve issues. Lucky, I did not buy a second sets to another house.
OK but not overwhelmed by performance – Having recently changed modems for the NBN, I discovered my 3 storey townhouse now had weak wifi signal upstairs. I was going to buy a wifi extender but decided to try the wifi mesh system that is supposed to be much better and looks much nicer. I chose the Tenda MW5 as it wasn't as expensive and I could get it from Officeworks within 1 day. There… Read more
is a quick installation guide which I found a little confusing. You download the app to set it up. In fact, you don't need to download the app at all. A simpler method is to connect the primary node to your modem and then turn it on. Once the green light stops flashing, you can plug in the other nodes in whatever room you want and that's it. The network is setup. Just log on. However, I have found it does drop out now and again and I have to switch the wifi off on my device and re-connect to get the connection stable again. My upload and download speed is also reduced by about 5mps. For downloads, this is not too bad but when my upload speed is normally 5mps anyway, it is reduced to almost zero. It does provide signal to the upper rooms of my townhouse but I am not overwhelmed with performance. I feel like I should have just got a rabbit ear wifi extender.
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