TP-Link TL-WA850RE

Biggest piece of junk ever made – Terrible experience trying to set it up. I just ended up throwing it away . Biggest piece of junk ever made. It worked for a while, then stopped working , then would connect , then not connect etc. JUNK .

Tp link has a great customer service – Shubi Yang of Tp link call centre representative is very good agent. Very helpful, and is very patient towards customers. I made friends with her in just short period of time. She's very lovely and knowledgeable. She help me from start to finish. Show details ·  1

Installing TP link range extender – Ms Shan was excellent in assisting me with the installation. I am a senior and she was most patient.

Great help – Mona has been great helping me set up the wifi extender after I had some trouble during installation. She was excellent in walking me through the steps and working out what went wrong in the process. Now the extender s wifi is working wonders in all my devices. Thank you Show details

5 starts for Connecting Wifi Extender by Dylan Chen – Was having issues connecting Wifi extender to Wifi router and tried couple of time but when gave up, called TPlink help line and Dylan Chen assisted me throughout. Dylan is very professional and a super star of this company. Wish you all the best Dylan Chen. Regards' M Kashif

Cheating with data transfer rate! – This product is positioned as a Wi-Fi range extender. The claimed data transfer rate is 300 Mbps. In reality, in the mode of the Range extender, it lowers my router's 80 Mbps (download) and 10 Mbps (upload) rates to 1.5 Mbps and 0.2 Mbps, respectively. Such speed is terribly low! It is only possible to get the claimed transfer rate when using this… Read more

extender in the Access point mode by wiring it with ethernet cable to the router. This should be clearly specified by the supplier!

Does what it says – Easy to setup WIFI extender. Good quality build typical of TPLINK products. No dropouts in connection. There are a variety of setup options which work. I am very happy with the purchase. Does what it says on the can. Show details

Increased download times by almost 800% – Our office is at the back of a garage, away from the broadband router in the house. We were getting 3.04 Mpbs download speed until I set up the TL-WA850RE and increased download to 22.9 Mpbs. Easy setup. Very pleased. Show details

No effect – Made no difference to my often slow internet that drops out and switches to Telstra Air. Sick of this: bought a the TP-Link TL-WA850RE (AU). Took about 3.5 hours set up time. Has it made any difference? No. That's right: approx 3.5 hrs set up time/to link 2 devices; first tried following the instruction pamphlet. No. Then looked at videos on… Read more

YouTube....after much frustration, trial 'n error, I got it. Once I got the hang of it/in hindsight, it's fairly easy. But not as straightforward and uncomplicated as people make out. TP-Link's set up, connected/did everything right. But makes no difference. Speculating it's not dead zones or using a device in my bedroom whereas my modem's plugged in at the other end of the house; it's a combo of a) unreliable signal due to not living in a major Australian city (about 2 hours drive); I was explaining to a friend who said unlike where I live, in major Australian cities there are towers everywhere (I understand Vodafone's put more towers in my area, so doubt it's a lack of towers) b) living in area with lots of hills combined with living approx. 2 hours drive from a major Australian city could = unreliable wifi internet c) unpowerful device; I have 2 devices: a laptop and a tablet (which is why I bought the wifi extender). But it's an inexpensive Lenovo TAB 7 and tablet's are notoriously not great; investing in a Chrome Book or a more expensive tablet might solve my problem d) using the internet in peak times (although I think the spinning wheel/slow/dropping wifi can happen at any time/hard to gauge). Still, I was hoping the TP-Link TL-WA85ORE (AU) would do something. The only good thing is a blue light that comes full circle when my wifi's connected; it's a nice, blue light. And it shows my wifi's on

Wonderful – What a wonderful little unit. The cheapest wifi extender on the market and it does the job so well. Yes we live in a townhouse so not the biggest of homes, but this unit is just great. We signed up to the NBN recently and TPG sent us a router but it was not strong enough. Show details

Easy to set up and the signal is impressive – - Good value for the money - Easy to use and the interface is very straightforward. - It only took me 2 minutes to set it up - The signal is very good although the only 2.4G available.

Allows sound to pass through brick walls – Tp-link Wi-Fi Range Extender This works beautifully where brick walls block Wi-Fi signals. With the modem/router 3 rooms away from the Wi-Fi radio, the sound now travels through the walls perfectly.

Its ok – Its ok and seems to do a little bit but unfortunately I am not using it it's for someone we are renting. I guess it does work as otherwise the person renting would come over when it does stop working - which it does. it is annoying at times to set up

Never thought it would work and it totally does! – We purchased this because our modem is at one end of the house and you can not get a good signal in our bedroom! Finally went and got on of these and now our NBN internet is exactly the speed they said it would be everywhere in the house!

Small, Simple & Superb! – I stay in a 2 bedroom apartment and had dead zones in my guest bedroom. This happened to be the perfect solution. Installation & Configuration is quite easy. I would strongly recommend it to anyone. Worth the $$.

This is great - setting it up was a little frustrating at first – Tried quick set up with WPS buttons. Fail. Tried Wireless setup through laptop. Again, failed. Tried Ethernet setup. Again, failed! Unplugged modem/router, plugged into another phone outlet nearby (next room) and tried quick set up with WPS buttons again - worked perfectly first go that time! The modem/router is located upstairs. The extender is… Read more

located downstairs (2 storey house). Getting good, strong signals consistently both upstairs and downstairs since installing. Watching videos & browsing on ipad when downstairs, no problem! Extender is plugged into an outlet nowhere near a tv, cordless phone or other device that might interfere. I think that helps. Walls are double brick downstairs, so pretty lucky. So far, so good!