NETGEAR WiFi Booster Range Extender | WiFi Repeater Internet Booster | Holds up to 1200 m2 and 20 Devices | AC1200 (EX6120)

Having read some of the reviews commenting on set up problems I was a tad apprehensive. Looked like a great bit of gear apart from that so I bit the bullet and ordered it. Took me about 5 minutes to connect it and be up and running. Really easy, just following the instructions in the quick set up guide. I'm using it, via the ethernet connection, to my desktop PC in my home office in the garage. Which is detached from the house and the signal has to go through the house wall (cavity block and brick) and the garage wall (brick and drylined and insulated) with about a fifteen foot gap between the house and garage. Works perfectly, and gives me a much better connection than the BT 610 Wi-Fi extender which I had before and had started to give me problems. I cannot fault it so far, and am more than happy with the performance. As an added bonus it is a very small and neat unit, even with the external antennae, and I can use both sockets in the double wall outlet no problem. I'm just adding to this review as it's almost six months on from purchase, and I'm pleased to report that everything is still working wonderfully. No problems at all and it's been on constantly in that time. Never had to reset or adjust settings. I can thoroughly recommend this item. For all those, like myself. Who pore over reviews and specs prior to making what I hope will be an informed purchase. This is another update as of November 2021, so over three years after purchase, and it's still working beautifully. I am now on BT's FTTP with their latest Smart Hub2 and it integrated with it perfectly. In my opinion anything electronic at this price point that is still giving perfect service after the best part of four years pretty much continuous service deserves top marks.

After getting a new router, the signal wasn't quite strong enough to reach upstairs towards the back of the house, so I went online and researched quite a few WiFi extenders. The house was built in the late 1960s with thick brick walls, so finding a good extender was crucial. I decided to go with this one, as it received pretty good reviews. And, I'm pleased to say, that I haven't been disappointed. Feeding off the main router downstairs, I was a little apprehensive setting it up; however, it was very easy to do so, and it only took a matter of minutes to sync up with the TV, laptops, etc. It integrated seamlessly with my BT router. I've been happy with the performance and signal; however, on the odd occasion, when it has dropped out, which has been very rare, all I've had to do is turn it off and back on again, and it's as good as new. The coverage has been good, as has the speed, which has been great, as it's used daily. I'm sure there are other WiFi extenders out there, but having used this for a year or so, I can't complain about it.

These Netgear Dual-Band extenders really are just the Jolly Job I used the Extender to boost the weak wifi signal Coming from my Skywatcher AZ GTI Alt AZ Astronomy Mount ... It works like an absolute dream ... And the price is much better than you would pay for a dedicated Astronomy Wifi Dongle "Don't be ripped off ,,, just the word Astro increases the price of anything by double" Buy one of these ,,, connect to the Wifi of the extender ... go into command prompt At C:\ type Ipconfig hit return you will see the IPv4 address of your Extender Type the Ipv4 Address into your browser bar ... and then you connect to the set-up page of your new WiFi Extender During the web based set up process you can add both 2.5 and 5GHZ Channels to be cloned The Skywatcher Mount runs on 2.5GHZ Follow the on screen instructions to set everything up as you like it wait for setup to finish and then you will see your wifi device , that you want to boost, with a separate Wifi channel of the same name but with the EXT suffix on the end ... then switch on the Device/Mount with the weak signal,,, Then the weak signal is copied to the extender automatically you then connect to the Extender. Usually using the same password as the cloned/Extended Device ... And you have a nice strong powerful wifi connection to your Mount or what ever device it was that you chose to extend ... It is explained properly in the documentation But it really was a Breeze to set up ... Just Test it Make sure it works Plug it in where you want it And forget about it And get on with your life Well Done Netgear I love these little beauties Great Job :) ++++++ Ty....

Spends more time reconnecting than supplying internet. When it works it's fine, but it's not reliable enough for business purposes and it's so annoying for general surfing I've given up and just use my data instead. Goal was to extend WiFi from front of long skinny flat to the garden. It just about extends halfway through the building. If you live in a Victorian terrace look for other options as this ain't it. Was easy enough to set up I guess so 3*.

UPDATE REVIEW: After 13 months usage, I've had to downgrade my review. One of the antenna had started to become loose and there is no way to remove it for a replacement, I've had to use rubber bands to keep it in position. For the last 12 months or so it was working flawlessly, but now every other day I have to restart it because of drop in speed. Will have to play around with the settings, perhaps there are inteferences from other wifi devices using the same channels. If this keeps going on like this for a couple of more months I am considering buying a different brand. --------------------------------------- First of all, the feedback ratings are misleading as there are feedback on numerous Netgear wifi extender products here. The one I've purchased is Netgear AC1200. I've recently relocated my workstation from 1st floor to 2nd floor in my house, but the wifi signal is really poor in that area. Plus with a couple of wifi dead spots I decided to purchase this product to give it a try. Apparently the easy installation method of using WPS didn't work for me, so I had set up this device using a web browser. Setup was very intuitive. Once it was ready to go, I then explored my home to find the best position to place this device. It seems a lot of the bad reviews here doesn't seem justifiable. It really all depends on individual circumstances, such as what router you have and your home layout in order to get the best out of this product. I'll list my feedback in bullet points: - You must find an existing socket position with good wifi signal to plug this device into. This will depend on individual circumstances. My router is located on ground floor and I was lucky enough that there is strong wifi signal if the extender is placed directly above the router. It seems my ceilings doesn't have much impact on the wifi signal. So by placing the extender in a socket directly above the router (2 floors up) was the best position. It became a bit of obsession for me as I had placed it in various places in the house in order to confirm that this is the sweet spot. - The angle of the antennas plays a huge role. Basically wifi signals are like a donut shape that are perpendicular to the antenna. I wanted to ensure that the signal covers a dead spot in the floor below it, so I kept one antenna pointing up and the other antenna pointing sideways. - Someone here complained that they weren't getting a good connection and that the connection keeps dropping. They also mentioned that they had set up the extender to use the same SSID. I see the rational behind using the same SSID between the router and extender. They did this to avoid having to switch between two SSIDs back and forth on their phone. This is wrong and serves no benefit. Although you can set it up to use the same SSID, but it just means that you don't know which access point your phone is actually connected to. Perhaps the bad connection was simply because the phone was still connected to the router rather than the extender. But the reviewer didn't know that as they had set it up to use the same SSID. Keeping separate SSID is better, then at least you know what you're connected to. - There is a setting on the extender to use Fastlane Technology, which is totally useless. The idea is that you set up the extender to either A) use 2.4GHz band to communicate between the router and extender and use 5GHz band to communicate between extender and devices, or B) use 5GHz band to communicate between the router and extender and use 2.4GHz to communicate between extender and devices. They claim that it will improve gaming and streaming experience. In either setup, I've seen serious drop in speed when performing speedtest. So I've disabled 2.4GHz on the extender and use just 5GHz band. All of my devices are 5GHz compatible, so I see no benefit of keeping any 2.4GHz options on for any devices around my house. - There are occasions where if I'm at ground floor my phone is still connected to the extender because the signal is still there to stay connected but giving me reduced speed. However, I do acknowledge that this has nothing to do with the extender. It's all down to how sophisticated your internet device is for determining which access point to connect to. Some people complained about this, but they are complaining about the wrong thing. Overall, a wonderful product.

I only received this last Saturday and installed it on Sunday but extremely impressed with this little gadget. The annoying factor was that even though our router has a WPS (wifi protected setup) button, it would not work so I had to go through the web browser setup procedure. I used a laptop and followed the manual's instructions explicitly. (Remember that when told to use a wifi network manager, click on the icon which shows your current connectivity. You will see the extender listed in the box. Click on it, then on your browser and follow the manual's instructions.) Set up and pairing with router was then very straightforward. The extender has made a very significant difference to the elimination of "black-spots" around the house and I have also noticed that download speeds appear to be faster. All in all, I highly recommend this piece of kit and extremely glad I chose the Netgear extender after reading several product reviews. Update : December 2025. I purchased this in September 2018 and it still works exactly as it did when I took it out of the box apart from the antenna which have become loose but that seems to make no performance difference. Because I now need a more powerful extender, I have just given the Netgear to our daughter who has a smaller house and fewer items to connect to her router. The Netgear is still a great piece of kit and after 7 years of very solid service, it's still working so well that I have no hesitation in recommending it. However, I would advise that it's probably better if you live in a smaller property and don't go over the top with the number of gadgets linked to it. Great, reliable product!

I can see that this is going to work.. eventually. However it is an absolute nightmare to set the thing up. I have extensive experience with setting up network devices, bridges, repeaters, and configuring routers and access points. This thing. Oh boy. Just set some time aside, and be persistent. It helps if you have a version of these extenders which include an ethernet port, and then configure it while directly plugged into it. Trying to do it over WiFi is just painful (the irony here, wow). I'm using a Netgear Router, and connected it to the NETGEAR 11AC. It's is ridiculously difficult to do. Once you have changed any settings or made a connection, then you can no longer access the device because the router you are extending assigns an IP address with DHCP. However, because the silly thing does some kind of redirection to an actual domain name, rather than an IP address, the browser you are using to set it up caches the old IP address, so you end up with the "unable to connect, address unknown" error. Round and round in circles you go. Then, some time later (maybe a couple of hours) there is a moment of elation when you get the 2 channels (2Ghz and 5Ghz) working, but you decide that you really want to use the "fastlane" feature to meld the two together. Oh boy. Here we go again. "Fastlane" = Complete Meltdown. Breaks everything. Start again. Keep going, try not to smash your head against a wall in utter frustration, or fling your pc out the window before smashing the Extender to bits with a hammer.. Keep going. After rebooting everything, figuring out that you need to use a different IP address to access the settings page in your browser or manually configuring the device IP to be a fixed IP, then that moment of joy once again. Wow, I just melded the two frequencies into one! Amazing! Until you realise that the speed is identical to when the two channels are split (not FastLane). Real router reports internal link speeds of 244Mbps for the 2gHz channel, while the Extender can only achieve a maximum of 144Mbps in FastLane mode if you connect the extender to the router using 5G and transmit the extender signal using 2G. This is identical to the speed when NOT using FastLane. The 5gHz channel on the router vs the extender are much closer in terms of speed, but as soon as you use FastLane, this does the opposite of what it is supposed to do. It gets slower. Besides that, take a look at the screenshot. How does this make any kind of logical sense at all? I'm connected to the 2G channel, yet the device control panel states that it is not connected. Well, you might eventually figure out that this only refers to when there are devices connected to the extender, and has nothing to do with the connection between the router and the extender. Also, it seems like the "factory reset" doesn't work properly. Very confusing, but having tried the factory reset, many of the original settings to be have stuck anyway. You can't get rid of them except by going in and overwriting the previous values (restarting things, flushing ipconfigs blah blah). Clear as mud. Next, why is Netgear forcing people to register with an email address to log into the device they have purchased. Why?? This seems like a very strange invasion of privacy, not to mention that the browser session we are forced to use with an actual domain name is being served without an SSL certificate. On top of that, you have to supply recovery details which are of a personal nature. Why?? All of these personal details are then sent unencrypted over an open and unsecured network. (getting worked up a bit here, but it is annoying, so much so that I'm about to drop my original star rating from 3 to 2. I have no intention of wasting even more time trying to talk to Netgear Support to find answers, I've tried that in the past and it really is pointless. This thing is badly conceived, with a very oddly intrusive registration process. Eventually, if you are a persistent, patient, have a degree in network engineering, it might finally be set up the way you want it to be. I've actually found that setting it up as an access point (hotspot) rather than an extender seems to work better, although of course this means that you need to plug it into a switch with an ethernet cable (so most people won't be able to use it this way). My advice is to not purchase these things. Good Luck!

Works amazing well. On a PC with both a lan cable a d WiFi, it multiplexes well giving a good speed boost.

Took a while. Not most stable connection. But works.

I have Three of these boosters and have been using them for a long time too, Easy set up, work great with a really good range. Definitely recommend them..

it is not powering up. used for first 1-2 months then I stopped because it does not make a difference to the wifi signal of where I am at. now turning it back on (so I can try ethernet connection and hopefully it works better). No even powering up. tested and i think it is dead. too much for a piece of rubbish. update: Netgear refused to refund and has to RMA because they said they are not the one who sold this (what the heck? who is selling this on Amazon then?)

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Netgear stuff is usually good but this really struggled as a repeater. Tried all kinds of locations but results were poor. Thankfully you can configure it as a wireless access point and in the end thats what we use it for, by running a long cable from the original wifi and plugging into the side of this device. Remember though the RJ45 connection is limited to 100mb.