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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2022
The TP-Link AC750 does exactly what it says on the box. It is easy to set up, and you end up with a local clone of your main Wi-Fi with the suffix 'EXT' after the usual SSID. There were a few things I was curious about before I bought it, so here are the answers.
1. Will I need to sign into my accounts again once I switch devices to the extender signal?
Yes. When I transferred devices such as the Echo Show 8 onto the extender channels, I had to sign in to the extender Wi-Fi and my Amazon account. After that, the devices worked as before, just with a stronger Wi-Fi connection.
2. Can I control the extender from an app?
Yes. You can use the TP-Link Tether app to set up and manage the extender. You can also see what clients you have connected and what channel they are using.
3. Do devices pick the best channel automatically?
Yes. You can force individual devices on to static IP addresses and either the 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz channel. But if you do nothing, your devices will set themselves up completely automatically but always favouring the faster 5Ghz channel.
4. How will I know how far away I can use the extender?
You set the extender up close to your main house router. You then take the extender and plug it in where you have poor Wi-Fi signal. You then log in to the extender from your phone (easiest), or a laptop/tablet/PC. The signal strength is assessed between the main router and extender, before you select 'looks good' in the extender settings. The lights on the front of the extender will also function as a signal meter during this phase.
5. What is the point of the ethernet connector?
My main PC is upstairs in a home office. It gets a decent Wi-Fi signal from the house router, but the signal rises and falls depending on doors being open/closed. By plugging the PC in to the ethernet connector of the extender, I still only get Wi-Fi speeds obviously, but the connection to the router downstairs has gone rock solid, regardless of the office door being open or closed. I performed an Ookla speed test before fitting the extender and afterwards. The connection speed has also now become very stable at the house maximum broadband speed.
6. Does the extender manage it's own router connection and power level?
Yes. The connection between the house router and the extender is automatic, but not fixed. The extender will swap channels and manage the signal power, to maintain a strong connection to the router.
7. Is there any manual control over the extender's cloned Wi-Fi signal strength?
Yes, there are three power settings to choose from, 'near', 'mid' and 'far'. So if, like me, you only needed to extend a single room, you can select the lowest power setting and prevent the extender from working unnecessarily hard.
8. Does the extender have a Mesh mode?
Yes, the extender has three modes of operation, extender, access point (ethernet to Wi-Fi conversion) and mesh. You will need a house router capable of mesh operation. If you already have a mesh-capable TP-Link router, the router and the extender(s) will connect seamlessly with just one Wi-Fi SSID being broadcast. Otherwise the extenders will each have a suffix (EXT, EXT2) etc, but once mobile devices such as phones or tablets are paired with the extender(s), you can just walk around the house and the devices will switch between the strongest Wi-Fi signal automatically.
1. Will I need to sign into my accounts again once I switch devices to the extender signal?
Yes. When I transferred devices such as the Echo Show 8 onto the extender channels, I had to sign in to the extender Wi-Fi and my Amazon account. After that, the devices worked as before, just with a stronger Wi-Fi connection.
2. Can I control the extender from an app?
Yes. You can use the TP-Link Tether app to set up and manage the extender. You can also see what clients you have connected and what channel they are using.
3. Do devices pick the best channel automatically?
Yes. You can force individual devices on to static IP addresses and either the 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz channel. But if you do nothing, your devices will set themselves up completely automatically but always favouring the faster 5Ghz channel.
4. How will I know how far away I can use the extender?
You set the extender up close to your main house router. You then take the extender and plug it in where you have poor Wi-Fi signal. You then log in to the extender from your phone (easiest), or a laptop/tablet/PC. The signal strength is assessed between the main router and extender, before you select 'looks good' in the extender settings. The lights on the front of the extender will also function as a signal meter during this phase.
5. What is the point of the ethernet connector?
My main PC is upstairs in a home office. It gets a decent Wi-Fi signal from the house router, but the signal rises and falls depending on doors being open/closed. By plugging the PC in to the ethernet connector of the extender, I still only get Wi-Fi speeds obviously, but the connection to the router downstairs has gone rock solid, regardless of the office door being open or closed. I performed an Ookla speed test before fitting the extender and afterwards. The connection speed has also now become very stable at the house maximum broadband speed.
6. Does the extender manage it's own router connection and power level?
Yes. The connection between the house router and the extender is automatic, but not fixed. The extender will swap channels and manage the signal power, to maintain a strong connection to the router.
7. Is there any manual control over the extender's cloned Wi-Fi signal strength?
Yes, there are three power settings to choose from, 'near', 'mid' and 'far'. So if, like me, you only needed to extend a single room, you can select the lowest power setting and prevent the extender from working unnecessarily hard.
8. Does the extender have a Mesh mode?
Yes, the extender has three modes of operation, extender, access point (ethernet to Wi-Fi conversion) and mesh. You will need a house router capable of mesh operation. If you already have a mesh-capable TP-Link router, the router and the extender(s) will connect seamlessly with just one Wi-Fi SSID being broadcast. Otherwise the extenders will each have a suffix (EXT, EXT2) etc, but once mobile devices such as phones or tablets are paired with the extender(s), you can just walk around the house and the devices will switch between the strongest Wi-Fi signal automatically.
