NETGEAR Nighthawk X6S WiFi Mesh Extender - Build your own whole home mesh WiFi to eliminate dead zones (EX8000)

Pros: - Excellent Range - Once setup, the extender works seamlessly with existing wifi signal, so that only one wifi signal is present, not like other extenders with their own separate login.

Cons: - Software Configuration, and access

Overall Review: I bought this particular unit to compliment my Netgear Nighthawk R8500, since both are from the same manufacture and have the same specifications. After plugging the unit in and hitting WPS button on both my router and the extender, things looked pretty good. It connected and all lights were good. It wasn't until I checked my wifi signal with my phone did I notice a problem. The extender completely reconfigured my existing wifi setting on my router. It changed both the SSID names as well my passwords. Luckily I am very familiar with my router configuration and was able to correct the changes made by the extender. Once that was corrected everything was good. I also recommend connecting to the unit using the assigned ip address by your router since I could not connect using "http://www.mywifiext.net". Once in to the extender, you can further tweak it, and update the firmware, which there was an update out of the box. Of note, the extender is using the secondary 5G signal provided by my router as the pipe for communications between the two units, which is good since I have a lot of wireless/smart home devices.

Pros: Easy to set up (if you are used to setting up wireless routers, truthfully, I was not paying much attention to the defaults and don't know how "plug and play" it is. works great as an extender, my WIFI is now available around the entire house can turn the LEDs off (they are so bright that they lit up the entire room at night) ALL of the lights turn off including the power indicator. also works well as an Access point

Cons: I was hoping that it would extend the wifi by using my gigabit wired network. the location that I wanted to put it was right next to the upstairs Gbit switch with the rest of my network equipment. If the ability to act as an extender via a wired connection is there I could not find it. I had to put it in a different location where it could see my NETGEAR AC2300 R7000P wirelessRouter.and then it worked great as an Extender.

Overall Review: I would recommend to others.

Pros: Works well once connected

Cons: Very difficult to set up. Had to have Technical Support work through it taking about 1 Hour.

Pros: Easy of setup

Cons: I put in area where I have 4-5 bars by the wireless product however really did nothing to expand the wireless coverage