NETGEAR WiFi 7 Range Extender (EXS27) – Add up to 1,500 sq. ft., 45 devices with BE5000 Dual-Band Wireless Signal Booster & Repeater (up to 5 Gbps speed), WPA3 Security, Smart Roaming, One WiFi Name

I bought the Netgear nighthawk CM1200 modem which works just fine. Then I bought the nighthawk tri-band WiFi 7 router which boast 3000 sq. ft. of coverage. Well it came up way short of that in my 850 sq ft single story house. It barely covered a third of that. So, I had to buy the extender which, thankfully, that did extend the coverage as promised. If I had it to do over again, I would get a mesh system.

Works real well, was a bit temperamental with the install process, I setup mine as a wired access point, directions were clear but it would always strick out on the very last step. Took a while longer. I assigned a new SSID/password...I ended up using the wps button, then it started working. Great coverage, and good speed. A little network knowledge helps to resolve issues. I had to use the IP address to log into it, suggested login directions never worked.

We needed to 'help' a dead spot in our home get a more consistent and stronger wifi signal. Decided on getting a Netgear extender that would work well with our Netgear Nighthawk router. The extender practically set itself up, it was easy to use. Thanks Netgear, another great item!

5G reception from my router (far corner of 1st floor) to my computers (far corner of 2nd floor) was marginal and the computers often switched back to the 2G band, which is sloweer. This extender solved that problem and now both computers and my printer have solid 5G connections. Extender setup was quick and easy using the WPS method.

Bought this router for both residences to extend the range. It worked like a charm. Great not to have to set up a separate network name.

Extender has given our Two level, 2,500 square foot home extra internet coverage zoomies. Great Buy.

It increased areas of reach of the RS700 but not as far as the Netgear X10 which didn’t need and extension or dead spots. The dual band extender is much slower for speed than the actual router. The range goes up but the speeds go way down with this plug in unit.

The set up and linking to the main Netgear router takes longer than it should. I experienced trouble with management of the linked extender, whereas once length should be controlled by the main router. I also had problems with iPhone handoff from the main Wi-Fi router to the extender.

Difficult setup (phone support helped setup, but it did not connect to the internet). Alternative WPS setup finally made it easy. It took several reboots and an overnight wait before system settled. Ultimately connected most 2 GHz band devices, leaving the heavy lifting for the mothership. Would buy it again.

Set up was impossible with RS 700… wen through multiple troubleshooting steps and contacted Netgear support … after a week of trying, they were not able to get it working. Could not recognize the SSID of the existing Netgear RS700 router. They thought it might’ve been the “smart connect“ but when that was ruled out, they said they had to for the issue to their “product“ team who after three weeks is you have to get back to me. I made the wise choice of returning it.