WAVLINK AC1200 Outdoor WiFi Extender, Long Range Dual Band 2.4/5GHz Outdoor WiFi Extender Signal Booster, IP65 Weatherproof Access Point with PoE, Support AP/Repeater/Router Mode for Camping Yard

I'm giving it a thumbs up. First question, what are the con's? Only one thing that needs improvement. Better instructions for set up. Fortunately there are lots of Youtube videos out there showing people setting this thing up. So I figured it out but not without scratching my head a few times wondering what I was doing wrong. Ok, so for the good part. Once it was set up......correctly..... It worked great. In fact it did better than I expected. I live on a 4 acre lot that is longer than it is wide. The lot has a house, swimming pool barn and a garden behind the barn. It is 360 feet to the barn from the back of my house. I set the extender by my pool which is half way between the barn and the house. I get full service out of this little antenna from the road in front of my house all the way to the garden behind my barn. That is a huge area. So absolutely no complaints about the range, signal or speed. I'm sure some folks may get a little different range due to environment, buildings, and various obstructions but I can say I'm thrilled with the product. I recommend it.

This is the most powerful extender i have ever owned by far. Excellent coverage and reliability. i cannot say it was easy to set up. It took repeated attempts until i got just the right settings. But there were some helpful Youtube videos on my model, and some other helpful webpages and i eventually got it. i am not a TCP/IP wifi expert, so some of the menu choices were uncertain. The manual appears to be Chinese in origin, next extensive, but don't give up on it. It has not wintered yet, but seems well designed and durable. The POE works great and gives direct access with a second ethernet cable. Aesthetically it looks very scientific. i recommend it and if it fails i will edit this review.

I tried to 2 months to get this outdoor wifi repeater to reconfigure to my ssid network. I finally called a professional networking company and they sent a man out to set it up for me. He failed for the very same reason as me. The wizard will run on the Wavlink network after you climb the 15 ft high pole to hit the reset button, but at the end of the process you have to click on the wizard "refresh" button. What that does, as explained to me, is have DHCP select an ip address from the router rather than Wavlink. This function fails every time on this unit. Without an ip address, the unit can not communicate with my router. I have a SIMILAR Wavlink model that worked, after a while. Once reset to my ssid by selecting Repeater Bridge mode, it is great. Until then, useless. I THOUGHT I was getting the same model when I selected, BUY AGAIN, but it wasn't. So, $250 later - $100 for the unit and $150 for the pro techie to come out and fail just like me, the solution is "Buy another brand of Extender". So, that will cost me another $150. Additionally, Wavlink support is terrible. You have to send an email to CHINA and wait 12 hours for a reply. In my case, their recommendation was to set the unit to AP mode which would have required running a cable 600 ft to my router. Why buy a wifi extender that doesn't function in wifi mode?

After getting a response from the manufacturer, and several emails and a few weeks of troubleshooting, the manufacturer did resolve this issue. They sent me a new unit and did not request that I return the old unit. I configured the new unit, and it seems to be working correctly now. So, something failed in the first unit that I received where the 2.4G band stopped working, which is what is needed for my outdoor IP cameras. I hope that this new unit will last more than 1.5 months. So we will see what happens. I do appreciate the manufacturer working with me to resolve this. I updated my review to 4 stars.

Great product works great to get WiFi out to the pool area shipping was fast

I went thru a couple of repeaters before i landed on this one. This thing rules Im a big fan, super easy to setup, Im using it on a Metal building, the building kills all signals from getting in. This thing was powerful enough to supply wifi while just setting up inside the building. Once i mounted it outside and ran a ethernet cord inside to a separate Access point I have just as fast internet as inside my main house.

The setup instructions are very difficult to follow & customer/tech service was of very little help. Better step-by-step procedures with pics are need. Also, instructions do not seem to coordinate with iPhones and IOS versions. However, we did get it set up for remote purposes & associated network power is excellent.

If you select the first option in the “instructions” it bricks the device, and you can’t talk to it. Trying to reset now, but I’m not at all impressed with any of this order. This item, or any of the other items I ordered for this install. I still haven’t seen the bolts for the mount, apparently delivering the entirety of your order, is too much to ask. Update: 2 HOURS LATER, I’ve finally gotten the GUI to function on a computer, don’t bother trying with a phone, it doesn’t work. This is the last time that I will be trying to put this piece of GARBAGE in repeater mode, before I either send it back, or run it over with my truck - haven’t decided yet. Won’t connect to the internet, GUI doesn’t let you change the mode, GUI doesn’t work on phones, wifi doesn’t connect as a range extender, “mesh mode” bricks the device. Long story short, buy something else, this isn’t worth the pain. Update: Tried again today, STILL cant get this pile of trash to work for some reason, I thought I had gotten it to work, and then couldn't figure out why it wasn't on the internet, but I could connect to it....IT'S PLUGGED INTO THE INTERNET!!!! This device woudn't have POWER if it wasn't plugged into the internet - yet here I sit, no internet outside, but I have this stupid device that I can connect to.....to disable the internet on whatever device I'm on??