Review on NETGEAR Wi Fi Range Extender EX8000 by Chris Meckler

This review is for the Netgear Tri-Band Mesh X6S. I bought this extender to increase the range of my existing router. The guide to setting up the extender is quite simple. However, when I turned it on to set it up, all the lights on my router were blinking, not just the one WPS light like the manual says. I had to turn it off and on again to see if only the WPS light came on. No, you just have to wait for it and let it set it up. The connection took some time (about 5 minutes). The 2.4 GHz band was connected first. It worked. I had to press the WPS indicator again to set up 5GHz as it didn't work the first time. It worked. However, when I checked the WiFi dead zones around my house to see if I noticed an improvement, I noticed that the extender wasn't connecting to my second 5 GHz band, which is disappointing given that the mesh extender tri -band is. I clicked the WPS indicator again to see if it would connect. Nothing. I tried again. Nada. Tried again for luck. ZIP code, zero, nothing. So my guess is that this is a dual band mesh system rather than a tri band. Suffice it to say that if your router doesn't have 3-band, you'll be fine with this mesh system, but unfortunately you'll have to pay more. Now let's talk about performance and range. The range of this router is large. With the 5 GHz band, I can leave the house without any problems. I don't have dead zones in the house now. I get 4/5 or 5/5 lanes (basically 5 lanes) on my signal depending on the number of walls the signal has to go through. On the 2.4GHz band I get 5/5 clock cycles around the house. What I like about this extension is that it only uses one SSID on both bands instead of multiple, which is great as you don't have to connect every time you use your phone or tablet in different places around your house. Perfomance. So, I have the concert internet spectrum. I get 950 down and 43 up WIRED. Before using the mesh system, my Netgear router gave my phone, tablet, and laptop around 200-600 down and 40 up, depending on the bandwidth of the device. If I set up the grid system on the same devices, it's 100-500 on average. Pretty good. I was expecting a loss of speed. Network stability remains high. Overall I would give her a 7.9/10.