This product is amazing. Everyone said the repeater is worthless. But I disagree.

I'll keep it short. I am taking free WiFi from across the street and broadcasting it for my mom. About 2015 I had done this before with a Netgear router. I think it was WiFi 5 (6 was just becoming advertised) and it was like AC bands. Maybe. If not N. Anyways. Worked pretty decently. Eventually I upgraded to a nighthawk. Tried open wrt. Realized stock was better. Wanted to try the same thing again.

I looked on Reddit. Tried to find what has changed in the time. "Repeaters are garbage" "only hardwire things". And couldn't even find any advice about repurposing a router again. Went to best buy. Looked around. Guy there kind of sucked for advice. I told him I've done what I want to do before and so I know it's possible. Seemed like he gave up trying to help me after that lol.

Anyways apparently someone said it shouldn't be physically possible to repeat 70ft away and I should lose 50% speed automatically. That was from a post on 2022 on here. Made me laugh. I'm looking on the shelf thinking about routers walking away with one and see this thing on the top for $50. Saw Wi-Fi 6 and this new AX band and said let's run it. And I'm surprised.

I am pulling maybe 75% speed compared to the main router. The 5gz sure it's not even comparable. But the 2.4ghz I'm doing just fine. Watching Hulu with no buffering. It does perfectly fine pulling Wi-Fi at a reasonable speed and ping. Farcry from people saying they're hot garbage. These things didn't really exist 10 years ago when I first configured this exact location so I'm happy it's as simple as downloading an app and following directions. No real network knowledge needed. Recommend it highly.