NETGEAR Nighthawk Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Range Extender EAX80 – Add
NETGEAR Nighthawk Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Range Extender EAX80 – Add up to 2,500 sq. ft. and 30+ devices with AX6000 Dual-Band Wireless Signal Booster & Repeater (up to 6 Gbps speed), plus Smart Roaming
More Efficiency, Less Congestion
Say goodbye to slow connections when a houseful of devices are sharing WiFi. EAX80 features new OFDMA technology that makes sharing WiFi bandwidth much more efficient. It significantly increases the amount of data that can be sent and received by your devices at the same time, and prevents annoying connection delays.
Smart Roaming with Mesh Technology
Simplify and stay connected with one network name, plus auto-switching to your best network when connected to a WiFi router or cable modem router.
Easy Setup & Management
The Nighthawk App makes it a snap to set up your extender to your existing router and get more out of your WiFi, including key features like the list of connected devices and other network management tools.
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| WiFi Speed | WiFi 6 – AX6000 (up to 6Gbps) |
| WiFi Coverage | Add up to 2500 sq. ft. coverage |
| Universal WiFi Router Compatibility | ✓ |
| # Simultaneous Streams | 8 |
| Wired Ethernet Ports | 4 x 1G |
| USB Port for Shared Storage/Printer | 1 x 3.0 |
| Recommended # of Devices | 30+ |
| Network Security | WPA2 |
| Advanced Technology | Dual-band, Smart Connect, MU-MIMO, Beamforming+, OFDMA |
| Weight: | 860 g |
| Dimensions: | 19.7 x 10.6 x 27.9 cm; 860 Grams |
| Brand: | NETGEAR |
| Model: | EAX80 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Netgear |
| Dimensions: | 19.7 x 10.6 x 27.9 cm; 860 Grams |
Excellent solutio
The Nighthawk was very quick and simple to set up and has solved our Wi-Fi problems even in an old house with very thick walls. A relatively cheap option to a very frustrating issue. My teenagers are very happy.
Great coverage
Have an old house with thick walls . Tried a number of extenders to get internet coverage throughout the house . Bought the night hawk and found the internet coverage is excellent . Easy to instal and connect to your router .
Unpack & install
Excellent quality as expected, including construction & overall product size & a good price.
I employed the services of an experienced engineer friend who has worked with Netgear equipment for years to set this unit up on the already installed Netgear equipment/system
Very impressed by the performance so far but once set up the trick is just to leave it alone, as occasionally the unit will perform its updates & illuminate its orange led until it completes.
I would highly recommend this extender, I bought the EX7700 extender for my summer house/ office that is in my back garden approximately 40 mtrs from my router, but it was too far away from my router, and wasn’t picking up the wi-fi, so my husband had to hard wire it in, 40mtrs of cable, then we found out that this was an issue, as the extender only has 2 out ports on the back of it, and no access port, so I registered online with Netgear, and called them re my issue, I got Naveen, who spoke me through how to change my out port to an access port, he was very patient and on the phone for an hour, talking us through step by step how to do this, the end result is a fantastic Wi-Fi hotspot now in my summer house/office, I now have super Wi-Fi and no issues working from there.
Pretty easy to set up, seamless one WiFi throughout house, great range
I purchased this mesh extender as my existing old plug in booster was failing and dropping off a lot through the day, meaning I was losing VPN connection at work and using a lot of data on my phone. This does the job perfectly and I know have great signal throughout the house, with just one WiFi network to connect to for all devices.
The only issue I had setting up was that I couldn’t use the app because my phone would not connect to the Netgear_EXT network, it appeared but wouldn’t connect and just kept throwing back an error, so I ended up using the WPS button to connect to my main router, and then plugging into my PC upstairs via ethernet to view set up in a browser and ensure the mesh was working and the existing signal had been successfully extended. Not sure if it’s something on my Android phone or the device itself, but all working fine now!
I had problems with my new internet supplier, they would not give me a booster as they said my internet was good even though it didn’t work in parts of my house including my games room. I purchased this range extender after research and it worked perfectly. It boosted my internet in the attic (router on the bottom floor) by over 80mbps and now I can use multiple devices without a problem. Looks good for a games room too very futuristic. My router is WiFi 5, so the nighthawk is future proof for me when ever I end up with WiFi 6.
5.0 out of 5 stars Doesn’t improve your bandwidth
I was wrongly advised by a technical ‘expert’ at Sky to buy a range extender.
This works as described but the problem was with the rubbish bandwidth not the range.
Fortunately Amazon let me return it!
5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and Effective
Worked perfectly, I set this up in 5 mins with the Application on my Android phone. Very simple and the boosted WIFI Signal is excellent I was using several booster devices in our home but this made all of them redundant. The signal passes through 2 Partition walls up 1 flight of stairs and creates a signal in 4 rooms 2 up 2 down. I set this up with a Starlink WIFI router and with an ASUS 4G wifi Router no issues with either. Great piece of kit. Thanks
In a world of devices I think I found the right one
By James T
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I live in a L shaped house with the router at the end of one of the house. The furthest point from the router had almost not Wi-Fi signal. I looked at several options from budget friendly plugs to full on money no object mesh systems. The nighthawk extender was my final pick. Easy to set up and it now gives a decent Wi-Fi signal throughout the house. Decent price from Amazon and quick delivery made the whole job very easy.
Good item
Had major problems setting it up . Tech support was good over the phone and we got it sorted in the end.
Signal has got better but not as good as I hoped
so far its great. Able to game in a room that had very poor signal.
exactly what I needed. Easy to set up and signal and connection is great so far. I didn’t use it in the middle of room though. I placed it in the room needed as it was better gaming. costly compared to cheaper models . You get what you pay for with this. Awesome
5Ghz compatible
I don’t like the fact that I have trouble logging in to the device on my phone but like the fact that I can get 5Ghz when I use it on my Amazon Fire TV stick which I could never get before
Works brilliantly in the fla
Very easy to install and the signal strenght is full bars with decent speeds across the whole flat
Just once it lost connection to the main router and had to be rebooted.
Just the job for fixing my WiFi issues
I needed a good WiFi signal in my office down the garden. In the house I get excellent signals, but barely nothing down the garden. I tried some WiFi range extenders but they made no difference, and also tried powerline adapters, but they made no improvement due to complicated wiring between house and the office. In desperation I purchased the Netgear Nighthawk X6S WiFi Mesh Extender. Straight away it improved the signal considerably. I then modified the SSID it was using by adding “-Ext” so that I could select it specifically rather than using the default SSID that my home WiFi was using. I now get a constant 120 Mbps in my office. So happy I purchased this product.
The Great Extende
This is a great Wi-Fi extender. It was easy to set up near the router using the app on iPhone and then move it further away. The Tri band seems to work well with a dedicated channel back to the router. The other 2 channels 2.4ghz and 5ghz are not obvious if you opt for the ‘one’ setting which means the extender gives you the frequency best suited to where you are in the house. It seems to be pretty fast and up to 866 Mbps.
The app is good for set up but pretty minimal. I would have liked the ability to switch off bright indicator leds on app but you can do it on the web page for the nighthawk. It seems stable so far with just one reset (maybe due to ISP). Sometimes had to refresh Wi-Fi on iPhone by turning Wi-Fi off and on. But otherwise ok.
I didn’t place the Nighthawk too far away, just in the hall with router in front room, as quality dropped off the further I went away using the indicator lights on the device. But it pumps out the signal to cover 2000 square feet I think. Anyway I get full strength Wi-Fi through out the house.
All in all very pleased with the nighthawk, much better than previous ac1200 extender. It looks like a stealth jet and that’s how it works stealthily and fast in the background.
That’s what I was needing
Netgear Nighthawk X6 AC2200 (EX7700) is what I was looking for long time and as I’m not really know much about it after few months researching know even less but took a leap of faith and decided to order this one after reviews that convinced me. I have been using TP Wi-Fi extender and had problems with internet connection at the other side of the house from router for few years – not anymore!
With extender at best we had 3% of speed we where getting next to router, with this mesh extender we have 77% which is more then enough for stability of connection.
Shame just there isn’t much on internet about those thing as they are simply genus! Don’t need to even mention the easiest installation ever – oh I need to! Just simply plug it in and let it tell you next step, follow instructions on app and in few minutes you are good to go .
For me is best thing since sliced bread. Ok maybe not but very close to the top for sure!
If you struggle have a try and take your experience to next level, no more upset kids they losing connection after streaming at few devices simultaneously and then you on top can use freely your bit as well 🙂
Well worth to mention we have more then 10 devices connected almost constantly as now everything need internet connection and it doesn’t slow it down as well
It works very well
Hit the WPS button on the main (rubbish) router and on this Netgear box and off she goes. Voila, I had good wifi instead of the rubbish signal from my old Virgin Media box (who’s signal can’t manage to get down the stairs – compare with the excellent BT hub)! Don’t understand all the talk from some reviewers about “was on the phone with tech support for hours” as for me it just worked straight out of the box. Have only rebooted it once since I bought it and that in fact turned out to be a problem back in Virgin Media land and nothing to do with the Netgear box. So, it is expensive but I am very pleased with the result.
Plug and play, mirrors the credentials from current router...
So the walls in my flat are 1ft thick and the Wi-fi in computer room was only just getting 2 bars on my XR500 gaming router, the PC was only getting1-2mps I tried a cheep TP-Link extender, this got me full signal on Wi-fi but only seemed to be sending me 3mps maybe 20 if it was a lucky day. Plugged in the Nighthawk extender and pressed the WPS button on extender and router, it took all settings mirrored them and got full wi-fi signal. then was getting the full speed on PC as soon as it was working.
I was concerned by some of the reviews, but with some careful looking a few of the bad ones aren’t even for this model. So I brought ‘as new’ 2nd hand from Amazon, and was like unboxing a new device, and its the best thing I did.
It really makes a difference
Living in a Victorian house doesn’t allow the spread of Wi-Fi signal uniformly. Lo and behold, this booster contradicted everything I thought. The signal is better than ever and I can operate my gadgets everywhere in the house!
Super range extende
What a fantastic and easy to use product this is. The Nighthawk X6 I brilliant. Ignore other reviews some mixed products on here and mixed reviews. I almost did not buy this. It is so easy to install and even easier to connect devices to. We are with Virgin Media on a Hub 3. It worked perfectly. I had numerous black spots with limited / no signal – they are no more. My son had around 35-50 meg in his room he now has 200 plus (what we pay for). We can now go anywhere in the room and get maximum speeds. If you devices are already connected you don’t even have to add new passwords or anything. This was recommended to me by a well known computer store but they wanted 120 for the same thing.
I can only go by my experience but I would say get this you won’t be disappointed – I wasn’t !
This is an excellent router once it is set up. Provides good coverage around my detached house. The problem is the software. I could not get my Android phone to connect with the router, despite it having the latest software and being a new model, a Samsung Note 20 ultra. Really frustrating and a view shared by many people online with no response from NETGEAR. Most disappointing for such a big company. I then tried using my iPad to set up the router, which worked perfectly. Hence 4 stars, as the router works well but Android support useless. Only other complaint is that I cannot find a menu to switch off the lights on the modem, which would be nice as it is used in a bedroom. TP-Link always provide an option. Wake up NETGEAR.
Superb
Read reviews good and bad but this is a piece of kit that actually does much more than I expected. Fantastic reception around the house including in a small room at the rear of a garage furthest away from the booster. Solid block walls and solid wood doors previously prevented any signal reaching where this does even with a TP-Link booster that I had.
Just a five star product.
Great, but not exactly one touch setup
Ever since we had new flooring installed throughout our house with a foil underlay, Wi-Fi upstairs had become troublesome and at the extremes of the house, non-existent. I was hoping this would solve it – and it has.
However as others may have experienced, I could not set this up via the app – no matter how many times I tried entering my existing Wi-Fi password, the netgear app would reject it.
Thankfully the alternative method of pressing the WPS2 button on our router to have all its info passed to the extender worked fine.
The process takes a while – as the unit takes a good few minutes to boot up and connect, but now it’s all set up I have full strength Wi-Fi in all the places I previously had none.
Incredible piece of equipment!
The most important room in my house for internet reception is the one in which my computer is housed – and it’s the one furthest from the router (no way to get around it). I originally tried a tp-link product (AC750 extender), it wasn’t bad but didn’t do much to boost my wi-fi speeds. After reading some reviews, I decided to go for the EX7700 as a “mesh system” seemed overkill for my small house and the one-room problem. It was easy to set up, the EX7700 was then moved to the place I thought would be best for the signal (about halfway between the router and my computer) and I went off to see the results… Astonishing! I was getting about 75Mbps from the router alone, now with the Netgear EX7700 in my testing I hit an average of 397Mbps at my computer! My internet service is fast but the router just can’t deliver to where I need it but I get it now with the EX7700! I did not expect the speeds I am now getting, even half of what the EX7700 provides would have surprised me. This is one of my best buys ever, worth every penny and I would recommend this amazing device to anyone. Awesome equipment!
Problem solved with this Nighthawk Mesh extender.
I live in a large house with concrete floors and lots of steel work fabrication, I’ve always had connectivity issues because of this. I’ve tried other range extenders without solving my issues, a friend of mine who had the same problem suggested like he did buy one of these Nighthawk WiFi Mesh extenders. I did buy and install this one, I’m no ‘techi’ in computing hardware but even me found it fairly easy to install, the results were absolutely brilliant, I now get fantastic communication all around my house even in the previous long distance difficult areas. My long standing signal problems are now solved and wished I bought this Nighthawk extender a lot sooner, its a fantastic product.
Excellent Extende
I purchased this to replace a x7000 that kept losing connection from the R7800 AC2600router. Connected it up and the difference it made really strong signal throughout the house (All brick interior walls) so far it hasn’t lost connection once, so now no more complaints from my house re using Zoom and streaming
Update: now had a good time using this the results are really good, since installing this I have had rock solid Wi-Fi connection and the range is really impressive I still get a strong signal at the end of the back garden 35 metres away the X7000 is located in the front of the house!!! Its not cheap or small but it really does perform.
This works great!
I love in a pretty old building and couldn’t get WiFi at the back of the house, I’ve had a tp link AC750 (which was no use) so o decided to go ahead and by this.
Works straight way and I can now got full WiFi signal in velvety room.
Would definitely recommend.
Great piece of ki
This 2200 (EX7700) model was a replacement for a wall socket plug-in extender which, after several years of modest service, had become ineffective. This replacement Netgear extender is several times better. Situated upstairs at the far end of the house from the VM router downstairs, it gives me up to 80MB downloads with an Ethernet cable (compared to 110MB wired to the actual router) and between 60MB and 75MB wirelessly. It’s a huge improvement which I hadn’t really expected. It’s also very easy to set up. So I’m well pleased and would highly recommend it.
Marked improvement.
Having done a reasonable amount of interweb research I arrived at this product. Some reviews good, others not so with comments about difficult setup etc.
I decided to go for it and bought one. I was fortunate in that I bought mine from Am@zon Warehouse well below retail price for a new one. The one I received was ‘as new’ and initial set up proved a little problematic, frustrating even. However realising this was likely a ‘returned’ item, possibly by a buyer who couldn’t set it up, I looked for and carried out the factory reset. Et voila wps connection done, item relocated to more beneficial place and instant boost. However I added an ethernet cable and it is amazing. I got a bargain at almost half retail price but the improvement in performance and coverage means that I would have been equally as happy if I had paid full price for it.
So star rating.
Yes 5 for wi-fi despite my ading an ethernet cable.
Tech support. No rating as I have not used it.
Easy to install. Yes 5 because had I bought a new one the factory reset would not have been necessary and from the outset wps set up would have been easy and straightforward.
Solid ki
I was very Weary around using Netgear. Moving from a draytek. The mesh extender has been solid no issues sits in the Corner Maintenance free it’s not once droped the connection I have WiFi in the whole garden. Bit in the expensive side but I like the fact it’s got 5 ports on the back. Five stars for me
absolutely brilliant!
Have just received this product and bought a ‘used’ one for 30 cheaper than new and it was described as very slight cosmetic damage. In my opinion, it looks new. I bought this because I have a ‘she shed’ and wanted connection, but the existing wifi only reached halfway down the garden. My router is at the front of the house and my shed is about 40 odd feet away from the back of the house. I could only get wi fi to about 30 ft away from the house. So I did my research and bought this product. I am extremely pleased with it. I connected it to the router by plugging in to wall socket and gave it time to power on. Once this is done, you then press the WPS button on the extender and then the wps button on your router. The guide for the LED lights on the extender tell you once its all connected. I then unplugged it and placed the extender next to my back door so this is halfway between the router and the shed. Once it re-connected and the LED lights showed it was in an excellent position, I then took my laptop into the shed and hey presto I am writing this review in the shed!! Haha, I am so pleased. And as it was cheaper, I’m pleased even more so!
Good product, but the support?
Fairly easy to set up, although it didn’t quite go as the instructions said. But got there and the extended wifi is a bonus.
The Android App that is supposed to help you appears to have problems as the latest version doesn’t work. App store has numerous recentbpostings saying this, but Netgear appear to be oblivious to the issue.
So rather than easy mobile phone interface you hsvevto useca PC/laptop and go through a browser link with the IP address to access the controls of the extender.
Not as good as it thinks it is
I have a wifi issue. This was described as being a powerful extender, but its not as good as it is described. It struggles to get a signal to my computer that’s only 5m away (albeit behind a thick stone wall).
The box is huge!
On the plus side the ‘mesh system uses the same ssid as my main router so there’s no fumbling around with ssid-ext names
Its an expensive piece of kit for what it is
Does work well
Does work well but not the range I’d hope for!
Found standard setup / connectivity a little disappointing in that getting devices to connect to the extender and not just the hub was not clear as both hub and extender show as same SSID (network)
Found the best solution and stability was to separate the extender to both bands (2.4 / 5) and set its own SSID that way you can set devices to connect directly to the extender giving the expected speed and better range than just hub (router)
Solid performance once installed
Has been easy to install and hook up to my existing netgear router, using the nighthawk app makes this easy. I had a unit go faulty (firmware corruption) but fortunately it was registered and still in 90 day support so I could get it replaced for the shipping cost. New unit is working well so far and the range extension is good for my 3 floors now fully covered with decent signal. Overall its a decent device and good performance for a busy household, between my nighthawk router and extender they handle about 50 devices between them and still route 4k content and gaming services on xbox well!
Performing well
Setup was not easy, and would have been impossible if I was not an IT engineer, the connection instructions didn’t not allow connection to the unit even after factory resets. In the end I had to hard wire into it and use a browser to connect to it to configure the unit. This is not something someone with no IT skills would have managed, maybe there was just an issue with this unit or possibly it was down to the firmware version. This unit does have big issues with certain versions on firmware which is wel documented online, but with the correct firmware version it is an amazing unit. First thing I did after connecting was the download and install a known stable firmware. This had to be downloaded manually as the autoupdate feature failed.
Netgear are known for having issues with certain versions of firmware, and the issues that other reviewers have discussed are directly a result of a particular firmware release.
Once setup and devices connected it has performed flawlessly and has resolved the dead spots in the house as expected. Very pleased with the unit but it is a reminder that not all technology can be installed by anyone and sometimes it is best to leave it to someone with advanced tech knowledge or the professionals.
Works great!
Needed to extend wifi from front of house living room router to cabin at the bottom of the garden (about 30m away). Placed this extender half way between the router and cabin. Initially, I could not connect to the Netgear extender, but turned it off and on again and it seemed to sort it’s self out. It was then easy to setup via the nighthawk app. I now get full speed broadband in the whole house, garden and cabin at the end. No dead spots anywhere. Very impressed.
Superb as a mesh wifi extende
I have been using this for several weeks now and it offers both a strong signal via two bandwidths for long-range or a shorter range that repeats the main router (I have the virgin media 350 mb internet package). The speed anywhere in the house matches the main router yet this extender reaches to the back of the garden with a decent speed.
The app works very well, too. Overall, I cannot fault this.
Great extende
Great extender, I was a powerline adapter before connected to R7000 nighthawk router, but after upgrading to the mesh extender I bet better range outside and no more buffering. Inside has shown a 40% speed improvement. Easy to setup with WPS or web interface. Highly recommended!!
I selected the EAX80 from amongst other similar extenders to extend the broadband reach for my church which was built in 1883 and has very thick stone walls and pillars. The purpose for the purchase is to begin streaming our church services.
The router is in our hall which is in the room adjacent to the church, however, the Wi-Fi signal only reaches a little way into the church. There are two tests needed to see if the EAX80 as an extender is sufficient for our needs.
Power sockets are limited in this Grade II listed building. Setting up the EAX80 in a place where there is power at the East end of the church and with just sufficient Wi-Fi signal from the router (because running ethernet cables is not an option), the router signal indicator shows red. Checking the Wi-Fi signal near the extender here the internet speed is the same as if I am standing next to the router. Strong enough for 1080p streaming. Test one passes with flying colours!
The church is 140 feet long from East to West and 50 feet wide from North to South – 7,000 square feet. Testing the signal at its furthest reach in the West end of the church there was a good signal, not as fast, but sufficient for streaming at 720p. Test two passed. In fact there is one bar of Wi-Fi signal reaching outside the church – that’s through thick, solid stone walls!
All in all I am very pleased with the EAX80, we may even purchase a second to boost our Wi-Fi signal at the West end of the church to enable 1080p streaming throughout the building.
Brilliant piece of kit.
Had used wi-fi boosters with no success, then Netgear Nighthawk recommended to me by friend. Set up in minutes, it immediately provided me with a strong signal throughout the house, even in the cellar. So easy to set up, unobtrusive, does exactly what it says it’ll do. Can’t recommend highly enough – brilliant!
Best extender I've used to date!
Really happy with this extender. I had a similarly priced TP-Link before this and the difference is chalk and cheese. The Netgear can sit further away from my router and still have perfect signal, it never drops out unlike the TP-Link. Sits on my desk and allows me a LAN connection. I have an old house with think walls and I can’t be further from my router, no probs for this thing. Amazing!
Good performance
Easy to install, good coverage, consistent signal. Replaced a powerline unit and is much better both for wifi and for a hardwired connection into unit for extended video camera system
Great WiFi Extende
purchased this as to boost my wifi signal strength and does exactly that, easy set up, normal 4 ports, usb plug etc, got coverage in whole house and garden now and it has an easy to use interface.
Perfect whether you use as an extender or wireless access poi
Signal – perfect. Tech support – easy to understand. Installation easy would recommend. For those with Virgin Media routers be careful by The extender is better than the routers processing capability. Therefore I switched virgin media router to modem mode and purchased a WiFi 6 net gear router to manage all my extenders and wireless access points.
Well worth the higher price
Ok – it’s not cheap. I wanted to put WiFi into a new Garden Cabin. My computer expert said “Hard Wire because WiFi extenders are unreliable and have range issues”. Not this one! It’s worth paying more for quality, range and reliability. I can now watch streamed videos in the Cabin as I glance out at the garden. I’m thinking of getting another one or two and setting up a full Mesh. Go for it!!
It works, really, really well
So, I’ve had an issue with my existing router keeps dropping signal on my laptop, the router is upstairs, its a 1940’s brick built 3 bedroom house and although the router could get a signal to the downstairs this dropping/reconnecting fairly regularly. I had Teams video noting “unstable connection” in the dining room. Its an expensive router with a good feature set (Asus AC68U) and I was loath to spend hundreds on a mesh network which, if you read the reviews, can also be problematic.
So I gave the EX8000 a try and it works straight out the box, sort of. I tried the WPS setup on the extender/router, it seemingly connected to the router this actually didn’t work at all. I went in through the browser interface and ran Smart Set Up and it worked fine thereafter, so if you are setting this up first time take note, might be worth avoiding the WPS.
So, performance, i situated the extender at the furthest part of the house (from the router) in the dining room at the back wall, I was initially slightly concerned this would be too far signal wise but it picked up the router as a strong signal, I ran Google’s own speed test without the extender, 50/60 meg download with a the signal strength showing as poor/weak on a wifi analytic app in the dining room. With extender on, this doubled to 120 meg download speed, with the signal strength kicking up to strong, a huge difference.
I had the extender mimic my existing router settings so everything connects to it automatically, a very nice touch.
My laptop dropped the signal again a few times this morning, turns out it had picked up the router upstairs instead of the extender when it booted, so, i created a guest network, made it so that it access my local network and told my laptop to forget the router upstairs and connect to the guest network on the extender, so now the laptop only connects to the extender, my laptop really only lives in the living/dining room so this works for me, even so the signal I get from the extender reaches the whole house, albeit dropping to 50 meg in the upstairs bedrooms. This now puts a signal out to the bottom of the garden too, much further than before.
The extender has some basic features, USB connection for storage as a media server, guest network (as mentioned) and access schedule to shut down at certain times but really its about one thing, giving an enormous boost to my wireless signal to the whole downstairs of my house. Its a big old thing so might be best hidden away but in its size lies its big antennas giving a real performance. There are newer models out but I don’t have any wifi 6 devices so i don’t see the need for that expensive upgrade over the benefits of the EX8000. Highly recommended.
Worked out of the box
I unpacked the unit, downloaded the manual and apps and set the unit to work within a hour, keeping the SSID the same as my BT router.
Signal strength improvement was immediately apparent as I moved around the house.
I plugged my house camera (normally connected by powerline) into one of the network ports and the speed improvement was noticeable.
I shall now try my old xp pc (also powerline connected) and expect a similar boost in speed. Well worth the purchase.
Simple to use and install
The signal from my router was struggling to reach all parts of my property. Hence the need for this product. It does what it says it will do; namely it boosts the wifi signal a long way. If you have a smart phone use the app. It makes installation very easy and gives some great oversight of what your extender is doing. Highly recommend.
Best Wi-Fi range extender I have used
Although not a particularly big house, I have struggled for a long while to get a decent Wi-Fi signal in some parts. I have tried several different types of range extender with limited success, so after looking at the reviews I went for this one.
Setting it up at first wasn’t too bad, I think it took me a couple of attempts because I misunderstood one or two of the settings, but I got there in the end without too much difficulty.
When I first started using it, it would drop out fairly regularly. Switching it off and back on again always cured the fault, but it was happening so often I was thinking of returning it, but that seems to have stopped happening now, so I changed my mind. There is a power switch on the back, so you can just switch it off and on again, but it does take a while to boot up.
It also comes with an app, although I don’t really use that because it doesn’t seem to let you do an awful lot – it would be very handy if you could use the app to remotely reset it – without having to physically go and cycle the power on the router itself. These are just very minor details though – I would thoroughly recommend the product.
Easy set up, powerful signal, great range
I had upgraded my router, had another booster / extender from another good make but with homeschooling and 2 people working on laptops on multi-levels from home the connection was poor and intermittent. This box was so easy to set up and having now had for a few weeks there has been seamless connection even with all our WiFi connected devices – even when all 3 of us are on video. Great range, strong signal and for the money a no brainier! Only wish had bought this sooner!
Great bit of ki
I have a 6 bedroom Victorian house over three floors. I have had real problems securing a quality WiFi signal from top to bottom but Netgear has come to the rescue! I bought the NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC2200 Tri-Band WiFi Mesh Extender (EX7700) to go along with a NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 Smart Wifi Router (R8000) and no matter where one now goes to in the house, WiFi is accessible and constant. Set up was really easy and the extender looks great too. Best buy in years!
Fixed my problem!
I’m so pleased with this product. Internet in my office is terrible in our house and having this in here completely fixed it for me! my work calls are now seamless.
The only thing I would say is that is is playing havoc with one of the other devices in the house where our projector won’t allow us to cast from our phone if it is running off the modem and the projector is running off the mesh. We believe there is a way to sort this just haven’t had time to look into it properly so we just switch the mesh off at night time.
Other than that, I am very pleased with the product!
Much better range than my previous £50 extende
You get what you pay for. This AC3000 is in another class compared to my old, less powerful, 50 netgear extender. My main router is on the first story, and my dead spot is the conservatory on the ground floor 15 meters away. The signal strength went up from 40% to 95%, and a massive improvement to my online experience. I would not call it hard to set up and I am not very technical. But there are a couple of contradictions in the instructions which caused me to spend and extra 20 minutes on it, and would make it tricky for an absolute beginner at this kind of stuff (hence 4 stars instead of 5). The main thing is the results are well above my expectations, and the problem of the conservatory being a dead spot is solved, so it is now a great place to work, thanks to this extender.
Very good
Setup extremely easy with a plug the device in WPS button to pair with the current WiFi, virgin media signal would barely reach other end of the property resulting in extremely poor speed no longer an issue with this.
I found that any device still getting slower speed needed to have the WiFi turned off an on and then they got the new speeds but other than that the 1 network appears to be functioning extremely well.
So far, so good
This device was easy to set up – I used the WPS buttons on it and my BT router, as it said in the instructions. Two minutes later it was working. I moved the Netgear extender into my kitchen, which is about halfway between the upstairs router and my new garden office, took a Windows 10 laptop into the nearly completed office and bingo – a perfect four bar Wifi connection.
One swallow doesn’t make a summer, but as I said earlier – so far so good.
Best extender available
I had tried many cheaper extenders to allow my security cameras to work, but all were difficult to set up and failed to extend my signal, the netgear nighthawk provided the perfect solution, easy to set up, my cameras now work great and a added bonus my wifi signal over the whole house has improved,Great extender easy to set up, whats not to love. Update We live in a old house with very thick walls, and when i installed some WIFI security cameras, the signal was at best intermittent on the external ones and just acceptable on the internal ones, I have been using a Nighthawk router, which works very well with all our other devices, so bought the extender as part of the same product range, i’d tried cheaper extenders but they did not help. the EX8000 however is fantastic,easy to set up and now all my cameras work , i even tried one further down our garden in a shed which also works well, IMHO if you’re having signal issues this is the extender to buy, Value for money, easy set up and works grea
Good wifi range works well.
We have thick stone walls in our house and these boots the wi-fi signal so we can connect in every room.
Tech support is lacking particularly with the nighthawk app used to set them up.
Can install either via nighthawk app on the phone or WPS. Generally easy to install but there are number of issues using the nighthawk app and phone (for example having mobile data on prevents the net extender from being detected). WPS is easiest way to connect. Keep the passwords etc safe when you set them up, if you lose them you’ll have to do a reset and start from scratch.
Very good
Yes its expensive but you buy cheap you buy twice. I have thick walls in my house and the WiFi signal is very poor unless you are sitting on top of the router in the entrance hall. Now with this device, the WiFi signal is boosted SO much better and have signal in most of the house. Simple to set-up….just follow the easy instructions and bingo! I do recommend this…..and i also recommend going bigger than smaller for wifi boost, especially how we are all addicted to our devices and how important wifi is in our lives!
I always had WIFI troubles in my house as my router is downstairs and I do most my work upstairs, because of this set up speeds are slow and are unstable however, The Netgear Nighthawk X6S AC3000 completely resolves this. Take a look at the video for a closer look at the product.
The Netgear Nighthawk X6S AC3000 was well packaged coming with the WIFI extender itself, power cable, CD installer, power cable ports and an instruction manual. As expected from a company like Netgear, the build quality was good and you get a high quality product.
– Installation –
The WIFI extender is very easy to set up and you have 2 ways to do this. Firstly via the app. This is the manual process so you’ll have to manually enter your router credentials, however it’s a pretty straight forward process.
The next process is via WPS, so you’ll need both your router and WIFI extender to be close together initially. Then you’d need to press the WPS button till the WPS LED starts to blink, after which you’d need to press the WPS button on your router. You’ll then need to wait for both to fully pair.
Once you have selected your installation method and fully paired it together the relevant LED lights will appear and become solid lights on the Netgear WIFI extender as seen in the pictures.
– Features and usage –
This product has an amazing feature that allows the Netgear WIFI extender to use the same connection name as your router, which is great as you don’t need to connect to multi WIFI/Internet connections. You can also connect you devices directly via the Ethernet port. It has smart connection functionality which will automatically select the fastest band connection for you to get the highest speeds no matter where you go in the house.
I’ve been using this device for a while now and no matter what connection I use whether its via Ethernet ports or WIFI it has provided me a fantastic stable connection throughout the house and day. The difference is night and day. In my room upstairs without the WIFI extender I get speeds of 2.9mbps, when I have the WIFI extender on it goes up to 24mbp. As seen in the speed test in the video. The results are substantial and this WIFI extender has completely made the difference. I can pretty much get good internet connection and speed in every part of the house now. Word of advice this product is only as good as your internet connection and speed, so don’t expect it to produce miracles if you have internet similar to AOL times.
Overall, this is a fantastic product. It’s very pricey and I did have reservation at first however, it’s well worth the money and I have not regretted making this investment. Some may say this is a bit too much but it’s given me so much value and I can get great internet connection and speed throughout the house. I would highly recommend.
Good results between opposite corners of our house
I bought the Netgear EX7700 WiFi extender to give a better WiFi signal as our router was in an upstairs room, and the laptop was being regularly used for zoom calls downstairs, at almost the furthest point away. I found it easy to set up using the IOS app and the difference in signal strength was very noticeable. Prior to installing the signal strength was -66dBm with a max throughput of 58Mbps. After installation this jumped to -44dBM and max throughput of 357Mbps. With regard to the zoom calls I have not seen any hesitation in the video since the installation. Definitely worth 5 stars.
Fantastic!
Waoh! What a monster booster. I had issues and regular conversation Virgin Media because the wifi wasn’t going anywhere apart from the living room in our three floors Town house. Virgin media even suggested that I increase my Mbps from 100 to 200 which I did but was not helpful. They suggested subscribing to boosters at the cost of 3.00 each per month. I never wanted to go through this route as I wanted a permanent solution and decided to go online to search for a one-off booster. Google brought on Techradar and lo and behold Netgear Nighthawk. I bought one and installed and so far there is WiFi everywhere in the house and all floors, the same speed and as with devices that are wired directly to the router.
Apart from the price, highly recommended!
A lifesave
We were at the limit to the number of devices our router could support so we bought the Nighthawk X6 extender. The download speeds on the Smart tv’s is great and we don’t suffer from the internet dropping out on any of our devices.
This is a game changing device
Should have bought this years ago. Ours isnt a large house but the routers all seem to struggle to get wifi signal accross the house. Previously Devices would loose signal repeatedly. This has been a game changer signal boost from 20% to 96% strength. All devices suddenly just work as they should. Very pleased and so easy to setup up.
Straight out of the box and set up in next to no time using the nighthawk app. Even though I had a very good WIFI speed 250mbps I could get no decent speed in my summerhouse and there were also a few dead spots in the house, but after setting this up I can know get at least 100mbps all the way in my summerhouse and no more dead spots in the house. I had tried the small plug in range extenders but having to keep changing the WiFi over to them was slightly infuriating. With this no need and performance is great. Good product for those far away areas , especially out buildings which people are now using more and more as having to work from home