TP-Link AX3000 WiFi 6 Range Extender | PCMag Editor's Choice | Dual-Band Wireless Repeater w/Ethernet Port | Up to 2400 Sq. Ft., 64 Devices | Internet Signal Booster | APP Setup | EasyMesh (RE715X)

I bought the TP-Link AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 Range Extender to fix a major issue: one of my rooms had no Ethernet connection and terrible Wi-Fi, and I almost called a handyman to install an Ethernet port in the room. A search online pointed me to the TP-Link AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 Range Extender. This extender solved the problem perfectly! Setting up with the TP-Link Tether app was quick and painless, and within minutes, I had strong, reliable Wi-Fi and a usable Ethernet port in that room. I tested it with my switch and "voila", it works! The performance has been excellent—fast speeds, smooth streaming, and stable connections with no more dropouts. Even devices that struggled before now work flawlessly. The extender blends right into my Spectrum Wi-Fi 7 network and provides seamless coverage across my home. I also love that it supports Wi-Fi 6 features like 160 MHz channels, which really boost performance, and the Gigabit Ethernet port for my wired devices I needed in my office, is the best thing I have now. Overall, this was exactly what I needed—easy setup, strong signal, and the perfect solution for a room without Ethernet access. Highly recommended!

I'm very happy with the performance of this wi-fi extender. It provides Wi-Fi extension from my office about 15 m away to the center of our hallway which then extends Wi-Fi throughout the house. It has a good signal the app is easy to use and install. The various features and ability to monitor and configure from the app are a bonus.

Worked great, extended my range back to our back bedroom, which is exactly what I needed. Easy to setup, have spectrum wifi , TP link connect with no problems-compatible

Pretty easy setup. Only took me a few minutes. Now. It works great in my backyard pulling my Wi-Fi out into the patio. I have it inside a shed, so I don't have to test whether the weather would mess it up. I have purchased other extenders, and they stunk. Pleased to finally find one that was both relatively cheap and functional and easy to set up. Would buy again.

I was having some problems when moving around my house with difficulty connections. I think this is due to upgrades by my neighbors on there WiFi systems. As I was seeing much higher signals on there WiFi channels. My garage is some distance from the WiFi router. Which worked well until the neighbors WiFi changes. Once I set up the AX3000 extender and put it in the garage now I have solid internet throughout my house. Router set up well, with some minor problems that were easily resolved. Again tp-link system working well.

This WiFi extender works perfectly to keep our electronics connected with the low WiFi signal. The installation instructions were easy, using the cell phone. This specific model was highly recommended on several trustworthy sites. Although the information states that the extender will not increase internet speed, our web connection seems faster. Maybe that is because the connection is much more stable. Reasonably and competitively priced.

This is my first time purchasing this booster or brand BUT this is my 3rd WiFi booster ever. This thing is AMAZING. Setup was a breeze. The instructions are actually written coherently and make sense. The app, minus one very big glitch (see below), made setup foolproof. This thing really works wonders. I am FLOORED by how well it works. None of the other boosters I had worked even close to as well. All our dead and slow WiFi issues are resolved. Trust me, I could write a full manifesto on what we have dealt with with our WiFi connection in our house. Not anymore though! The only two drawbacks I have found are: 1.) The size: this thing is quite large. The ideal location for my booster is in my upstairs hallway which gets A LOT of traffic between my high energy dog and young kids. I do worry that someone is going to collide with it and tear it out of the wall and break it. 2) The app had a glitch. First of all, the setup app is awesome because it does the work for you if you follow the instructions. It made it super easy and not as cumbersome and confusing as every other booster I’ve used. The only issue is that they need to update it for iOS 18, because anytime I tapped on a field that needed to be filled in, the keyboard would not open so I couldn’t type what was needed. The work around for this is to open your notes app, type what you want, then copy and paste it. Not ideal, but I’m assuming it’s temporary and now that the booster is setup I don’t even need to go into the app. After dealing with the junk boosters I’ve had in the past, I’ll take these two drawbacks without any complaint. This is a great booster. Worth the money.

Purchased a "used - like new" range extender from Amazon. PROS: Packaging and all contents were undamaged, and the range extended, when plugged in, quickly joined the tp-link "one mesh" network. All works well technically - we have excellent signal throughout our two story 2100 +/- sf home. CONS: Two troubling issues, one larger than the other: (1) The tp-link product warranty specifically says that it only applies to the original purchaser, and if purchased used (as in what we did via Amazon), there is no warranty. That should have been disclosed by Amazon on their website. We saved about $34 ($56 vs $90) buying used instead of new, and I'm not sure we'd have done anything different had we known it would not be warranted, but we should have been made aware of that issue. (2) tp-link had issued a firmware update in 2024. Here it is 2026, and the range extender must have been manufactured a bit ago to have the old firmware. Also, it's not as easy as it should be to access the update process. Basically, you have to plug the range extender into an outlet near enough to your laptop/desktop that you can run an ethernet cable from the range extender into the laptop/desktop, ensure you turn off any wifi on your laptop/desktop, and then access a tp-link website to log into the range extender, check for firmware updates, download, and let it install and reboot. Once you figure that all out, it works well enough. Also, tp-link is VERY sporadic with their firmware updates. With all that considered, we took one star off our rating for the product.

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Access point great,easy installation and configuration, delivered on time

It’s working as expected, it was a replacement for an older version of range extender, wifi signal it’s more stable and reaches further with the RE715R.

I bought this tp-link AX3000 Wi-Fi 6, Model RE715X Range Extender off Amazon U.K. Despite the fact it is for the U.K. Market, it came fitted with an American plug. I was going to return it, as another U.K. Reviewer did, I decided however to buy a U.S. to U.K. Plug Adapter from MyTravelPal and I am really glad I did. The Range Extender is very top heavy, the plug adapter is a lovely tight fit and once everything is plugged in, rock solid. The reason I bought the range extender was that, in what I call my “entertainment room”, I have a lovely pair of Sonos Speakers as well as a pair of Apple HomePods which are even better, however at regular intervals one of the speakers, usually the right one on both systems kept cutting out and if I was running Apple Music from my Mac using the Home Pods every now and then, the music would jump to the Mac instead of staying with the Home Pods, really frustrating, I have a ZZOOMM Dual Band Router and wondered whether it may be caused by a poor Wi-Fi signal in this particular room, this is the reason I bought the Wi-Fi Extender. It was very easy to set up using the WPS connection, I had already downloaded the Tether app from the Apple App Store, once set up it started working perfectly immediately, no more dead spots and listening to music is a delight once more, if you want a really good extender, you won’t go wrong with this, yes it is more expensive than a lot of others, but as they say “you get what you pay for”. Top Marks.