ASUS AC1200 Dual Band WiFi Repeater & Range Extender (RP-AC55) - Coverage Up to 3000 sq.ft, Wireless Signal Booster for Home, AiMesh Node, Easy Setup

I usually do not like ordering electronics like this. I dreaded it and put it off. So it was with pleasure that it was not too bad getting this up and running - 30 minutes tops. Ohhh everything did not work right....but eventually the app install worked for me! I must say that I am genuinely pleased and happy how well this works! My internet on my home computer in the basement ( router upstairs) is noticeably much faster than before. I did choose this because I have an asus router which I liked (87U)- to help with compatibility. For the price, and performance - cant be beat!!! Lets hope it works long term with no glitches with time. HIGHLY RECOMMEND

I have to revise my review and give this product 1 star. Unfortunately 1 day after setting the extender up I began having issues with devices losing internet connectivity. They would say they were connected to the WIFI but just not have any internet and I couldn't even connect to shares within my home network. I wound up returning the extender as I don't have the time or energy to troubleshoot this.--------------------------------------------------original review follows-------------------------------------------------------The extender came with instructions that showed a number of different setup options (WPS, iPhone/Android app, Ethernet or direct WIFI setup). I went with the direct WIFI setup. I initially tried the WPS but I have MAC address filtering turned on and I think this interfered with it.I just connected my laptop to the open ASUS WIFI network and went to the web link in the instructions and followed the prompts. I was able to use the same SSID's for the extender as on my router so the connection is seamless between the two. Setup took about 5 minutes.I then moved the extender to the first floor (instructions have you keep it within 6 feet from the router during setup). I like that it tells you when it is too close or too far away from the router so it was easy to find a good location on the first floor.All of my devices on the first floor now have excellent connection to WIFI and speed tests are much improved. So far I am happy with this purchase and especially the price for getting the improved WIFI connections. I recommend this product for anyone looking for an affordable way to expand their WIFI network.

I have quite literally NEVER been thwarted by a new gadget purchase until today. I build my own computers, have a NAS media server, configure an on-site video-surveillance server, customize unsigned Windows drivers; you name it.So it is extremely frustrating not to be able to get this extender to work. I love my AC87U router, which serves as the back-bone to my home network, but this damn extender will not connect to it no matter what I have tried.The old N300 TP-Link Extender worked just fine, but it was slower, and I was looking to upgrade through-put. Should I just get a higher-end TP-Link? Asus, you want to help a loyal customer out? I've dumped at least a grand on various motherboards and networking devices in recent years, and want to believe the the inter-connectivity of your products would likely make for a better ecosystem, but it it's this prohibitively difficult to get working on the initial setup then to hell with it.Thanks.Edit: 9/21I had a little more time to sort everything out over the weekend, and was finally able to get this to work. @Joan, yes, my router firmware is up-to-date. I update it whenever I get a notification that there is a new firmware. And I check often enough in the course of network monitoring that my response time is pretty good - within probably a week of the release of new code.What seemed to be the problem was the WPS connection, and as luck would have it, part of the impetus in getting this extender was the acquisition of a much better modem that would support Docsis 3.1. Having installed that, I necessarily rebooted the router in the process, and lo and behold, the WPS connection between the router and extender finally worked. I have to say though, not having a backup option to WPS seems frankly: lazy.That it works now is not to say it wasn't without issues. The time this thing takes to come back online after making changes to the SSID of the extended network and its adherent passwords is embarrassingly slow. Similarly, I can only get most devices to connect to the 2.4 GHz channel, and not the 5 GHz, despite allegedly supported devices at the higher frequency.But despite my previous ire, I'm not here to nitpick. It works for now. Streaming video is flawless (at 1080p, though I don't expect much more from an extender). In testing, it struggles with streaming games over steam link and GeForce @ 1080p, which was not a problem for the primary router, but that was admittedly hard-wired. I moved the steam link to the room now covered by the extender in the hopes I could broaden the scope of cross-home gaming. Again, not trying to be too critical. I probably need to wire a connection for intensive usage like that, so no biggie. Just trying to give an honest assessment of performance.The 2.4 & 5 bands issue is an annoyance, but not one that brings any functional problems, so I will up my review to 4 stars. It works. Just a pain getting it there.

I am writing this in response to several reviews I read prior to purchase. To start this device IS AiMesh compatible! It says so in the title, there is a sticker on the box, and even a quick setup guide specific to AiMesh included inside. The setup could not have been easier, I plugged in in to a wall outlet approx 3 feet from my RT-AC68U router, I waited for approx 3 min, logged in to my router interface and selected Search for AiMesh node, it took less than 30 seconds to find the new device. Once it was added it did take several minutes to connect it to my network. Once connected, I ran a firmware update search, it found an update and took another 3-4 minutes to process the firmware update. I then relocated the new device out to my garage to bridge the connection to the 2 wifi security cameras mounted on the front of my garage that would frequently lose connection. Once plugged in, the unit took about 2 minutes to reconnect to the AiMesh network, and another 5 or so minutes before the cameras connected to it. The connection to my router is via the 5Ghz band and it's connection quality is listed as Great (according to the router interface), the cameras are showing a strong connection to the new device as well (again, according to the router). Time will tell if this solves the issues I was having with the cameras disconnecting, but the setup of this device could not have been easier and functioned exactly as I expected. To be fair, the previous reviewers that had difficulties did not specify their router model or how they attempted to set it up, but my experience was very simple and straight forward.

**Como repetidores de WiFi no puedo opinar mucho pero como puntos de acceso conectados por ethernet, funcionan genial.**Como mencione anteriormente, compre 2 de estos repetidores y junto a un switch, cable ethernet, unas pinzas de ponchado y varios tutoriales de youtube, los use en modo de punto de acceso para poder cubrir todos esos puntos de la casa donde el WiFi estaba muerto. Los conecte por ethernet y puedo decir con certeza que me dieron una conexion estable y rapida en toda mi casa. El router principal, un Netgear (que planeo cambiar en un futuro a un Asus para completar el AiMesh) alimenta todo el segundo piso de la casa pero batallaba para el primer piso y el sotano, por esto, use estos 2 repetidores para esos dos pisos donde batallaba el WiFi y ampliaron la cobertura. Puedo decir que en cualquier piso que estes, tendras la maxima velocidad posible, cosa que antes no era verdadero. El alcance de los mismos tambien es bastante bueno, a traves de 10 metros y una ventana, todavia recibia los 200 megas que tengo contratados.La configuracion fue sencilla, no me tomo mas de 5 minutos. Lo unico fue que tuve que actualizar el firmware porque si bataballa un poco con el que venia de fabrica pero una vez actualizado, no me ha dado problemas en los ultimos 4 meses.

The product was as described and arrived within a couple of days of ordering

Pasé como 3 horas tratando de configurarlo, tal cual como decía el manual, habían 2 formas de configurarlo, la más sencilla a través de la app Asus Extender la cual para mi sorpresa resultó ser una real porquería porque a pesar de haberme conectado al extensor correctamente, marcaba que ocurría un error al conectar al dispositivo, tuve que descartar esa manera de configurar y opté por la configuración a través de la dirección web repeater.asus.com, finalmente pude conectarme y realizar la configuración como repetidor, todo bien hasta ahí, todo parecía marchar bien, lo tenía conectado a un router Asus RT-AC56U en modo repetidor, comencé a detectar una gran pérdida de paquetes e inclusive a tener desconexiones mientras jugaba en línea, decidí probar conectar el extensor directamente al módem a través de cable y en modo router, me di cuenta que sucedía la misma situación, desconexiones y pérdida de paquetes, pensé que estaba defectuoso el aparato porque era inconcebible que el rendimiento fuera así de malo.Tuve que iniciar el proceso de devolución y por lo pronto buscar otro extensor.

Repetidor muy simple, es relativamente fácil de usar como repetidor, pero para otras funciones se necesitan conocimientos más técnicos.Por el precio y para el uso doméstico, sale mucho mejor y más fácil de usar comprar un Eero

Con la app de celular es muy facil y rapida de configurar