StEVB
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2024
I bought this CPE to extend WiFi to an outdoor pavilion with 2 goals: 1) Provide WiFi for guests, 2) Allow a Roku to connect to WiFi for video streaming. initially, we have a mesh system in the house put a node in the window facing the pavilion to try to meet these goals. It was unreliable for guest WiFi and the Roku did not even see a signal.My plan was to put one unit in the window aimed at the pavilion in Access Point mode and put another at the pavilion as a receiver in the x mode, then connect a mesh node to the receiver. When installing, I first tried just using the one Access Point unit. It worked! Wifi is now available anywhere in the pavilion and the Roku has a "Good" signal strength. That allowed one unit to be returned and saved a mesh node.Last, CPE's can be complex. However, the TP-Link user interface helped make this one easier to use. I highly recommend this unit.
babb4214
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2024
This CPE is great. I've used this in a setup for a family member to get internet out to their gazebo that is about 150ft from their house. Streaming video for watching NFL games, MLB games, movies etc works great without issue. It's an awesome setup!With that, I decided to get one myself to have internet in my detached shop. It's only about 50 feet from my house. I have this device configured as a client to my home wireless network and then running to a small WIFI router in my shop that is in AP mode. Standing in the same room about 20 feet from my home WIFI router it was getting about 75mbps download (2.4ghz band) and with my setup to my shop I get about 60mbps in my shop. So it's a solid connection.Here's the thing that some people MAY be overlooking if they are running a similar setup. I have a 1gbps internet connection. That's NOT the speed I can expect over wireless. If I were to use the 5ghz band I can get decent throughput but I'd have to be pretty close to the home router. Anyway, this CPE says 300mbps throughput in the 2.4 ghz band. IF you were to get that throughput that is ONLY to the CPE, NOT to anything that is using it to access the internet. The catch (for me) was the ethernet port. It's a 10/100mbps so that's where the bottleneck is in my scenario. The fastest I could hope to get is 100mbps. For me, there's nothing wrong with that and it will work great. I'm sure for a lot of people's needs this will work great. I just wanted to put it out there in case people had certain expectations. If ou really need the greater speeds, get the TP-Link CPE710 as it has the 10/100/1000mbps ethernet connection and the ethernet interface won't be the bottleneck any longer.Bottom line: Good, reliable, quality product. 100% recommend!
Mansour
Reviewed in Saudi Arabia on November 1, 2024
Good and stable.
Helena Neves Haas
Reviewed in Brazil on May 5, 2023
Comprei o produto e fiquei satisfeita. Alcance dentro do descrito. Funcional
Alex ivan raul capponi
Reviewed in Spain on September 4, 2022
No funciono. Intente múltiples configuraciones y no repetía el Internet, hable con el soporte técnico e intento configurarlo con una conexión remota y no pudo.
Eric Rose
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2022
I'm a certified network engineer with over 20 years experience, so keep that in mind. I work on network devices like this every day.So far I like the TP Link wifi bridge. We are connecting a guest house to the main house internet connection. The guest house is 400-500 feet away from the main house. The main house (transmitter, or Access Point) is mounted outside. The guest house receiver (client) is actually indoors, facing the main house, with direct line of site, resting against the exterior wall of the guest house.This is the 3rd network bridge I've setup for this situation. The prior two solutions were from engenius. However, I like the TP Link solution better for the following reasons:1. the web interface to manage the devices has a few more options and is easier to use, in my opinion.2. The devices utilize 10/100 Mbps wired ethernet ports. Although this is counter-intuitive (how can you get 300Mbps wifi when the Access Point is only 100Mbps?). However, in my experience, these wifi bridges are MORE RELIABLE when the uplink is only 100Mbps.If you are ONLY downloading from the internet, the gigabit ethernet devices work well. However, if you are trying to work remotely from the remote location, you need reliable uploads as well. In this situation, 10/100 ethernet seems to be more reliable.The TPLink bridge solution uses a priority connection protocol (not an industry standard) when using two TP Link access points. This seems to work well, as advertised. With a simple button option you can change the priority from Throughput (for streaming downloaded video, for instance) to Latency (for using video calling, Voice over IP (VOIP) calling, etc). This option does seem to work well, and it only has to be enabled on the receiving end (the "client"), and not on the transmitting end (the "Access Point"). Also, switching the setting doesn't require a reboot of the client device so you can make that change on-the-fly.There is an important setup tip which applies to any wifi bridge solution that you end up choosing: You need a computer with a physical ethernet port to connect to the devices for the first time. I have a few MacBook laptops, and none of them have a physical port. I ended changing my home wifi ip address to match the devices (192.168.0.x), and plugged the devices into our existing wifi router. Then I could connect to them to program them, change their default IP address, etc.I downloaded the user manual from the internet before they arrived and read through it a few times, so by the time they arrived I knew exactly how to program them for our situation.Another reason I went with TP Link is, our home wifi router is TP Link and I've been happy with that device as well. Most of the wifi bridges that you see on Amazon are from mysterious companies that I never heard of. When I finally found the TP Link, I was much more confident ordering it.I hope this helps your decision.
colum cusack
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 3, 2020
Exceptionally good product. Connected farmers house receiving 4G internet to AI milking parlor 400 yards away. Very easy install, alignment and setup. Highly recommend.
Advirc
Reviewed in Mexico on April 15, 2018
Se usa junto con otro CPE510 para establecer una conexión de 5GHz a mas o menos 100 metros distancia, desconozco si es problema de configuración mia o no sea posible tener una conexión mas estable ya que para Jugar online tengo ciertos picos de lag, aunque de igual forma probe con un CPE210 pero se queda muy corto en velocidad con respecto a esteOtra cosa que cabe señalar es que solo funciona en banda 5 GHz, no funciona en 2.4 como algun iluso como yo podría pensar, en el cliente lo tengo conectado al router, el receptor lo tengo conectado a un repetidor que distribuye wifi a 2.4 y 5 GHz y ethernet y como mencione funciona bienm con algunas varaciones, para descargas y transmisiones de Netflix, Youtube etc, funciona sin corte alguno