Any thoughts on wireless repeater TP-Link RE450?

It seems to be the first AC1750 repeater in the market. In my country(Singapore), it is priced pretty closely to other brand's AC1200 repeater. I am using a Nighthawk X6 R8000 btw.

Here are my findings -

>1000Mbps
TP-Link RE450 (AC1750)@ $139
Netgear EX6150 (AC1200)@ $139

<1000Mbps
Netgear EX6100 (AC750)@ $89
TP-Link RE200 (AC750)@ $59
Asus RP-AC52 (AC750)@ $119
D-Link DAP-1520 (AC750)@ $59
Prolink PWC3703 (AC750)@ $63
Sineoji WRE750E (AC750) @ $69

Can't seem to get the price of Linksys RE6700. The RE6500 goes for roughly $160.

Any thoughts? It feels like a no-brainer to go for the AC1750 given the price point but there aren't any reveiws out yet. Also, Linksys crossband technology seems to be pretty nifty.

Thanks in advance guys

A repeater is rarely worth considering for a network that is used by multiple users (or devices) simultaneously.

For the price of a repeater, I would be more inclined to spend more for a decent router instead (that can also be used as a repeater, if there really are no other better connection choices) as that can be used in the future in many more situations than simply as a capacity (and time) hogging repeater that affects all clients on the network when it is in use. If you feel that getting half the throughput (again; for all clients) and being limited to a single use device, then go ahead and try this for yourself.

But if you want the best network setup possible for your situation, then give more network and location details and you just might end up with a faster network with even less spent.

Yes repeater only worth if it cost less with these prices range extender or ac router in bridge mode is way too go

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Thanks for the input guys.

Any good alternatives to recommend?

BTW what are the main differences between a repeater and an extender? From what I'm seeing, most are actually extenders, unless of course you meant extender = access point.

Current setup -
Network: 1Gbps fibre optics connection
Router: Netgear Nighthawk x6 R8000
Location: Living Room
Apartment: Single Level.

I was hoping to gain more enlightenment on the half throughput portion. Any layman explanations would be much appreciated!

After doing some research, it would seem that having an AP would be the best option.

Any recommendations for a decently priced AP with inbuilt gigabit ports (for LAN connection from AP to desktop) to be paired with my Nighthawk x6 R8000? It's a triband router so I would also like to match the AP's capability as closely to the R8000 as possible.

Another suggestion given to me was to go for AP + gigabit switch. I could get it locally for roughly $118 (D-Link DAP-1665 + D-Link DGS-105).

The EX6200 (AC1200) & EX7000 (AC1900) are going for $179 & $269 respectively.

Any thoughts on wireless routers to be used as an AP?

Currently looking at the Asus AC56s, AC55UHP and TP-Link Archer C5. They should be priced pretty similarly where I stay.

I'll most likely settle for the Archer C5. It seems to be the cheapest amongst the 2.

Anything I should know or look out for when setting up the C5 as an AP?

Ok I took the plunge and bought a spanking new router, the TP-Link Archer C7. I was able to get one for a good price hence my decision

Setting it up as an AP turned out to be quite a hassle. I could not configure the router when i did this set up;

ONT (Optical Network Terminal) -> Nighthawk X6 -> Archer C7 -> Desktop (room)

Took me quite a few tries before I came to the conclusion that I had to connect the router some other way.

Thankfully I had a HTPC in the living room. I was only able to access the TP-Link router login page when I connected like this;

ONT -> Archer C7 -> HTPC

After following TP-Link's guide to using the router as an AP ( http://www.tp-link.com/en/faq-417.html ), I was finally able to get the AP up and running.

The signal strength of the C7 is great. It covered all the weak spots magnificently. I wonder if it is the case of it being situated at a higher position compared to the X6.

I had designated the C7's SSID to be the same as the X6. One problem I faced is that wifi roaming seems almost impossible. Moving from the X6's weak spot to C7's weak spot seems to disrupt the wifi badly, causing it to disconnect. I will have to wait awhile before it reconnects to the stronger signal.

I wonder if the solution is to simply set 2 different SSIDs and manually connect to the stronger signal whenever needed?

I read online for a solution but it seems I needed some "enterprise grade router with smart wifi switch" for it to handle the roam seamlessly.

Any thoughts and inputs would be much appreciated!