WAVLINKAC600 Wireless Outdoor WiFi Signal Booster,Access Point/Outdoor Router/Repeater/WISP,Support Passive PoE, Dual-Band 2.4GHz 150Mbps + 5GHz 433Mbps, Ideal for Garden Wi-Fi

Easy to set up, although the instruction are not brilliant. Range is suffient to reach my garage 30m away, which was the intention.

Works really well

Bought this to extend WiFi coverage (and therefore Alexa control) to my greenhouse and garage (both a distance from the house). Wow, what a difference to the signal I was getting from my internal hi powered gaming hub. I can now control Smart Devices all over the back of my house and garden. It gives a strong signal over a very wide area and this one was supposedly the cheaper/less featured version.Set up was a breeze too, took around the time for it to boot up (which is a couple of minutes).

Judging by the number of 1 star reviews I'd say buyer most definitely beware. It's fairly easy to set up provided you follow the instructions by the letter. The wi-fi performance though is anything but as advertised - even without any obstructions - trees/buildings etc. Then the frustration begins whether you allow the 'thing' to operate on dynamic IP or set a static one. Now I'm fairly familiar with setting up the magic art of wi-fi and nope there's not a quick and easy WPS button. Anything over 15 feet and the signal just dropped - nothing not even a weak signal. Move back into that 15 feet and signal as expected.However, then the fun and games begin - you have the IP address - in my case it was 192.168.178.40 and was recognised on my system. If you need to alter anything which I had the need to do so simply to try and fine tune the thing, you're met with the login page, enter your password and then a 500 error page appears. Try again and it's that 500 error page again. So another try and hey presto it suddenly logs you into the UI. Make a change here and there and you've guessed it - another 500 error page. I tried 3 different browsers. The Wavlink solution is clear your browser cache which shouldn't be necessary but I did - made no difference. Another suggestion is reboot your router - WHAT!!! Anyway I did eventually do that but as expected made no difference.Set back to factory defaults, connected directly to router and sometimes you could log in and other times a no go.So apart from the extremely weak signal although I appreciate I may have just been unlucky - there's the difficulty in simple login. The UI is frankly amatuerish when you can get to it. Goodness knows how anyone would feel if they had it mounted high up outside - ladder time again. So sorry Wavlink I would advise anyone to steer clear. I now join the One Star review brigade which I'm always reluctant to do but really Wavlink do need to get their act together and no, I'm not interested in a Wavlink replacement to waste all that time again.

I was a bit sceptical about how this woudl work. It was a little bit tricky to set up and getting access to the online site was not great. occaisionally the wifi link does not pick up from my router very quickly. however, once it connects up the signal is excellent and is actually better than from the router itself - so the wifi signal in my garden office about 20 metres from the house is better than inside the house. I can really receommend this product. Also works fine outside but you will need to maybe drill through your wall or your window frame etc to install it outside. Will also work better if you can get an ethernet cable from your router to the uplink box - I cant do that in my house, but it works fine anyway. very happy

The Wavlink AC600 is one of those products. It does its job and appears to work well - but it is let down by poor documentation and it is definitely not "plug and play". You need to have an understanding of Wifi and Internet concepts if you are to configure and use it properly. For a product sold as "outdoors", it was also rather disconcerting to find printed on the box "Due to the 5GHz radio technology that is used, this device may only be operated inside buildings. This usage restriction applies for the following countries..." A list then follows of country codes which includes the UK and most, if not all the EU. I could not find any reference to this restriction on the Amazon listing.The Ofcom document "Installing a 5 GHz wireless access system? Here’s what you need to know" is good starting point for understanding how 5GHz Wifi may be used legally in the UK. My reading of this is that to legally use 5GHz Wifi outdoors in the UK you should be operating in the 5470-5730 Mhz band (Wifi channels 100 to 140) with an ERP below 1W. Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) and Transmit Power Control (TPC) are also required. You may want to verify this reading independently.The AC600 claims a maximum transmission power of up to 600mW and can be configured to channels 100 to 140 (although the default on arrival was channel 40!), and with DFS. TPC is not mentioned in the specification. However, "up to 600mW" could be read as implying this. My guess is that the restriction printed on the box is really an excuse for not providing EU + UK specific firmware i.e. firmware that enforces a legally compliant configuration for outdoor use. It seems that you can configure it for legal use - but if you are not confident that you can do this then you probably should disable 5GHz and use the product for 2.4GHz Wifi only.Having said that, configuration is not that easy - especially for the novice.The leaflet included in the box tells you to configure the device using Wifi. Yes, this works - but only if you DO NOT connect the "Data In" port on the POE Convertor to your router. This port must be left unconnected which is not how the guide is written. The reason for this is that the example I had was factory set up to be an Access Point (AP) and with Dynamic IP Assignment. As soon as it was connected to the router, the router assigned it a new IP Address (using DHCP) and this was different from the default 192.168.10.1 (http://wifi.wavelink.com" is also unlikely to work). You therefore will not be able to access the configuration page using you web browser by following the instructions - and may even conclude that the AC600 is Dead on Arrival.If you do connect it to your router, then you can find out the new IP Address by going to your router's status page and viewing the list of DHCP assigned IP Addresses. The device's MAC Address is printed on the back and this can be used to find the assigned IP Address. Once in service, you will need to do this anyway if you are to change the configuration as the AC600 will always be using the router assigned IP Address once connected to it. Indeed, it is easier to configure it this way (once you have found out the new IP Address) as you can configure it from any PC or tablet connected to your home WiFi (or directly connected to your router), and without the need to reconnect every time you configure the AC600 with (e.g.) a new Wifi password. Unfortunately, the leaflet does not discuss any of this.The configuration pages are straightforward enough - I have only attempted to configure it as an Access Point. You will probably want to override the default WAVLINK-N and WAVLINK-AC network names with the name of your home Wifi, and also use the same Wifi password and security type (and for both 2.4 and 5GHz). That way you can seamless move from your indoor Home Wifi to your outdoor Wifi. You should also choose the channel numbers for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz carefully in order to avoid interference with other users - including your indoor Wifi - and for legal use.This is where you need a test tool. I use the excellent (and free) Wifi Analyzer from VREM, and which is available as a free download for Android from the Play Store. This will allow you to see which Wifi networks are active in a given area, the channel numbers they use, their frequency and signal strength. You can then choose a channel that has a minimal overlap with other users - and especially other users with a higher signal strength.For 2.4GHz, the default is to dynamically choose a 20Mhz or 40Mhz channel width. This is probably OK - but as the whole band is only 72 MHz wide be aware of the risk of interference with other users. 20Mhz may be a better option.For 5 GHz, the oddity is that you can set the channel width in the first place. This is because 5 GHz channel numbers implicitly include the channel width. When testing out the AC600, it seems that the channel number you select is a nominal channel number and then, depending on the channel width you select, it will then shift the actual channel to the nearest one with that channel width - a tad confusing. For example, I configured channel 104 with a channel width of 40 MHz and Wifi Analyser shows the actual channel to be 102 (which is the nearest 40MHz channel).In summary. as an outdoor Wifi Access Point, the AC600 does the job I want it to and has enough power to cover the whole of my garden. However, configuring it is not for the faint hearted.

Excellent product and the support was excellent. Initially I had a few issues but they were sorted in a timely manner so very happy

It’s ok I had to buy this to work my ring doorbell just outside the house