TendaNova Mesh WiFi System - Covers 3000 sq.ft - AC1200 Dual-Band Mesh Network for Home Internet - Parental Control - 3-Pack

So I gotta first say that I'm not looking for any local gigabit connections with my home network - just reliable 2g/5g signal throughout the property. My main cable modem are in the corner basement of my home with my TV room, and I wanted coverage upstairs and in the detached garage, which is about 25 feet from my home, and about 70 feet from the cable modem and the primary Tenda Nova node in my basement (With the Tenda Nova installed, the garage node does switch between "good" and "fair" signal - but it does not effect the overall speed, and keep in mind it's going through the back of a TV, 3 home walls, my main electric box, and 2 garage walls to get to my garage utility room - that's pretty amazing!)Previously I was having a heck of a time getting a good signal to the garage, event with a wifi extender (went through 2 of them with very broken and inconsistent results). With my prior Asus MIMO router (which is amazing!) my Amazon Tap was having trouble staying connected in the garage, and wifi was a inconsistent outside. I always wanted a whole home mesh router, but didn't want to spend $300 on it. The Nova system is absolutely fantastic for $100. They also have the model MW6, which does support gigabit, but as I said, I don't need that.Also, their iPhone app is actually very convenient for both setup and monitoring the nodes and the overall usage - I was very skeptical about the app, but there are plenty of basic options like guest-network, QOS, firmware updating, maintenance rebooting, etc.Setup is seriously a breeze. The only thing that I ran into was needing to turn off my modem, then turning it back on after initial plug in. It did not find the modem and internet connection type until I reset the modem - so be sure you do that! I setup the first note, set my own network information, and then connected the other 2 nodes. The other nodes connected and were up and running within about 2 minutes. Keep in mind the wifi signal goes in and out for about 2 minutes while it's connecting the other nodes, so just be patient and you'll see that they connect after about 2 minutes. So far, very satisfied - much much much better than wifi extenders! If you don't hear an update, then all is well!**quick update - I read some reviews that said there is not a firewall in this router, but I contacted Tenda directly, and they said there IS a firewall: "Yes there is a firewall it is automatically enabled, if you need to get past it you can port forward." So good news there!I also reconfigured where I placed the 3 nodes, and now I'm getting full/good signal on all of them, even in my garage. Still really happy with this kit!

I find very few electronic wi-fi products done right, this is one of them.1) It is great value for money compared to other whole house mesh wi-fi systems in market.2) Works great - I have kept one cube in basement where my router is, one at first floor and the third on second floor. I have Smart TVs, Wi-Fi Connected DVD players, tablet, computers/laptops, VOIP phone, cell phones being used in all area and I can say that I am impressed - I see excellent connection everywhere in my home. Devices connected in the first go and have not dropped connection ever. Granted I have used this product for only 2 days, however, I was so disappointed with my other system that this one is a marked improvement.3) It is super easy to install. Connect any of the cubes to your router, follow directions to set-up via cell phone app, once connected then simply place other cubes looking at the rage availability on the app. I was able to set-up the entire system in under 10 minutes. No other configurations are required - the system will automatically update (if needed), balances the network, restarts in night to refresh itself. I have had no drops (not even once) for any of my device and I use a lot of wi-fi based devices from the most modestly priced to most expensive. So, there must be at least 10-12 devices connected at the same time and it works beautifully.4) It is beautiful to look at - can become part of any place you like to keep it. All you see is this nice white cube with aesthetic top and a small beautifully places small soft glow green LED light.5) The control app is simply, GUI based and does not intimidate user at all.6) I do not think there is any loss in bandwidth - I get great streaming on my 4K TV.The only item they can work on is the accompanying manual - however, it was easy to find and install the app on Apple Store.

Reading the reviews, I was a little iffy on purchasing this. It seemed a lot of the reviews mentioned that these worked fine at first but stopped doing so after a short amount of time. I have experienced no such issues. I have had two nodes installed for almost a month and added a third about a week ago. Installation was fast and easy.I had a pretty highly-rated router and extender combo before switching to these. I have a 150Mbps download/25Mbps upload plan and I never got close to that from only ~35 feet away from my router. My house isn't huge but it has a lot of concrete/brick walls between the router and most of the house. The router itself worked fine in most rooms, getting be about a third to half of my maximums. There were a couple of "dead zone," where I could only get around 5mbps/1mbps, so I tried an extender. It worked okay but 20/5 speeds weren't acceptable.With the price finally being reasonable, it felt like it was worth giving mesh wifi a try. I have not been disappointed with the results thus. I can now pull at least 50/10 everywhere in my house and I have not experienced any connection issues. Not to mention the nodes are small and pretty well-designed. They do not stick out no matter the decor and they are well-built.My only problem with this system would be with the amount of control you have over it. The app really does not give many customization options, though it offers what most people would need. You can change the SSID and password, view and block devices, change between PPPoE/DHCP/Static IP/Bridge modes, and change a few other basic settings. Even adding such things as being able to choose whether to connect to 5ghz or 2.4ghz bands and a web portal, which would likely add more customization options, would have been a great addition to these.