Netgear AX1800 Mesh Extender (EAX20) review: Warranty and support At any time, I was able to dim the LEDs and adjust the extender’s transmission strength.

The choices include turning the MU-MIMO, Wi-Fi 6 and SmartConnect functions on or off. Using my iPad Pro, I started by creating a Netgear account, selected that I wanted to use it as a range extender and read through placement tips. The Netgear EAX20 can be installed using a connected browser or the company’s Nighthawk app (available for iOS (opens in new tab) or Android). Netgear AX1800 Mesh Extender (EAX20) review: Setup and Software On the downside, if it’s used with an older extender, that leg of the network will not have all the speed advantages of a Wi-Fi 6 LAN. The extender is not only compatible with earlier Netgear extenders, like the Nighthawk X6S, but it can act as a mesh satellite for filling in Wi-Fi dead zones in larger homes. If the system is too powerful, its output can be adjusted. In addition to combining the two networks into a single network name, the EAX20 can blacklist devices and operate with a static IP address. It’s one of the most customizable extenders on the market and offers the choice of working as a wireless extender or a wired access point. It has an AX1800 rating and, according to Netgear, it can add Wi-Fi coverage to 1,500 square feet of a home. Under the EAX20’s skin, it is a fully up-to-date Wi-Fi 6 extender that combines beamforming and MU-MIMO technologies that run on the 2.4- and 5GHz bands. Netgear AX1800 Mesh Extender (EAX20) review: Features If it’s left on and you pay the national average of 13 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity, it should cost about $10 a year to use. Over a week of continual use, the EAX20 used 9.1 watts of power. It provided 173.1Mbps of bandwidth, well ahead of what the Rock Space (112.1Mbps) and Netgear EX2800 (124.4Mbps) were capable of.

For those who live vertically, its upstairs-downstairs performance was just as good with the EAX20 set up on a floor above the router and the receiving system 40-feet away.

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