Wavlink AC600 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

Why did you choose this product over others?:Good. Simple functionality but does the job in my garden.I’ve two of these to cover a big area.

Easy to set up as a wifi repeater with consistent performance

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

Utter utter utter rubbish , wasted a whole evening trying to get this set up so I can get Wi-Fi to a a black spot , all looks so simple , I should have listened to the other reviews and taken note of the waste of space the 2 wavlink routes I purchased , Shiah seem to work till you have a power cut and they lost setting putting back to an open any one can use network , this outside option is no better if you can get into the outdoor router that’s the first challenge iPhone iPad and pc no chance it took my Samsung note to get into the setup , once in I changed setting it tells you to change like pass word and what security setting you should have , once that’s done the router has to reset like all the others on the market then you have to log back on to the Wi-Fi with the new password , fine what’s wrong , well you can’t get back into the menus to chancy setting for love nor money , it just won’t have it , use the link you get a message saying it’s set up wrong click the link provided url doesn’t exist severe time of trying iPhone pad pc no go and even Samsung could not get it to change a this , after a rest and 30 mind faffing I got back into the reset menus followed what I tells you to do and once restarted guess what you can’t get back into the setting menu , so after the 4 try and giving up at 230 in the morning I decided back in box and return , one this I have learned I WILL NEVER EVER BUY ANOTHER WAVLINK WIRELESS OR WIRED DEVICE AS LONG AS I LIVE ON THIS EARTH , so if you want wasted time frustration and bitter disappointment be my guest and purchase wavlink wireless/wired products,If you wan a happy time do not buy this crap you will have problems and I wonder how many who have wavlink routers have check if it’s still a secure connection , all in all a totally horrible experience

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.

First one worked then suddenly went off within an hour of putting it up. Contacted the helpline who determined it was faulty and arranged a replacement.

Works really well