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BrandTP-Link
Item Height
29 millimetres
Item Width17.4 centimetres
Technical Details
- 300 Mbps wireless speed ideal for smooth HD video, music streaming and online gaming
- Two MIMO antennas greatly extend your existing wireless coverage to eliminate dead zones
- Easily extend wireless coverage in a few seconds at a push of the Range Extender button
- Works seamlessly with all 802.11b/g/n devices
- Bundled Easy Setup Assistant helps set up the connection step by step in minutes
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Product Description
Product Description
TP Link's TL-WA830RE 300 Mbps Wireless N Range Extender is designed to extend the coverage and improve the signal strength of an existing wireless network to eliminate dead zones. Combined with leading wireless N technologies, superior security and wider compatibility, the TL-WA830RE makes it a secure high speed solution that can help you keep an existing wireless network unchanged and vastly improve the network’s coverage, giving you the freedom to enjoy Internet anywhere uninterruptedly in large areas such as homes, hotels or small offices without worrying about coverage limits.
Product Description
2.4GHz, 802.11n/g/b
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
54 of 54 people found the following review helpful
I live in an old house with stone walls about 2 feet (60cm) thick. With the ADSL router located in an upstairs office the only reliable WiFi connection was in the room immediately below it.This TP Link Range Extender,located downstairs, has extended the range of my WiFi coverage all over the ground floor and even out into the conservatory where there was no detectable signal before.Setting up the device was very simple, taking just a few minutes to set up the connection to my TalkTalk supplied Huawei EchoLife HG532 ADSL Router.I am impatient and intolerant of technology that doesn't work first time, but by using the push button set up option and the WPS button on the TalkTalk router set up was completely painless. You do the initial set up with the Range Extender right next to your ADSL router, then move it to it's prefered working position. It took a few minutes to find the best spot, with a convenient mains socket nearby, that gave good coverage throughout the house. Once this spot was found the connection proved to be fast and reliable.
There is a very useful piece of software called inSIDDer, available as freeware, that I downloaded on to a laptop to use as an indicator of signal quality around the house. This program displays all the wireless networks receivable at your location and their relative signal quality. I would recommend using this during the search for the ideal spot to place the Range Extender, it takes all of the guess work out of it. It is also a good survey tool if you haven't decided whether you are going to buy a Range Extender yet. All in all a highly recommended product.
There is a very useful piece of software called inSIDDer, available as freeware, that I downloaded on to a laptop to use as an indicator of signal quality around the house. This program displays all the wireless networks receivable at your location and their relative signal quality. I would recommend using this during the search for the ideal spot to place the Range Extender, it takes all of the guess work out of it. It is also a good survey tool if you haven't decided whether you are going to buy a Range Extender yet. All in all a highly recommended product.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
One end of my house had very temperamental WiFi coverage from our BT Home Hub 3.0 that was positioned 20m away through 3 brick walls. The signal would regularly drop out. I had been looking at options to resolve the problem for months and couldn't decide between all the different products available. I was almost put off this product because it seemed too cheap but the reviews were helpful and suggested that once you got it working it was excellent. So the TL-WA830RE eventually arrived and I followed the installation instructions.
Method One - Setup by button. Press WPS button on router (10 seconds on BT Hub 3.0) and then press the range extender button for 5 seconds. It didn't work! Tried it again, tried it again, unplugged the power restarted and tried again, pressed reset button and tried again, tried one last time, gave up.
Method Two - Setup by utility. For this a mini CD is supplied which I didn't dare insert into my vertical loading Apple iMac incase it never came out again. Also, and probably more relevant, the CD is only compatible with Windows 2000 onwards. So I fired up my work laptop, inserted the CD and followed the simple installation instructions which require an ethernet cable to link to the range extender. The appropriate light eventually came on indicating everything was now working and the TL-WA830RE was paired with my router.
I relocated the range extender to the opposite end of the house and all of my WiFi devices with 802.11n were indicating practically full signal strength. My Play Station 3 is only 802.11g and this was showing 27% signal strength which was unchanged from before. When I searched for WiFi networks available there were two identical named routers but one now had 97% signal strength! I simply selected the stronger one and re-paired the devices. I can't say if this will be the same for all 802.11g devices but it is the only one I have and was the only one that didn't instantly switch to the new stronger signal.
I now have full on WiFi everywhere in my house and all for under £30. The set up issues were resolved in under 20 minutes and I am no IT expert. I would highly recommend this product to anyone with less than full WiFi coverage and just carefully follow the instructions.
Method One - Setup by button. Press WPS button on router (10 seconds on BT Hub 3.0) and then press the range extender button for 5 seconds. It didn't work! Tried it again, tried it again, unplugged the power restarted and tried again, pressed reset button and tried again, tried one last time, gave up.
Method Two - Setup by utility. For this a mini CD is supplied which I didn't dare insert into my vertical loading Apple iMac incase it never came out again. Also, and probably more relevant, the CD is only compatible with Windows 2000 onwards. So I fired up my work laptop, inserted the CD and followed the simple installation instructions which require an ethernet cable to link to the range extender. The appropriate light eventually came on indicating everything was now working and the TL-WA830RE was paired with my router.
I relocated the range extender to the opposite end of the house and all of my WiFi devices with 802.11n were indicating practically full signal strength. My Play Station 3 is only 802.11g and this was showing 27% signal strength which was unchanged from before. When I searched for WiFi networks available there were two identical named routers but one now had 97% signal strength! I simply selected the stronger one and re-paired the devices. I can't say if this will be the same for all 802.11g devices but it is the only one I have and was the only one that didn't instantly switch to the new stronger signal.
I now have full on WiFi everywhere in my house and all for under £30. The set up issues were resolved in under 20 minutes and I am no IT expert. I would highly recommend this product to anyone with less than full WiFi coverage and just carefully follow the instructions.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Whilst I am a silver surfer, I have developed some knowledge of computers and can usually sort out any problems I have with my laptop or wireless connectivity. I tried to set up the range finder myself but I found the instructions confusing and hard to follow; perhaps it was an age thing!
Whilst I did manage to get it up and running on my own, it was clearly not working as it should be. I also tried to carry out a firmware upgrade, available on TP Link's website, but messed this up down to my own stupidity!
I had to phone the Helpline and wish I had done this at the outset.
The range finder has now been running for about 2 weeks and has provided full wireless coverage to the furthest reaches of my house and my ipad and my daughter's iphone are now also working in places they weren't previously.
Depending on the level of protection in the settings of your router, you may find the quick set up procedure whereby you merely need to press a button on the range finder for 5 seconds, will not work. If this is the case, unless you are IT savvy, you may need to phone the Helpline. I found this quite quick and did the trick.
I have a Sagem Sky router and before I connected the range finder, I was finding that I was losing broadband connection 2 or 3 times a week. This hasn't happened once since its installation. I don't know whether this is down to the range finder, some changes I made in the router settings or a combination of both.
I am extremely pleased with this product and highly recommend it.
Whilst I did manage to get it up and running on my own, it was clearly not working as it should be. I also tried to carry out a firmware upgrade, available on TP Link's website, but messed this up down to my own stupidity!
I had to phone the Helpline and wish I had done this at the outset.
The range finder has now been running for about 2 weeks and has provided full wireless coverage to the furthest reaches of my house and my ipad and my daughter's iphone are now also working in places they weren't previously.
Depending on the level of protection in the settings of your router, you may find the quick set up procedure whereby you merely need to press a button on the range finder for 5 seconds, will not work. If this is the case, unless you are IT savvy, you may need to phone the Helpline. I found this quite quick and did the trick.
I have a Sagem Sky router and before I connected the range finder, I was finding that I was losing broadband connection 2 or 3 times a week. This hasn't happened once since its installation. I don't know whether this is down to the range finder, some changes I made in the router settings or a combination of both.
I am extremely pleased with this product and highly recommend it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Excellent !!!!
Ordered this item last night about 5pm and received it 2 pm today !!!
Took it out of the box and followed the instructions for Method Two setup as my router doesn't have... Read more
Took it out of the box and followed the instructions for Method Two setup as my router doesn't have... Read more
Published 18 hours ago by Neddy
Tp-Link TL-WA830RE Range Extender
I was a little unfortunate in not having a 'WPS' button on my router, it seems from reading the various reviews this makes setting up the Range Extender easier. Read more
Published 5 days ago by P. L. Lamoon
******* seven stars
Took it out of the box, pressed a button on my router and another on the the TP link range extender, placed it in the area of the house that i needed the coverage and that was it. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Shivers
TP link TL WA83ORE range extender
The unit arrived on time, actually earlier than promised. The unit was used to extend the signal to our lounge area about 6mts away and through 3 brick walls. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Adrian
Superb product - easy to use.
A very easy setup once I had convinced it I wanted it to be an "Access Point" and not an "Extender". Read more
Published 6 days ago by Cherrie Wilson
Does exactly what it says it will
Having read the previous reviews on this product we decided this was the item we wanted and it didn't disappoint - we have a large distance from our router to a room which our... Read more
Published 8 days ago by SandraH
Can't fault this unit at all
Firstly, this shouldn't be confused with an ADSL router, it is merely for extending wireless signal. For the price it almost seems a little too good to be true. Read more
Published 9 days ago by B. Smyth
Works seamlessly with New iPad
I am mainly on a Homeplug network at home which is vastly superior to wireless. However when I got the New iPad 3rd generation, I had to use my wireless more. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Holmsey from Yorkshire
OK so its cheap, and I was suspicisious, but its brilliant!
I recently moved the office from upstairs where the router gave a good overall coverage to the house, to a corner of the house downstairs. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Mr. M. Moore
A long way
This extender is awesome. The problem was I needed a long range from the house where I live across to a another property 100 yards away that we are restoring. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Sprydo
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