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amazon Amped Wireless AC1750 RE1750A reviews
The Amped Wireless AC1750 Wi-Fi Range Extender ($169.99) is a wireless networking device that makes it easy to eliminate wireless dead zones in your home without the need to run cables or move your Wi-Fi router. This relatively expensive dual-band extender has five gigabit LAN ports and uses multiple internal amplifiers to boost your home’s Wi-Fi coverage. It delivered solid 2.4GHz transfer rate performance in our tests, but its 5GHz transfer rate couldn’t keep up TP-Link AC1750 RE450 Wi-Fi Range Extender.
Design and Features
The RE1750A measures 1 x 9 x 6 inches (HWD) and comes in a white case and black base. The back of the unit has five gigabit Ethernet ports, a USB 2.0 port, a Power jack, three adjustable (and detachable) antennas, a Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) button, a reset switch, and an LED indicator off button. The top of the extender has LEDs indicating power status, both radio bands, all five LAN ports, and USB ports. Under the hood are three 2.4GHz, three 5GHz, and six low-noise amplifiers. The RE1750A is an 802.11ac extender and can achieve maximum transfer rates of 450Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 1,300Mbps on the 5GHz band.
The Web-based management console offers a variety of basic and advanced settings. It opens a Dashboard page that displays a network map and stats of your primary and extended Wi-Fi networks, including the SSID name, IP address, signal strength, and security key for each band frequency. Each band has its Wi-Fi settings that allow you to create guest networks, change channel widths, assign security parameters (WPA, WPA2, or WEP), create access schedules, and limit access for those specific use. As well as the Amped Wireless High Power 802.11ac Wi-Fi Range Extender (REC15A), the RE1750A offers a BoostBand setting that is supposed to boost performance by using the 5GHz band to communicate with your Router. However, BoostBand had no significant effect on the extender’s transfer rate score in my testing.
Settings and Performance
The RE1750A is easy to install and configure. Find a location between your Router and the dead zone, and plug in the extender. Connect to the extender’s SSID with a wireless laptop or mobile device and open http://setup.ampedwireless.com in a browser address bar. This will display the Management Console Control Panel, where you can.scan for available networks. Select your Wi-Fi network SSID, enter the security key for each band, press Next and assign the security key for each extension band. You may click on Copy Settings to duplicate all SSIDs and security keys from your current Wi-Fi network. Click next to apply the settings, and you are done.
The Netgear RE1750A gave mixed results in my transfer speed tests. Operating on the 2.4GHz band, the device scored 47.6Mbps in the tests Near (same room) zone. That is identical to what the TP-Link RE450 scored and just a few milestone points behind the Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Wi-Fi Range Extender (50.2Mbps). The Linksys RE6700 AC1200 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender (93.9Mbps) leads the way, followed by the Amped AC1750 Wireless High Power Wi-Fi Range Extender REC33A (89.1Mbps). At 25 feet, the RE1750A did 27.5Mbps, bettering the TP-Link RE210 (23Mbps) but worse than TP-Link RE450 (44.5Mbps) and Netgear EX7000 (38.8Mbps). At 50 feet, the Amped RE1750A upgraded its ranking with 38.1Mbps that competed against Netgear EX7000 (28.6Mbps) and Linksys RE6700 (14.4Mbps) but failed to keep up with TP-Link RE450 (42.5Mbps). Being quite good in range, the RE1750A registered a score of 20.6Mbps in the 75-foot test, just behind Netgear EX7000 (26.9Mbps). The TP-Link RE450, however, leads that specific test with a score of 32.1Mbps.
In 5GHz testing, transfer speed measured was quite moderate but steady in the case of the Amped RE1750A. It scored a glaringly small 56.60Mbps in proximity, especially when compared with TP-Link RE450 (192Mbps), Netgear EX7000 (179Mbps), and Amped REC33A (210Mbps). Similarly, at 25 feet, the 41.60Mbps scoring of the RE1750A is pretty slow when compared with 152Mbps of TP-Link RE450, 137Mbps of Netgear EX7000, and 107Mbps of Amped REC33A. It improved its position in the 75-foot test with a score of 47.7Mbps, second only to TP-Link RE450 (85Mbps). Netgear EX7000 went to 31.1Mbps, while at this distance, Amped REC33A lost its signal.
Solid all-round expander
If you want to extend the reach of your Wi-Fi network, the Amped Wireless AC1750 RE1750A is worth a look. It offers relatively good 2.4GHz transfer speeds and decent range performance, and it’s loaded with I/O ports. Furthermore, it installs in minutes, and its Web-based management console offers many settings. That said, I would expect better 5GHz transfer rate performance from a $169.99 extender. TP-Link AC1750 Wi-Fi Range Extender RE450, is your best bet for the best transfer speeds and range performance, but it only has one LAN port. If you require multiple LAN ports, the Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 Wi-Fi Range Extender (EX7000) has five of them and is a decent performer too.
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