Linksys Atlas WiFi 6E Router Home WiFi Mesh System, Tri-Band, 9,000 Sq. ft Coverage, 195+ Devices, Speeds up to (AX8400) 8.4Gbps - MX8503W-AMZ

This works better than my old router and I am getting better coverage throughout the house. Wasn't hard to install but took a few tries before I figured it out. Needed to watch a video on youtube to help as the instructions given are not complete. Need the Linksys app and then it takes several minutes for each node to activate. So far I am happy with the upgrade.

An absolute piece of cake to set up. The quick start guide and the app are all you need and I had the three-node system up and running in about 20 - 30 minutes (even allowing for firmware updates and so on).The only downside is that when you configure your wireless network using the app both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz networks have the same network name / SSID. What this meant in practical terms was that a lot of my wireless devices would connect to the 2.4 GHz network and this resulted in very poor throughput / performance, especially for streaming media such as Hulu and Netflix.The solution is to use the web interface and to set different network names / SSID for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz networks. Now only my thermostats connect to the slower 2.4 GHz network with everything else connecting to the 5 GHz network and getting the throughput and performance I'd expect.Admittedly it's only been a few days since I installed my Velop system but initial impressions are very positive!

Well... *now* it's working.** Update: No, it's not. Worked for a little less than a month. Read my updates:Troublesome initial setup. On the phone with technical support for hours. They had to escalate and have someone call me back. I figured it out on my own, completed the setup and had the mesh working. Technical support escalation calls me back - about a week later - told them what I did to make it work. The guy on the phone could not understand what I did - clearly is not trained - just reading scripts (even for an escalation level of support).Devices work well for about a month, then the child nodes go offline. No amount of resetting, re-configuring, or anything, works. The child nodes connect just fine to the parent - it shows them in the device list as attached. But as devices - not as part of the mesh. The devices themselves show a solid RED LED, which the guide says they're setup, but not getting to the internet.On the phone with Technical support again -- for four-and-a-half hours. We did nothing except resets-and-retries on all three pieces (Parent and two child nodes). To showcase how little the technical support technician knew - he asked me (multiple times) to plug a child node into the parent node via ethernet cable; they are strictly wireless devices - no ethernet port on the child nodes. Then, he asks me to see what the firmware version is -- how do I do that when the Smart WIFI doesn't recognize the child node as an actual NODE?And, to wit, I tried to return these through Amazon, after trying for DAYS to get through to technical support (800 number waiting for hours, requesting call-backs that never happened over the space of a week, and online chat- either got sales, ghosted, or just plain never connected). Amazon Customer Service was very determined to have me get Technical Support, so their guy called Linksys to get the technician with whom I wasted over four hours.final insult: They grant me an RMA and replacement - when I filled in the RMA online, they charged my credit card $371 to send me the replacement set.Do I reallly want this, or do I just want a refund?These things suck it so hard, they make the Potomac River flow West.This *was* my first review:Setup instructions were absolutely pathetically lousy.Technical support wasted two hours of my time rebooting, unplugging, doing everything except fixing it.The "Level 1" technical support guy - God bless him and all - but he just doesn't know squat about networking. He's just reading canned scripts about unplugging, replugging, trying different ports, blah blah blah. Not a CLUE.All in all.... over four hours troubleshooting one night. Researched the next day, opened a DMZ Static IP on my (Motorola AC1900) cable modem, connected, set it, and it worked (finally).The iphone app sucks. Drops/breaks/crashes. I used the web login from a PC. At one point, ethernet right to the box.Really, really irritating: if your router isn't connected - or it drops - the web login makes you re-enter your login/password. Will not save or allow cached logins. What a total crock.Parental controls - what I bought this thing for - are primitive. I really hoped it would have more sophistication, but it's basically setting up individual controls for each IP address of each device that connects.Lame-O.That said, once it's all configured, with two remote extenders - it does have solid performance, both speed and signal strength.Final turd in my rice bowl: Level 2 technical support calls me back. I explain I fixed it and how. Totally over his head. And he's level 2.

I was using my ISPs crappy, recycled junk of a wifi router. Never could get the speed I am paying for, despite having multiple techs out, swapping routers, etc. for years. I finally got tired of their BS, POS equipment. Did some research and saw this as the best value to cover my 4150 Sq ft house. Installed this, plugged it into my router/modem box and viola, at least 5X the bandwidth/speed. Next, I'm throwing out their modem and getting a good one.;

Easy to configure, and it works. It’s a set it and forget it.

Easy set up

I have one gigabit Internet at my house. This product fails to deliver even half that throughout my home and worse your iPhone will not be able to switch between base stations and you’ll end up with literally no Internet connection when connected via Wi-Fi. I am constantly turning my Wi-Fi off on my iPhone so I can use Verizon‘s LTE and I paid over $1000 for this WiFi mesh system. I live in a 1600 square-foot house with Standard drywall and two by fours 16 inch on center. This is just bad technology I have an iPhone 13 Pro and a new MacBook Pro. 1/10/2021

Great product, does what it supposed to. A little confusion when installing.

Helped me fix my home internet signal

i like this but for some reason the nodes disconnect all the time It isnt such a big deal because the main is really powerful.

The Linksys Velop Extender was exactly what we needed for our home network.

Horrible, horrible, horrible. It started off strong and ended up pathetic at best. Going to try and return and continue to look for something else. kept kicking our individual devices off the networks and competed the signal with the different pods. The return policy doesn't give you enough time to evaluate, try-out the product, it starts failing after the 30-60 days are up. Just spent 30 minutes with amazon no go on refund, call the manufacturer. I'm on the phone now with Linksys for the past 60 minutes. They say call amazon for a refund, Amazon says call Linksys. the product is joke, so is Amazon refund/credit policy. Just want my $400 back. For this price it should work flawless. Well here I am after 95 minutes with Linksys and still no resolution. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT

Promised to be next technology - however wifi was super slow. There's issues with the software that makes 5G compatible devices stuck on 2.4GHz. So you get super slow speeds. Was on the phone with the first their customer service for 3 hours just to troubleshoot, and get to the next tier. Which wasn't available, so they'd call me in 2-3 business days.Waste of time for such an expensive product. I bought a Netgear Orb and it works great - fast performance and no dropping between meshes when I walk around the house. A ~400 router should not outperform a 1,300+ router.Skip this product!!!

I have a home automation system that uses an extensive amount of insteon devices. The Velop mesh network created massive interference to the extent it wasn't usable. The mesh network provided less coverage than my Apple airport extreme. After 12 hours of use, I abandoned it and returned to my Apple product. As soon as I removed the Velop products from power, my home automation system returned to normal operation. This product is NOT compatible with insteon. It doesn't provide better Wifi coverage.

I have 1 Gb internet and was averaging high 600's speed with my old Linksys router. I hook up this hunk of junk hoping to get a bit more speed and instead get wildly varying speeds in the high 20's / low 30's at worst and 160's at best. A far cry from 1 Gb. I shall be returning this awful product