Linksys WHW0302B Velop Intelligent Mesh WiFi System: AC4400, Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router, Wireless Network for Full-Speed Home Coverage (Black, 2-Pack)
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Size: AC2200
Style: 4000 Sq. ft, 40+ Devices - Black
Features
- Coming Soon Apple HomeKit Compatibility
- Ideal for any ISP plan, ISP modem / modem-router
- Powerful Futureproof Mesh WiFi System replaces your router
- Intelligent mesh technology finds the fastest path to the internet
- Clean compact design blends in with your home environment
- Linksys App guides quick setup process under 5 minutes per node. Set parental controls, guest networks, auto-fix a node using your mobile device plus much more
Description
Linksys Velop is the is the Tri Band Wi Fi system that works in perfect harmony to create a high range mesh network. Now in black, Velop blends in perfectly with your home's style or accessories. Unlike traditional routers with range extenders, Velop's Tri Band Wi Fi system offers connection points that provide 100 percent Internet speed throughout your home. By utilizing wireless mesh networking for whole home Wi Fi, Velop delivers the freedom of reliable, secure, seamless connectivity throughout your home and even outside. Each Node increases Wi Fi range 2,000 sq. ft. with this 2 pack delivering Wi Fi up to 4,000 square feet? And you can continue to add more Nodes to grow your mesh network. It features simple app based setup using the Linksys App, which also keeps you informed of your network status and solves any Wi Fi interruptions. Additional Information: Bluetooth 4.0/LE for secure and easy App based set up.
Product Dimensions: 3.1 x 3.1 x 7.3 inches
Item Weight: 3.01 pounds
Item model number: WHW0302B
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: December 29, 2017
Manufacturer: Linksys
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Size: AC2200
Style: 4000 Sq. ft, 40+ Devices - Black
OPENING STATEMENT: This device replaced a "TP-Link AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender, AV1200 Powerline Edition" and an "ASUS RT-AC88U". DESIGN: Love the design and looks of the product. It looks great whenever you place it. It looks like decor or as a techy gadget if it is surrounded by electronics. Anyway, people do not recognize what it is. I have been asked if it is a speaker, an air purifier and even a lamp! The good thing is that it looks great whenever you place it. I really like that the power cord is slightly angled in the tip, which produces no stress on the conector. Well thought, Linksys! SETUP: Here is a big area for improvement. The setup relies on the color of a single led light on the top of the unit, which indicates the current status of the device. Well, I spent 40 minutes trying to setup this by myself because I was not able to see the light turning purple. I am colorblind, so having a product that its only way of providing feedback is by a single led that changes colors is a huge flaw on the design for me. Single led light is minimalistic and helps a lot with the physical design of the product, but instead of colors Linksys may use flashing patterns. For you, Earthlings, this may not be an issue at all, but for this cute colorblind Saturnian, it is very important. After having assistance from a friend who told me the colors of the led, I was able to setup the device in about 10 minutes. TIP!!!: If your ISP's modem is currently configured to work as a router and you are connecting the Velop directly to the modem, before physically connecting the Velop, disable the router feature, reboot your modem, and proceed after the modem has completed its loading cycle. GOOD: QoS works great! Companion app is good. Mostly used features are at your fingertips on the app and it is very intuitive. Good UI. The web interface is great as well, but not intuitive in terms of classification of stuff. Configurable!!! I love that this system has many configuration options available for the end user, other than simply enabling/disabling DHCP. For example, people tend to give high praises to Eero (the strongest mesh competitor out there today) due to how simple it is, but their price tag is way over the roof, and you never have control over the device. The Eero people control the system for you, constantly monitor it, they force configuration options/updates on you whenever they like, and you have no real options to configure as a router. For me, it is very important that I have all control over my network and I love my privacy. This is more important to me than having a plug and play experience. Why paying 30% more for a system that I cannot control and is constantly monitored? No way Jose! Velop offers the plug and play experience too, but I love/need the advanced configuration features. WEIRD: This is my first time working with a mesh system, so what you will read in this section may be the way that mesh works; any experts in the subject are welcome to comment... I found it weird that some of my devices connect to the mesh node that is farther away and not the one that is 5 feet away. Currently, I have 3 devices that are connected to the node that is 20-25 feet away, with 4 concrete walls, decor, furniture, tile, 2 wood doors, and small appliances between them and the node instead of using a node that is 4-6 feet away with no obstructions between the devices and the node. Why is this? Don't get me wrong, the devices never loose connection to the network, but I thought that the whole idea was to connect to the closest node or the one with better signal, at least. Anyway, since the connection never drops, I am not complaining. Another thing is that devices take a long time to switch between nodes. For example, my cellphone takes around 5 mins after I have placed it on a surface before it switches to the closest node. I expected the nodes to redirect in less than a minute. Then, while checking the companion app and the connection to some of my devices, I see that it reports that the connection to those devices is Good, but the devices themselves report Excellent connection. Weird! BAD: No love for 2.4GHz devices without some tweaking... None of my 2.4GHz-only smart home devices were able to connect to the Velop right away. Why? Well, the Velop combines both the 2.4 and 5GHz bands into a single SSID by default, and this was expected. But, what was not expected is that my devices were never able to identify the 2.4GHz band. Is the Velop "broadcasting" or showing as available the 5GHz band only? I do not know. To get my devices connected I had to separate the bands into two different SSIDs. As soon as I did that, they connected right away. TIP!!!: I gave the 2.4GHz band the original SSID name, and gave the 5GHz band another name. After all was setup and my 2.4GHz-only devices where connected, I switched back to a single SSID, and all my devices (2.4GHz-only and 5Ghz-capable ones) remained connected to their particular band. This is the single negative thing that I have to say about this product. I expected it to broadcast both bands as available, regardless of the single SSID. Maybe the issue is not the Velop and the culprit is the setup process of my devices, which may be looking for a 2.4GHz connection on my phone instead of looking at the actual broadcasted bands... But well, it is what it is. BOTTOM LINE: Yes, I would buy this product again. Yes, I would recommend this product. Yes, I am happy with the product. Yes, I paid full price for the product; it was not a gift or discounted product. No, I did not receive anything in exchange for this review. Final note: I WISH AMAZON WOULD SEND ME STUFF TO REVIEW THEM!!!
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2018 by Dioshy Cruz
Size: WIFI 5
Style: 2000 Sq. ft - 20+ Devices
We have a somewhat large house. As such, WiFi coverage can be spotty depending on where you are, how many walls the signal has to go thru, what furniture is in the way, and all kinds of things like that. We have a relatively new router, a Linksys AC5400 Linksys AC5400 Tri Band Wireless Router, Works with Amazon Alexa (Max Stream EA9500) . It works well and has good coverage as in my iPhone and MacBook Pro both get good signal thruout most of the house. Things had been okay until we got a new DirecTV DVR. Our previous model had worked fine on the LInksys 5 GHz WiFi band but this new model couldn't keep a connection up if its life depended on it. We tried both the 5 GHz as well as the 2.5 GHz bands, changed channels, but no joy. So a conundrum: what to do? The alternatives we came up with included: - Running CAT6 thru the walls for a direct connection - Running Ethernet over our power lines - Setting up a mesh WiFi network The first option would have been best. Direct connect to our router; no outside interference; number of walls didn't matter (well, other than running the cable). So good all around. But running wires thru a 2-story house is basically a real pain in the rear. So while we could make this work, we decided not to because of the problems running the signal cables. The second option seemed reasonable. The interface devices were relative cheap. You plug on into a power outlet near your router, run a CAT6 cable to it, plug a second unit into an outlet near where you need your network signal, plug that into your device, and all it good. So we tried a pair of Zyxel AV2000 power line devices Zyxel AV2000 Powerline Kit, Pass-Thru, 2-port Gigabit, Brown Box (PLA5456BBKIT) . Initially, this worked well: green connection lights on both units, good signal where we needed it. But it didn't last. We had a storm roll thru with a couple of mild power spikes. That killed one of our units. All our computers and electronics are behinds UPS units; there were unphased. The Zyxel unit, however, had to be plugged into the wall directly as the Ethernet signal wouldn't make it thru UPS filtering. Hmmm...bad luck I suppose. So I bought a pair of additional units, plugged one it, and all was good with the world again. That was, however, until we tried to pull some bigger download thru the unit. Our green lights turned to yellow indicating poor signal quality. Our download speed went to virtually zilch no matter what we do. Bottom line: this did not work for our needs. Our final option was to try a mesh WiFi network. I have done IT work for my entire career. Setting up access points so that you get good WiFi coverage without interference through a structure can be anything from easy peasy to downright impossible. So it was with some degree of apprehension that I decided to give this a go. As it turns out, any misgivings were ill founded as setup was a breeze. The steps were simple: - Load a free app onto your iPhone and Android phone - Wire one unit to your router and power it on - Use the app to setup your new WiFi SSID and password plus configure the device (2-3 min) - Plug a second device into power where you need WiFi coverage then use the app to configure it (again, 2-3 min) - Repeat if you have a 3rd or 4th device So this was cool: I now had another WiFi network running in my house. I joined my iPhone to it then tested it for ping, jitter, download, and upload speeds. These were the same readings I got when I tested via my MacBook Pro directly connected to that same router. Okay, we're good: strong signal, no performance penalty. So I joined my DirecTV DVR to this new network confident that I had solved the problem. Unfortunately, things did not go well. Even though I had a good connection. the DirecTV device couldn't use the signal. It told me this by freezing and becoming unresponsive any time I tried to download something over this new network. It was so hung up that I had to power cycle it to clear the condition. Well, phhhhtttttt (that's a highly technical term we us in IT when something should work but doesn't). Then I remembered: each Velop unit has a pair of RJ-45 connectors on the bottom. I wonder: could I run a short CAT6 cable from the Velop to the DirecTV DVR and use a wired rather than a wireless connection? So I gave it a shot and it worked. Not only did it work but it has stayed working ever since with nary a whimper and zero problems. Pros: - Works well - Reliable - Really easy to setup even for non-IT folks Cons: - Somewhat expensive Bottom line: - I would absolutely recommend the Velop to anyone looking for uniform, reliable WiFi coverage throughout their home.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 4, 2018 by Bitflippper