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The Netgear AC750 WiFi Range Extender EX6100 extends an existing Wi-Fi network for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz clients simultaneously. You can use it as both a bridge and as a dual-band access point
The Netgear X6100's range on the 5GHz band is short, it increases the latency for connected clients, and its Wi-Fi speeds are slow. It's also bulky and runs hot
The Netgear X6100's awkward design and frustrating performance make it suitable only for casual networking tasks....
Dual-band. Supports 802.11ac. Good Wi-Fi signal extending up to 100 feet in testing. Easy setup. Very useful LEDs for optimizing and troubleshooting
Slow browsing at 100 feet from the testing router. Only one Gigabit Ethernet port
For those who don't need quite the range or feature set offered by Netgear's Editors' Choice-winning AC1200 WiFi Range Extender (EX6200), the Netgear AC750 WiFi Range Extender (EX6100) is a good second choice, for $50 less....
Can be used as access point, Unique positioning visual aid, 'FastLane' can increase available wireless throughput
5 GHz performance needs work
The problem with dual-band repeaters is that 5 GHz signals don't go as far as 2.4 GHz. So unless something is done in the design to compensate for this disparity, you end up having to favor one or the other band when you locate the extender. Our testing...
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Published: 2014-04-25, Author: Andrew , review by: missingremote.com
Stability, Price, Ease of use
Antennas are small and can't be replaced, Wired network drops to 100Mbps when using long (25') Ethernet cables
The most outstanding thing about the NETGEAR EX6100 is that it just works. With the flexibility to choose from several configurations to meet your specific networking needs, easy setup, low power consumption, stability, and a good price it's hard not to ...
A few small flaws aside, I'm quite pleased with the Netgear AC750 WiFi Range Extender. I'm especially impressed by just how quickly and easy I was able to get it up and running, given how fiddly some wireless networking equipment can be. It's very easy t...
Looking first to the design of the AC750/EX6100 WiFi extender we have a device which looks pretty cool. Yes there are alternative models which lack the external antenna so are more compact but this very much looks the part. The variable antenna of course...
Abstract: As the EX-6100 is a Netgear device, setup is characteristically easy. You initially connect a laptop or other device to the EX-6100 via Wi-Fi, open your browser and run the setup wizard. The EX-6100 scans the airwaves for wireless networks, and you select...
Abstract: NETGEAR, Inc, a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, announced the availability of new NETGEAR AC750 Wi-Fi Range Extender (EX6100) which supports older a/b/g/n Wi-Fi devices while pro...
