Linksys Atlas Pro 6 WiFi Router – AX5400 WiFi 6 Router – Dual-Band Mesh WiFi System -WiFi 6 Mesh Routers for Wireless Internet-Mesh Wireless Router – Connect 90+ Devices, 8,100 sq ft,MX5503 3-Pk,White

Excellent home network upgrade
With a few dead zones in my second story and struggling with extenders and repeaters that don’t seem to work, I decided to finally dip my toes into a mesh system. With many options to choose from – actually, not that much to be honest as there’s only a few brands – I decided on Linksys as they’re one of the top tier brands in networking solutions. Netgears were my second choice but I found their systems to be fairly pricey. TP-Link seems to be Amazon’s choice but I’m intentionally avoiding them as they have security issues and potential backdoors for nefarious actors. This particular Linksys model seems to tick off all the boxes in terms of price point (picked it up during Prime Day) and features.Setting it up was a breeze. Everything happens through the Linksys app, which to be fair, is not the best app out there as its slow and laggy. On the upside, you don’t need to access the app too much once you’re set up. From the app, you connect the main router to your modem and then set up the two additional child nodes. From what it looks like, it seems that you can continually add more nodes if needed. For my square footage, 2 child nodes offered more than enough coverage. When the child nodes are connected, you can start moving them to other areas of the home. The app lets you know the signal strength and if you need to reposition them.Like I said, everything happens though the app, from setting up the WiFi name and password and managing your devices, as well as updating the router’s firmware. I wish there were more granular controls to manage the home network but it seems that most mesh systems are controlled through an app nowadays. Linksys should really work on their app so its faster and less buggy to use. Nevertheless, it works…albeit a bit slow.What’s NOT slow is the speed. Immediately, not only did my coverage increase, but overall speeds as well. My previous router was a Nighthawk and I thought it was doing pretty well pulling in 250Mbps+. With this Linksys mesh, my speeds increased drastically, reaching upwards of 380Mbps and even seeing 500Mbps. All of the dead zone’s are resolved as well…my upstairs on good days reached 60Mbps with my old setup. With this Linksys, I’m pulling 280Mbps consistently. Extremely happy with this purchase. Since both of us work from home, with multiple Zoom calls daily, this was a spectacular upgrade. Sure its not the latest WiFi 7 tech but for my simple home network, the performance exceeds my expectations.Note: This mesh system combines your 2.4 and 5 GHz signals together into one SSID. I was a bit hesitant at first as I typically like to keep them apart for some of my dumber smart devices but the router does a pretty great job at auto-assigning and I have not encountered any issues at all.

Utterly unreliable junk
I’ve had the displeasure of “using” this mesh network setup for almost a year now. Based on my experience, I’m disappointed that it’s too late to return it as I wouldn’t use this junk if Linksys gave it to me for free.It works fine when it’s working, but every few weeks it drops both of the “child” nodes and refuses to connect to them. I have to remove both child nodes from the network and re-pair them. I have had to do this at least a dozen times since I purchased the system (about every 3-4 weeks). At first I always called Linksys support as I was hopeful they would exchange the system with enough failures. They have adamantly refused as they say the product is “working” again after each successful pairing. Except that this takes 30-40 minutes each and every time it happens. It’s likely the last Linksys product I will ever purchase as I have now learned they don’t stand behind their products in any useful way.

Setup issues but fast and stable once up
I replaced a dead Orbi System. As a very experienced tech, I was frustrated with the setup experience. First, the app kept telling me that the router could not see the internet and stopped setup after multiple attempts. The issue was I connected the router to the modem and a switch at the same time. Once I disconnected the switch the router came up. But then the scan for the child nodes only turned up one node instead of two. After resetting the app and logging back in did the app find the third node on the third attempt. Once that frustration was clear it was smooth sailing. I hardwired the back haul ( again, no explanation on what ports to use on the child nodes. Hint: use “internet ports”) The system is registering the same speeds as the outgoing Orbi but absolutely feels snappier on the smart TV and iPads. Great value. App could be a LOT better with directions with very little work

Mi casa es de 2 pisos, el módem está en la plata baja, no llegaba señal a la mayor parte de la casa, sobre todo a la parte alta, en donde hay una SmartTV. Coloque el primer nodo con el módem, el segundo en la cocina y el tercero en la plata alta. Para la TV, me sirvió mucho conectar por el cable de Ethernet desde el nodo.

Excelente, llega a todas las habitaciones. Es una marca de lo mejor. Muy contentos todos en casa