D-Link Wireless AC1200 Dual Band Wi-Fi Gigabit Range Extender & Access Point (DAP-1650) (Personal Computers)

I just purchased and installed a second one; I now have 5 bar signal strength on three 2.4Ghz channels and three 5Ghz channels on all three floors of my house.My D-Link DIR-825 Dual Band router (installed in the basement) could barely transmit the 5Ghz signal to the second floor; so I rarely had any of my mobile devices using the wide open 5Ghz channels. In addition, the 2.4Ghz signal strength was not that impressive (largely due to the metal heating ducts and tile kitchen floor the signal had to pass through); so I only had a few areas in my house where I could enjoy streaming videos and fast web browsing.Last year I installed a Securifi Almond range extender (ran an Ethernet wire to the family room and configured it as a wired Access Point with the same SSID and password as the DIR-825 router in the basement). While that gave me full 2.4Ghz coverage on all three floors of the house, it did not have 5Ghz capability. Using the WiFi Analyzer Android app, I...Read more