Linksys Velop Pro 7 Mesh WiFi 7 System MBE7003 - Cognitive Mesh Router with Tri-Band and over 10 Gbps Speeds - Whole Home Coverage up to 825 sqm. - Connect 600 Devices - 3 Pack

Used in conjunction with less-expensive Velop 6E units as slaves. Amazing (1 Gbps on WiFi6) performance between rooms (horizontally) , but vertical range massively limited by re-inforced concrete slabs. Excellent after sales support showed how to either daisy chain or alternatively backhaul the slaves to the Velop 7 Master (with 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports)

Terrible, brought to replace my linksys too. Router.Absolute rubbish, would not pair at all.Had a very stressful 3 hours from start to finish on the phone to linksys who were rubbish.Reading off of a script and had Absolutely no clue at all !All they kept telling me to do was keep re-setting it.I had to box it back up for a full refund before I smashed it to bits.Wanted to upgrade to wifi 7.Our current toob router gets us speeds of 800mbs and wifi 6.So im happy with that.DO NOT BUY THIS UNLESS YOU WANT STRESS !

I was initially looking at the TP link but decided “absolutely not!” when I read that a) Apple devices in particular had issues connecting with it and b) more importantly multiple customers had raised the issue with TP link and they hadn’t been interested in fixing it.I therefore looked at alternatives and the Linksys system caught my attention.The nodes are sleek white towers. The reset and on buttons are on the base, which is a bit of a pain. As per the advice of others, I started by connecting one node thingie to the main router, with the other two nodes plugged in in the same room. (Once the Linksys is set up you can move the extra / child nodes to another location, but keeping them close initially helps with set up)App downloaded easily, it recognised the main and child nodes and life seemed good…Then….nothing. The main node seemed stuck on “white light mode” which apparently means it is in set up mode. I tried switching on and off, resetting etc but nothing.I note others mentioned this happened and kindly shared a workaround. Unfortunately it mentioned assigning IP addresses and my computer lessons were on a bbc micro so even the “basic” fixes were too complicated for me. Others with even basic knowledge might be able to understand and resolve the problem.At that point I turned to the Linksys app. Usually there’s a helpful troubleshooting section somewhere with step by step instructions for confused people like me. I could not intuitively find it.At this point I decided this mesh system was not for me. I understand that I could have contacted a support person but having recently spent nearly a week trying to sort out a laptop issue with support services, I just couldn’t face more waiting around. Probably easier and cheaper to hang out and use the Wi-Fi in a local coffee shop.I am disappointed though - I was really looking forward to internet access that doesn’t drop off if I turn over in bed.The nodes are quite lovely to look at. They have multiple connections on the back and are not too heavy to hold. The app downloaded quickly and it was easy to follow the set up instructions. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough information on troubleshooting and since it never connected properly I cannot comment on the speed or range. Other reviews are largely positive and I appreciate that someone even a smidge more technically knowledgeable might well have gotten it to work.

Let me get the negative out of the way..SetupAwful, the app doesn't work for a seamless upgrade as it suggests. I tried so many times following the app to swap my current wifi settings over to this new system. However, after many hours of trying and with a good knowledge of networking etc. I failed.The app is great for operating your system but it fell flat on the upgrade to this new system.So to summarise, I simply set it up as new using the supplied wifi details on the base of one of the nodes then I switched on the other two child nodes let the system find them ( it did first time) and within 10 mins all 3 were set up and working. There were a couple of important firmware updates so I let them install and system eventually then settled down.Finally, I simply renamed the wifi name and password to what my previous set up was and once it rebooted all my devices reconnected as expected.Don't let the set up negative put you off, I decided to battle on in hope the app would work as it should of.The system is great, the nodes look great and they perform fantastic, I'm maxing out on wifi even in the garden 500mgbs achieved on my 500mgbs fibre service.I stuck with Linksys as my previous model were Linksys and I knew I could connect one node into the modem and that node would then act as a router so new additional hardware required.I would of given 5 stars but I had to take one star off due to app not performing what should of been a seamless transfer.Overall, don't let that put you off at all, these are superb, ive had them installed over a week now and not had to touch them.Plenty of lan ports on each node too, one has 2.5gb throughput.

And now I've 3 in totalVery easy to setup on the app or on a PC websiteNicely made and looks smart on the shelves- not your usual ugly routerWould be happy to recommend

I like that each device has 4 ethernet ports. You can use them to backbone two locations together at a good speed and still connect wired devices at the other end.The feature set is good, although I run them in bridge mode. The app can be a touch on the clunky side if you want to do more advanced setup but it works and is easy for most cases.

Unfortunately I like many other people was plagued by the same requirement to reset all to frequently and for the price this simple expectation lacking has caused me to return it to Amazon.