TP-Link AC750 Wireless Portable Nano Travel Router - WiFi Bridge/Range Extender/Access Point/Client Modes, Mobile in Pocket(TL-WR902AC) (Renewed)

The instructions are crap! We tried for 4 days to get it to work, going in circles following the directions perfectly, needed it in "client" mode according to directions. I needed to connect a device that could only be connected via Ethernet cable, and all I had was my cell phones hotspot in my RV. Brand new park has no Internet yet. I needed a fast fix while I get a sim router and data only sim set up through Google Fi. My daughter just decided to switch it to "extending" mode. It CONNECTED! and it worked great to upload the info I needed to do daily. Thank goodness, but someone needs to rewrite the directions or perhaps because I bought refurbished, it always had the configurations of the buttons wrong. Who knows, I don't care. I'm so stoked! $36, and I was just about to spend $500 on the NETGEAR NIGHTHAWK, like in the process, I think it's still in my cart! Works great, crap instructions. It WILL CONNECT YOUR PHONE'S HOT SPOT TO AN ETHERNET CAPABLE ONLY DEVICE. Win! Win! Win!

I have a desktop with a PCIe WiFi card that used to work well. Since moving the parts into a new PC case, my connection has been very unstable with high latency spikes. It seems that the new case has enough metal that it acts as a bit of a faraday cage for wireless antennas that are up against it.This router is being used as a bridge for the PC. The TP-Link is connected in client mode to the home's main router over WiFi, and then the PC is connected to the TP-Link via ethernet. I chose this one based on reviews and the compact size.Setup took minutes, as this operation mode is one of the modes available for quick setup in the UI. It has been very reliable, even across a large house and through a couple walls. Would recommend, at least for this sort of use.

I bought this to use as a range extender (or so I thought) because my new Android tablet had a hard time picking up the WiFi signal from my router when I'm out on my back deck enjoying the weather and a fine cigar.When I set it up that way I found that I had to turn off security on the WiFi router to get the AC750 to connect to the TP Link server and do the set up. That was pretty clearly unacceptable and I spent a couple of very frustrating hours trying to figure that out.I was about to give up and return the unit and look for something else. It seems that as an extender it works fine as long as it's connected by Ethernet cable. Which clearly wouldn't work for me aside from the security issue.I eventually clicked on Amazon tech support and started a chat with an actual person, not a chat bot. She was very eager to help, but like tech support just about everywhere wanted me to start from scratch. That wasn't helpful and she provided a link to a PDF of the manual. That too wasn't helpful and while we were chatting I looked at the instructions that came with the unit.From the manual it looked like what I really needed to do was set it up as a Hot Spot not an extender. That worked, although I needed to reset and set it up a couple of times to get it to work properly. I'll suggest that I was the one confused by the terminology.Once I got it set up properly it worked fine for what I needed. I was able to connect my laptop to connect as well as my phone and then the tablet. They all connect fine and coverage is good. It has solved my issue.Getting to the TP Link server is still a bit of a PITA, but hopefully I won't have to do that very often if at all.A couple of notes about the unit itself. I bought a refurbished unit and it was complete except there was no card as others have noted in their reviews.I found that the default password that is printed on the unit itself has already pretty much worn off. Fortunately, when I connected to the TP Link server it had the default password is there and I copied it down in case I have to do a reset and start all over again. I expect that losing the password is effectively going to brick the unit. I changed those to a unique password, so the only reason I expect I'll need the default is for a reset.That's the only physical issue I found, but the included USB and Ethernet cables are way too short for just about any application. Not a big deal because I have plenty of both in the computer cable junk box.Overall I'm happy I bought this as it works and it's not very obtrusive.

Poor support

Easy to set up. I appreciate all the preset switch settings and the explanation on when you'd use them. Don't lose that. Once you're in the modem settings, though, it's just hitting "Quick setup", choosing new names and passwords (if you like) and you're good to go. Used at a resort with free wifi that refused to let me setup a chromecast but this let my family all connect to, and cast to, our tv. It depends on your base/free wifi but it was good enough to stream movies and music. Good range. 5g options. Tiny size. Bring along a longer power cord or it will be dangling from the outlet because the included one is like 3 inches.

I bought this to travel, it allows you to set up one connection to a network when traveling, and then connect as many devices to it whether you are in a hotel or on a cruise ship. It securely protects your network activity and provides you privacy on public networks away from your home and also allows you to have to connect only one device. In our case we paid for internet for two devices on our cruise, one for me and one for my husband, but we used this device in our room to connect to, so the ship only saw one connection and then we could connect our phones, tablets and my laptop to this device and not have to constantly be logging in and out of devices in our room so only two devices were connected at the same time. $30 well spent, we are old, and all that connecting and disconnecting/reconnecting is confusing to people our age, plus the security provided of being shielded from prying eyes on public WI-FI while traveling in this day and age is worthwhile too

This router is great for taking a cell hotspot and making it accessible to separate devices 4 devices. It boots up quickly. It's easy to use and the interface is easy to figure out. Make sure you read the instructions so you can change the password to something more convenient for you. This is the second router I have purchased (I bought this one for my son who is in the military and needed a portable router). I'm still using the first one that I bought 2 years ago, it works perfectly.