Netgear EX2700 N300 WiFi Range Extender

13 reviews for Netgear EX2700 N300 WiFi Range Extender

1. Rated 5 out of 5

   Karen – June 6, 2016

   I puchased this because I was having a hard time streaming movies, programs, audio books, etc., in my sewing room or in the other end of the house. I’m self employed and work in both ends of the house throughout the day. Our router is located in the center of the house.. If my retired husband was watching something in the den, I was having a very hard time pulling anything else in.. This has fixed that problem. It took me a bit to figure out how to connect it to our router (maybe 1/2 hour), but once I figured it out, it was very easy to do. I watched a video on Utube, then followed the directions included with the device, and had it working in no time. It’s very easy to unplug and replug in the other end of the house when I need to move it. With our internet program, we’re suppose to be able to stream two video’s at once, but it just wasn’t working.. To upgrade to the next higher service would have cost $30 a month more..This device fixed the problem and all at a low price.
2. Rated 1 out of 5

   chrissye marie – July 12, 2016

   Once I finially go it working it has worked well… however the install/trouble shooting portion of the product is not as user friendly as I needed it to be. it took 4 hours of frustration and anger to get it to work how intended. was a simple fix in the end but I could not get netgear customer support via internet chat or phone to help. just the same instruction pages over and over again. which did not help. was a comment of a comment on googled blog post about the product that finally helped me get it working. 2 minutes of chat or phone would have saved me from wanting to mow the little box over with my lawn mower. if you have it all set up, your devices connects to the extender but won’t connect to the internet… do this. move the box where you think it should be, and connect it even if no internet coming through- green lights where the trouble shooting links tell you there should be lights. leave it powered on. unplug your router and plug it back in again. let that boot up and connect to the already ready extender. wait 5-10 minutes.
3. Rated 5 out of 5

   Smitty – February 8, 2017

   Great extension of my wireless. I have a” man cave/office” in my unattached garage about 100 feet away from my cable company supplied Wi-Fi modem. It actually was able to reach this but the signal without the extender but it was weak and often dropped the connection or slow speed. I installed this NETGEAR N300 about 50 feet away. I now get great connectivity for my laptop.
   The initial setup is to:
   – Plug the Range Extender into an outlet (I put them side-by-side) very close to the modem. You DO NOT use an Ethernet cord to set this extender up.
   – Wait for the solid green LED power light of the extender.
   – Push the WPS button on the extender and another LED light will blink.
   – Push the WPS button on you old Modem and watch them connect. I had to look for the WPS button on the old modem because it not obvious but it does exist.
   – Once the Router LED light on the Extender is solid green, unplug the extender and move it into an area that already can receive some signal, (I placed the Extender 1/2 way between my office and the old modem) as it cannot “extend” what it cannot detect!
   – Select the new Network name it has created (it will be your old network name with an -EXT at the end)
   – Use the password you use on your existing Wi-Fi system and you are done!
4. Rated 4 out of 5

   Smokeymike – July 19, 2017

   Setup is easy – use the WPS button – everything is automatic. If using for a PC (like me – Windows 10) go to your WIFI connection and change to the (yournetwork)_EXT and connect to the new EXT network, it will have the same name as your primary network followed by the _EXT. Use the same password as your old network, or create a new one. No need to use an ethernet cable to set up. What I did next was to use an internet speed tester on the new and the old connections. I did this three times for each network – the vanilla from my router and the boosted signal from this product. At first I plugged it into an outlet in my second floor BR (router is in basement). Results were so-so. I then moved the booster to my first floor and repeated the test. The results were better. My ISP provided the modem/router so it’s probably not the greatest piece of equipment. If I test signal strength with my iPhone in the basement, the signal is a LOT stronger there than on my first floor or second floor. I RARELY get the 45mb speed advertised by my ISP. Results: with the booster on the first floor, I about double my signal strength on my PC on the second floor, as opposed to using the vanilla signal from the basement router. I also tried changing my iPhone to the new EXT connection and about doubled my speed (realize I’m talking going from about 6mb to 14mb, not 45mb). So it DOES work – just experiment to find the best location to plug in the device.
5. Rated 1 out of 5

   Customer – November 7, 2017

   What a frustrating experience this was. Setup seemed simple enough per the directions. I spent four hours yesterday trying to set it up with no success. I followed the instructions exactly as described for both ways to set it up countless times. Tried to go online to find a way to reach a support person or phone number… no luck. I even spent an hour on the phone with my internet provider. Got nowhere. I tried again today and wasted another 3 hours. I somehow managed to get to an online Netgear support person who told me a tech rep would call me. I finally got a call from the tech rep and he wanted access to my computer to see what my settings were. I reluctantly gave him access only because I could see everything he was doing. He promised me we would get it resolved. After checking a bunch of things, he informed me that I didn’t have a firewall (which I know I do, because I pay for it every year). He quickly realized that I’m not a technological savvy person. So he proceeded to tell me that there were files on my computer that needed to be removed and that there were outside people using my network. He said that would need to be resolved, or my extender would never be able to connect to my network. He said he would check with his supervisor to see if there was something they could do for me. A few seconds later he came back on the phone, and told me they had a Netgear firewall program that was only $99 per year or $299 for a lifetime plan. When I told him I wasn’t interested in purchasing it, he said OK well I can’t help you, have a nice day. REALLY?????!!!! Well, this gal is going to put this extender back in the box and it’s getting shipped right back to where it came from. Won’t be buying any Netgear products again.
6. Rated 4 out of 5

   n-squared – December 9, 2017

   Be aware that this will transmit on the same 2.4GHz channel (1 – 12) as your main router, and using the same SSID with a _EXT suffix.
   If you put it too close to your main router, other devices may see some interference on that channel. (Use a WiFi Spectrum Analyzer to verify)
   Shouldn’t affect the other devices from working though.

   I get about 40M down with WiFi and about 75M down with the wired ethernet connection. See my attached laptop speedtest pics.

   I only use the wired ethernet output to hook up 1 laser printer, and have turned off the WiFi AP feature of this product to not interfere with my other WiFi devices in my home.
7. Rated 5 out of 5

   John C. Roberts – December 11, 2017

   wanted to have a way to provide “whole home” back-up internet for when my cable internet becomes unavailable & also provide a wired connection for control & monitoring of a whole home generator. While this can be done by purchasing a cell router, that is an expensive solution.
   This extender will serve the same purpose… All one has to do is set the extender up to log-on to a phone mobile hotspot, place the phone near the extender, & the extender provides a wireless connection with virtually whole home coverage. It also provides a wired Ethernet connection that is normally not available from a mobile hotspot.
   Product works reliably, & Netgear’s customer support was very good. Highly recommended!
8. Rated 5 out of 5

   RB – March 13, 2018

   I felt obliged to write a review since there are some bad reviews of this product. Full disclosure, I’ve been in IT for 25 years so I generally know my way around technology. I base my ‘ease of setup’ on if I would be able to walk my mother-in-law through the setup over the phone. This product is brain dead simple to configure and get going if you have a WPS capable router. You simply push the WPS button on your router then push the button on the N300. Do this in the same room to ensure a strong signal. Once you get the green light on the N300, you’re good to go and can upnlug it and move it to where you need.

   As for the range extending capabilities, my access point is on the second floor of our 3 story house (3200 square feet). The extender is on the first floor with the hope of improving wifi to the TV and the family room. I ran a speed test from my laptop. Prior to the N300 it got 50mbs/10mbs (down/up). With the N300, the laptop got 100mbs/24mbs.

   For the price, this is a good solution and much more cost effective than the mesh network systems. I’ll be ordering a second N300 to put in the master bedroom. The speed isn’t needed but the geek in me can’t pass up a faster connection for the small cost of these extenders.
9. Rated 4 out of 5

   Westlake – June 13, 2018

   The N300 is a “signal booster, ” but it uses its own SSID. You will still be able to see and connect to your old SSID if necessary. They are separate connections.
   After configuring the N300, I plugged it in upstairs, directly above the (downstairs) wireless router. The N300’s upstairs signal strength is now usually one or two bars more than the router’s. The N300 does disconnect from the router on rare occasions, which is probably the fault of the router. Without the N300, disconnects happened every day.
   I went through several wireless adapters trying to solve my disconnect problem. This has been the only solution that has worked well enough for me to live with.
   Setup is trivial. Plug the N300 into a wall socket that is not too far from your both your wireless router or access point and a computer with wifi, look for the N300’s SSID in the computer’s available connections, connect, open a browser, and follow the instructions. After you finish the configuration, if necessary you can unplug the N300 and move it to to an electrical socket midway between the wireless router and the computers you want to connect.
   You should check your signal strength with different plug-in locations and different antenna positions. Putting the N300’s two antennas both parallel to the floor worked best for me.
10. Rated 5 out of 5

    Hope41 – June 14, 2018

    We purchased this extender about a year ago to increase the WiFi range to our front porch. It has worked perfectly and solved our weak signal in this area of the house and front porch. I highly recommend this NETGEAR N300 WiFi Range extender for two main reasons, It works and ease of set up. Our main router allowed us to use the WPS setup method and it functioned exactly as the directions stated. Now, fast forward to today and we decided to solve another weak WiFi area in our bonus room above our garage. Based on seeing the question about adding a second WiFi extender we thought we would give it a try, even tho unsure how that would work. When the second one arrived we set it up via the WPS method and got it situated in a bonus room outlet. Now here is where we were unsure about multiple extenders. The questions I had were will there be a second _EXT network? Just how does that work? The directions do not mention the use of multiple extenders. Well it works seamlessly! Your network list will show the main network and only ONE _EXT network. As I move from the porch (extender #1) up to the bonus room (extender #2) it automatically switches to the second extender! You can even watch the device light on extender #1 drop off as the device light on extender #2 turns on when it picks up the device. Very pleased with how this NETGEAR N300 WiFi Range Extender easily sets up via WPS and the seamless transition between extenders in two different weak areas (former weak areas now) of our home. I recommend this extender again due to the functionality of two extenders on the same network.
11. Rated 1 out of 5

    red300zx – August 10, 2018

    After four hours trying to get this to work, I have given up. The power comes on. My Netgear Router doesn’t recognize or even find this gizmo. The directions are skimpy and don’t have much advice for troubleshootikng. I have windows 7. I have been on line to netgear support (tedious) which is gobbledygook, to an assist forum because I get a “bluetooth not supported by server” notice which recognizes the problem but has no solutions (that I can understand) , to my cable company (everything works), and as a last resort to netgear by phone. I have been on hold now for over a half hour, being “4th in queue” for 10 minutes. Nobody mans the phones. what should be simple, isn’t. do not buy this product. Update: 47 min on hold and netgear person came on to help. 1 hour and 30 min later we got it working via phone abandoning computer. Now to start yhe locating properly process. Netgear: too too long in set up and assist!!!!!!#&#%÷#/$
12. Rated 5 out of 5

    K. Gomes – November 23, 2019

    Connecting this Netgear Range Extender to a router is pretty simple. Plug it into a wall outlet in the same room as your router, press the WPS button on the extender, then press the WPS button on your router, when the WPS light on the extender turns green you’re ready for the final step. Remove the extender from the outlet and plug it into an outlet in your home where you’d like to boost your signal and then wait for the WPS light to turn green on the extender again. At this point I thought I was done and I didn’t notice any difference in WiFi signal strength until I realized the extender created a new WiFi SSID which consisted of the same name of my current WiFi SSID followed by _EXT which I needed to log into using the same password for my existing WiFi network. So if my current WiFi SSID name was “Home” the Netgear extender would create a new WiFi SSID named “Home_EXT.” After logging into it I got a full signal in my garage whereas previously I had no signal. Well worth the money!
13. Rated 5 out of 5

    Clarabelle – April 15, 2020

    Had ZERO difficulties getting it up and running and then connecting my devices to it. Didn’t have to change any passwords, wasn’t hard to do. Not sure why people are experiencing difficulties. I’m a 70-yr-old woman, and it installed easily by myself. I didn’t do anything special.

    Note: After getting it up and running (just plug it in, turn it on, and then press the Wifi button or whatever it is), you will want to scan for alternative wifi sources when you try to use your existing devices, and choose the one that has a suffix of “_EXT”. Then click to connect, and Presto, I was connected. ** I should add that I had to press the scan button on the Netgear router I’ve always had. Regardless, you do that everytime you want to add any device, so this is normal. Just regard the extender as another device on the router, but you don’t have to add a password to connect the extender to the router.

    The speed was just a trifle slower than the main router source, but then I can’t ever connect at the far end of my house to the main router, so it’s irrelevant that connecting directly to the router provides faster service. There’s no service at all at the far end of the house unless I connect through this extender.

    Works beautifully! Now I can watch Netflix and Roku stuff in my far-away bedroom. What a delight!