Wireless networking is both a blessing and a curse. It works great at short ranges - and the speed over the years has certainly improved. The downside is that with higher frequencies that carry more data faster, the range has suffered. Companies try and beef up the antenna and use high-gain units to push signal farther, but high frequency radio waves don't penetrate obstacles as good as low frequency radio waves. The solution is to have range-extenders and that can often create a whole new set of problems.
Traditional range extenders have used a different SSID and require switching to the new "network" when you get out of range of the main wireless signal. This results in dropped connections, clunky password management and often interference and hot-switching between networks if you're in a spot that has similar signal from both networks. Recent solutions have included "mesh" networks, but they are pretty expensive. The solution we are looking at today is quite affordable, claims to be very fast and works without disrupting your current network hardware. Take a look below as we uncover the TP-Link RE650.