Our multi-floor tests were designed to mimic conditions in a house with obstructing walls between the different components of your network. TP-Link WiFi Extenders can extend WiFi coverage from as little as 3,200 square feet to more than 10,000 square feet, depending on the model. The RE305 performed particularly well in our 150-foot line of sight test and a multi-story test where the router was placed in an enclosed, soundproofed room 30 feet away from the extender, with the test laptop 35 feet away and a floor above the extender and router. And for speed junkies, the TP-Link AC1200 WiFi Range Extender provides a 300-mbps to 867-mbps dual-band boost, which is one of the fastest extender speeds one could expect in its class. We conducted all tests using Ixia’s IX Chariot to monitor network speeds both with and without the RE305 between the router and end-user laptop. Most Wi-Fi extenders we tested only managed to capture and rebroadcast a portion of the original wireless signal, but the TP-Link extenders, including the RE305, RE450 and RE650, maintained or improved network quality in almost all our tests. It won’t fare well in homes beyond 2,000 square feet, but its a value-priced extender that can be relied on at shorter ranges. In fact, it offered the second-best performance. The TP-Link AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender RE305 is a no-frills extender with supports dual-band Wi-Fi support and an Ethernet port for wired connectivity. We tested it in our office and lab, and it easily handled our 400 Mbps+ network speeds. This more than covers the needs of most home networks. Wirelessly, the RE305 has max speeds up to 300 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band and 867 Mbps on the 5 GHz band for a combined max throughput of 1,167 Mbps. The Fast Ethernet port does not affect wireless speeds or connectivity when the RE305 works as an extender, so it’s still one of the best options for expanding Wi-Fi into dead zones. And if you plan to use your extender as a wired access point, the port limits the broadcast Wi-Fi signal to 100 Mbps as well. Fast Ethernet speeds top out at 100 Mbps, so any device connected to the extender with a wired connection only gets a 100 Mbps connection at best. With AC1200 speeds, the RE305 can handle Gigabit Ethernet wirelessly, so it doesn’t make sense that the device would introduce a speed-limiting factor into its design. Although it has almost every feature we evaluated, it has a Fast Ethernet port instead of a Gigabit Ethernet port. It can reach maximum data rates of up to. The Archer A6 is a 2x2 AC1200 router powered by a 750MHz SoC processor. The RE305 is a small wall-plug device that features Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), helpful LED status lights, two rotatable external antennas and dual band connectivity. Read Our Linksys EA6350 AC1200+ Dual-Band Smart Wi-Fi Wireless Router Review.