Netgear WN3000RP

Netgear WN3000RP Universal Wi-Fi Range Extender review

Wireless networks can be fantastic - eliminating the need to trail Ethernet cables across our homes just to connect to the internet, or stream media from one PC to another. But often their Achilles' heel is range. Stray too far from your wireless router and you'll soon be faced with a huge drop in speeds and stability, and finally no connection at all.The Netgear WN3000RP Universal Wi-Fi Range Extender promises to alleviate these problems by connecting to your existing network and then giving it a boost to reach further afield. Setting it up is very easy - we just plugged it into a wall socket and used WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) to connect our test router to the extender by just clicking the WPS button on each. Its claim to being universal is true, for the most part - we had no problems connecting this up to a non-Netgear router. WPS support can be somewhat flaky with some older routers, however, and without WPS, set up is a slightly longer affair, becuase you'll need to connect a computer directly to the extender's wireless network.