Tenda Nova Mesh WiFi System MW6 - Covers up to 6000 sq.ft - AC1200 Whole Home WiFi Mesh System - Gigabit Dual-Band Mesh Network for 90 Devices - Replaces Wireless Router and WiFi Extender - 3-Pack

It's only been a day but so far, I really like it. The system comes in an attractive box (big deal). The printed documentation is adequate. It might be helpful to note that the doco says to download the "Tenda WiFi" app from Google (not 'the TendaApp' as some have said). After rebooting the modem and powering on, it was easy to log in with the SSID and password on the bottom of the box and then change the SSID and password to match our old system. Adding nodes was a bit confusing. The "Add Nova" option (to add nodes) produced an error message saying something like "No new Nova Detected." Graphically, it then "added" the second and eventually the third nodes by turning them from orange to green. I guess what they're saying is that these were already paired at the factory so they're not "new." You probably could just plug them in and wait for them to be added.Our home is a 2100 square foot ranch/rambler that is probably 60+ feet from end to end (built in 1957). On the back is a 14 X 26 foot family room (1992) addition. In the main part of the house, the walls are wet plaster with rock lath and chicken wire, almost like a Faraday cage. RF doesn't pass easily between rooms. The main unit/gateway was placed in my "radio room" at the far end of the house. The 2nd node was placed in the living room (about 30 feet away) and the 3rd node went on the floor of the family room (another 30 feet away). All units show the friendly blue light indicating excellent connection. The main unit is connected with a 5 port Netgear switch to wire in two Windows 10 PCs and a Flex Radio 6300 (essentially a radio server that is accessible by other PCs in the house). I also use both Ethernet ports on the 3rd node and they work fine for streaming audio to our AVR and video to a tired dual core Windows PC.As advertised, you can walk throughout the home with a WiFi device and see no differentiation between nodes or the band being used. Our ISP is Comcast which advertises speeds of up to 100 MBPS down. This morning, I saw 120 MBPS through both wired PCs and my Amazon Kindle (which does have 5 GHz WiFi). Walking to the far end of the house, I have seen as high as 85 MBPS via WiFi. Most of the time, speed tests show 50-60 MBPS at the far end. Just now, I got 120 MBPS down hard wired and 48+ at the far end (peak evening time) on my $99 Android cell phone which does not have 5 GHz WiFi. So, is it screaming fast, no. Is it adequate for what we're going to do with it (including streaming Amazon Prime Video, which works fine via WiFi on the 3rd or farthest node), yes very much so.Our previous WiFi setup was an Asus AC 1300 dual band router that almost covered the main part of the house. One it the Asus' ports was connected to a TP-Link Ethernet over Powerline device that placed another dual band WiFi hotspot in our family room. It was rated at 1200 MBPS. PConnected to our former Wowway 30 MBPS internet service, it delivered 14 MBPS on a good day. The Powerline device also spewed all kinds of garbage on every ham radio band 40 meters and above. Soooooo... it had to go. The Tenda provides far better coverage (RF) and throughput than the Asus/TP-Link combo (that was temporarily connected to the 100 MBPS Comcast feed and didn't do much better).IMHO, mesh networking is the way to go. The Tenda Nova MW6 provides reasonable service to our almost RF proof house. It doesn't interfere with other devices.

Ok so, this may sound strong but, the Tenda Nova mesh wifi system is one of the absolute best decisions I've ever made. 10 mins to setup all 3, no issues, no need to call Tech Spt. The app is clear and easy to understand, there was nothing to it except creating a password. I was worried about coverage because my home is split level, nothing ever worked covering the entire house. A computer company and 2 cable companies told me many years ago that split levels are notoriously difficult for wifi and I'd never have full coverage. I previously had a nighthawk router (which cost more than this system when I purchased it!) and extenders but still barely signal upstairs. No fault to them, I don't know if mesh was even around back then and if it was I wasn't aware. This system has 0 problems providing a strong and consistent signal all over. I walked to my back fence, carport, front yard, furthest room on each level and across the street to my mailbox...the signal didn't even flicker. I wish every dollar I spent was this worth it. We'll see how it holds up, I'll update if any issues.Almoat a year update: One box is not working even though the blue light is on. The system shows it as disconnected and I have unplugged it several times and dis what i could do, so, gotta buy another one. The other 2 are fine, I still have 12 devices connected and the one being out I didnt even notice. I just randomly checked the app and saw it was red. Still one of the best purchases because I could not get wifi all over my house before this.

This is excellent! We previously had several dead WiFi spots in the house and now we have full coverage. Set up was super easy via the Tenda WiFi App (which can be downloaded from Play or the Apple Store). It will walk you thru all the steps.Unplug your modem. Hook up any of the Tenda "cubes" to the modem. Plug in the Tenda to the power outlet. Turn the modem on. Follow the prompts on your phone and they will connect. Setting up each cube is simple. Just plug them into a power outlet. Our first one is in th edining room by the modem. The second one in the living room behind the TV. The third one is in the bedrooms. Before my daughter could not stream movies on her TV and now she can with no issues whatsoever. I cannot figure out why some people are having issues with this item as it was almost too easy to set up and it took me longer to unhook the old router and old WiFi extender than it did to get this up and running.Again we have full house coverage, all bars to the top. We checked the backyard and have coverage all the way to the edge of our property and then some. Front yard - same. No issues. We decided to walk down the street and see how far we had WiFi. 4 houses away in either direction! One of my photos shows us down the street and we still have a signal in that location.If you are not very technical and just want better WiFi coverage then this is for you. Not to mention it is one of the cheaper models out there. I looked at several for over a week and read reviews and watched interviews before deciding on this one. It does offer guest access, parental controls and you can schedule updates (one of the other brands updates at all times of the day and interferes with your WiFi). I have this one set up to look for updates at 3AM. Also, when you first connect it gives you a generic "Tenda" name. You then have the option to re-name the WiFi and change the password (the start up password is on the bottom of the cube). I renamed mine to our old network name and password and all of our devices connected including multiple phones, iPads, tablets, 2 smart TV's a BlueRay player and more. All with excellent coverage! Photos include a picture from the street several houses away where we still have coverage and a couple of the cube to give you an idea of size.We have 3 cubes placed throughout the house.