Tenda Nova MW3-1 Mesh Wi-Fi System: Add-on Unit for Network Expansion of the Nova MW3 Mesh Wi-Fi System. Single Add-on unit simply connects to an existing Nova MW3 network via the App (Pack of 1)

Bought this based on other reviewers and I'm certainly not disappointed. I chose tenda because it's half the price of equivalent mesh systems and gets loads of positive reviews. We have a challenging house for WiFi that's long, with brick walls all over it. I really wasn't winning with the router and range extenders solution.Firstly Set up: as promised by other reviewers, it really is a 20 minute job. Plug the first node into the router with the included Ethernet cable and download the app. Set up is self explanatory and easy. Then, simply plug in the other 2 nodes wherever is convenient in the house and they sort themselves out, appearing green on the diagram on the app within a few minutes.The outcome: amazing seamless WiFi through the whole house and even garden. I can't believe we didn't do this sooner. If you have any doubts about the price of this mesh compared to others, don't. Just buy it. Works really well, Simple set up. What more is there to want.Final point: there is the facility for wired "backhaul" with these units. It took me ages on the net to work out what this is. Basically, you set the nodes up wirelessly as above, but then you plug each one on to your router or switch via a single cable going from the tenda "wan port" to the router or switch. Ie 3 cables going though the house. This will speed up the WiFi to blistering rates by carrying back the way traffic from your device to the internet by the Ethernet cable, leaving the wireless channels to carry only outgoing traffic from the internet to your device. You certainly don't need to do this. I haven't, and I'm really happy with the speed. However I now have a project, and am going to run some Ethernet when I get a chance, to improve the system. It's nice to have the option, not all mesh systems have this.Very happy customer, recommend tenda!

I had put up with the Vodafone Connect router for over an year now. Until recently I tolerated the extremely weak signal just at the room upstairs to where the router is located. Without a strong repeater I'd forget about getting any signal in my rear garden. But repeaters have very limited bandwidth and take up Wi-Fi channels for repeating the signals. I was only recently told about the concept of Mesh network and its benefits. I found the Nova MW3 to have great reviews and reasonably priced for a 3-pack (at £79) which most folks can afford and start using in less than 10 minutes. Installation was super easy, just follow the instructions in the Tenda Wi-Fi app. I followed the below steps and would recommend doing so unless you are well into networking and want additional routing control via the mesh network.1. Switch off Wi-Fi on the main router. With mesh taking over the SSID which all your devices use, your main router has no role to play with Wi-Fi anymore. One exception though: if you have multiple SSIDs defined on your router say one for each band i.e. 2.4GHz and 5GHz, then you will need to keep one of the SSIDs active on the router as this Mesh can only have one SSID defined at the time of writing this review. Whichever SSID name is being ported to the Mesh should be turned off on the main router. Alternatively if the connected devices can be amended to use only one of the two (or more) SSIDs, then I would highly recommend that. Turning off Wi-Fi at the router will reduce band clashes and performance degradation.2. Connect any one of the three NW3 nodes to the router via the supplied LAN cable. Once connected, use the Tenda app to name the WiFi SSID exactly what you had on the router with the same password. That way you won't need to change any devices' SSID and password and they continue as if nothing changed.3. Using the app, go to settings and find the option for Internet Settings. Use the 'Bridge' option under it instead of the default 'DHCP'. The idea is to let the main router still be in control of all DHCP (including Static IP allocation), DNS etc and only let the Mesh deal with the Wi-Fi communication part. If you activate DHCP on the Mesh network, then you will get an IP range different to your router's. Nothing wrong with it except some devices can be very particular about the IP assigned and expect network shares etc to be available on the same network. Usually this mesh starts IP allocation at 192.168.5.* ... 5.254. You CANNOT change this to be the same range as the router's range, if DHCP is turned on at the router. Its one or the other device to control DHCP. Or do what I did, and use Bridge option to let the router decide and Mesh follow what the router allocates.4. Start placing the other MW3 Mesh nodes in other rooms. Make sure the you check each nodes' signal strength before beginning to hammer nails on walls. I have simply left them under my beds in different rooms. They all have excellent signal strength so no more Wi-Fi blackouts, dropouts or unusable signal strength.5. Turn on the 'Fast Roaming' option on the app. This important step will enable handing over of your mobile devices' connectivity from one node to another quicker, so you don't drop any signal strength. If you use older operating systems like Android 4 or iOS 4 etc then best keep this option off as it won't work with them.That's it! I didn't need to read the manual in any great detail, but its included anyway if you wish to. For the price, the non-intrusive size, and most importantly the 100% signal strength in every corner of my house I can only give this product a 5*. I won't hesitate in recommending this to anyone looking to significantly improve Wi-Fi coverage their homes. Throw away those repeaters and large antennas and let the home router do just the wired networking and routing. Get this or any other Mesh network with at least 3 nodes and sort the Wi-Fi problem out forever!