Top action - Installation flop - but cascading MGL.

The situation looks at us from so that in the new building on the 2nd floor is the Fritz box and Wi-Fi throughout the house should be for surfing. The signal of the Fritz box comes on the 1st floor directly below the installation site still good, otherwise the 1st floor bad. On the ground nothing comes useful.

Overall, I got myself two repeaters. The delivery took place after an order through Amazon slightly delayed by the manufacturer, which has been also announced by email. When repeaters were male essays for German outlets or foreign available, a LAN cable and a German and English manual. The mechanical assembly was straightforward.

The installation of the first repeater was a tough fight despite German manual and the software wizard. Although I am not a lay person, but also not an expert I've tried on two days a total of three hours each. The problem did not lie with the router, but the repeater. I have carried out the installation on the 1st floor via a computer with LAN to repeater and had a second computer wireless contact with the router. The automatic installation was not successful. The repeater had indeed found the net and had actually get all the information, but he just did not want to connect to the router. Why was not clear. After that I manually tried a lot in the menu of the repeater. After x trials and many resets it worked suddenly. I was surprised, because I myself did not know what I did last modified. But now the repeater worked very well. Throughout the 1st floor of the reception was good to excellent and mostly adequate on the ground and just below the repeater well, but in some places disconnections due to poor reception. When drawing up the repeater I have tried to the best place to find some outlets.

To improve the reception on the ground floor, I then pulled out the second repeater. When I asked before buying me could not tell if it was possible to turn the repeater succession of dealer / manufacturer (cascade). But I still ordered two and wanted to try it. I have to first shut down and wanted the second just as the first install. The wizard has brought no success and I was desperate because I was wrong not found out what hooks in which sub-menu and have looked several times at first. But when I around 45 minutes away and several Resets had no success came with an idea. I have saved the settings of the first repeater to the backup function on my computer and then loaded onto the second. After a final reset the second repeater suddenly ran. Then I connected the first on the 1st floor and the second on the ground and waited briefly. Huge Success !!! With this combination I have good reception and the ground floor during the surfing speed I can not measure a significant reduction by the second repeater.
When drawing up but I have to experiment a bit, which is due to the metal in the walls.

In operation, the devices are normal. Unfortunately, the indicators flash permanently somewhat annoying, so you should look for a somewhat hidden place of installation, if you want to have no disco. Electricity consumption, I have not measured, but the devices are in continuous use slightly warm (lukewarm). In the menu there is also a night off, I have not yet tested. Currently I have connected the repeater using a power strip with a switch. So that I can turn off the power at night. In the morning it takes about 1-2 minutes until all repeaters and routers have reconnected. It is also possible from the EC to the 2nd floor to go to a computer (eg mobile phone with Wi-Fi), without causing players to disconnect. The change from one repeater to another or to the router is done automatically without demolition.

Actually I wanted to buy a third as an access point for the satellite reciever on the ground, but the problems with the installation put me off currently.

Summary:
The installation is an uphill battle and costs two stars in the rating. If the repeater runs finally he is a top-quality product.