20 Best Wifi Router For Optimum (2023 Updated)

I am a customer of Comcast Xfinity. I recently upgraded to the Extreme Pro 1200 plan. I had a Netgear C7000 modem I purchased years ago, which worked great for connections below 1gbps because that modem supported DOCSIS 3.

0. I purchased the Netgear CAX80-100NAS for two reasons, I needed a DOCSIS 3. 1 cable modem, and I wanted Wi-Fi 6 connectivity to compliment my Extreme Pro 1200 plan for my capable wireless devices. Xfinity removed my previous C7000 modem and added my CAX80 to my account.

This process took less than fifteen minutes. I was up and running. I immediately went to multiple sites testing to ensure I am getting up to advertised speeds of 1. 2gbps. After many short tests, I confirmed that Xfinity and the CAX80 exceeded my 1200mbps.

Great. The trouble began when I began to play some multiplayer games online. My connection would seize up and continue or just cutoff completely. The disconnection occurs while my CAT6 cable is connected in to the 2.

5GbE port on the CAX80 linked to the Realtek 2. 5GbE Ethernet port on my PC. This does not occur while plugged in to the Intel i211 1gbps port on my motherboard. The connection worked fine for 24 hours without interruption.

The next day, I wanted to resolve the issue with my 2. 5GbE connection because I am paying for 1. 2gbps through my Internet service provider (ISP). As some may not be aware, my Intel NIC only supports up to 1gbps.

I do not believe accepting the 1gbps connection to be a solution to my connection issues for a product that is in excess of $500. I wish to have the products and services I have paid for. The rabbit hole begins.

I visit Realtek’s website to update the drivers for the “Realtek PCIe 2. 5GbE Family Controller” https://www. realtek. com/en/downloads I chose the “Realtek PCIe FE” link as this is the compatible driver for my controller.

I can see that my NIC (RTL8125B) is listed. I then chose the “Win11 Auto Installation Program” for my operating system, Windows 11. I unzipped the file. Installed the driver and reconnected my CAT6 cable to my CAX80’s 2.

5GbE port and the Realtek 2. 5GbE port on my motherboard. As of this writing, the latest Realtek driver version is 1125. 6. 215. 2022. The date the driver was published was March 25, 2022. I then purchased an ASUS 2.

5G Ethernet USB Adapter to try to isolate that this was an issue with my Ethernet port on my motherboard and not the NIC built-in my CAX80 cable modem. I wanted to make sure I installed the latest driver for this device, and to my surprise, it too has a NIC from Realtek.

The modem within this device (RTL8156B). Using the link from above, I chose the “Realtek USB FE” link this time. Using the “Win11 Auto Installation Program (NetAdapterCx)”. Unzipped. Installed. This wireless driver version is 1156.

4. 20. 211. The date the driver was published was March 23, 2022. The problem persisted. Random cutouts throughout the day on both NICs. Absolutely random. Nothing I can replicate to isolate the cause of these disconnections.

Final thoughts. I can use my Wi-Fi 6 via the built-in wireless NIC on my motherboard. It is compatible with the CAX80 Wi-Fi 6 connections. It works well and I can get the advertised speeds. The NIC is “Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz”.

It does not disconnect nor have interruptions. However, the latencies are what you receive when utilizing wireless devices. This is fine for surfing the web or watching videos, but for multiplayer competitive gaming, it is not ideal.

I also want to add that my Netgear CAX80-100NAS has the latest firmware: V2. 1. 3. 7 installed on the device. A new revision of this product is needed and the CAX80 in its current production should be recalled.

A newer NIC is needed that resolves these issues. I have reached out to Netgear and Xfinity multiple times and the companies keep pointing the finger and going through the same troubleshooting processes from both support teams leads nowhere.

I cannot confirm the type of NIC inside of the CAX80 and their support team stands clear of identifying it. I cannot find another cable modem on the market that offers both 2. 5GbE and Wi-Fi 6. I am open to suggestions.

If you wish to visit Netgear’s community-based support pages of the CAX80, you will learn that this is a widespread issue being ignored. For the less advanced users who do not have the CAX80 plugged into a 2.

5GbE port will not realize there is any issue at all, as the CAX80 with an Ethernet cable plugged into its 2. 5GbE port to a 1gbps port will “Auto Negotiate” a 1gbps connection and function flawlessly.

Unfortunately, for us who want the highest speeds offered to us must seek other products.

This device has had several issues since I purchased it in March. From random internet and connection drops to lights being on and showing that the device is connected, only to have nothing connected to the internet, this router/modem has been an absolute nightmare.

A nightmare that cost me over $400 USD. But the worst? The worst has been customer service. After your first 90 days, expect to fork over $90 or more just to talk to a tech. If you don’t, expect things like not being able to log into your modem no matter how many times you type router dot login dot net or dot com, 192 168 1 1, or whatever garbage they tell you to go to, because it will take you to a Netgear page where they try and get you to buy more products, rather than to the admin page where you could possibly log into your router to see what is wrong.

Don’t expect them to have you try anything other than doing a hard reset, a factory reset, or a power cycle. What you can expect is hours, if not days, searching on the community forums, reddit forums, or other forums for someone who may have stumbled upon how to fix it.

Make sure you have at least a BS in computer technologies of some sort in order to understand what people are talking about and to get it to work as well. In the end, you will most likely end up dealing with these issues until a random firmware update fixes it days, or weeks, later, with little to no care from the Netgear team.

Don’t expect replacement products, either. Save yourself the money and the heartache AND DO NOT BY THIS TRASH!!!.

This is a great modem/router combo for people who have lot of devices at your home. Its technology is solid and you will feel blazing speeds on no interruption on any of your devices. This is a 5 star modem and is a future-proof modem for future internet bandwidth as well once Gigabit becomes the norm.

The only 1 star i am taking off is because this modem does not have QOS setting like previous netgear modems and the blufferbloat is really high in games. The blufferbloat is really high when multiple devices are in use and i was not able to fix it working with Netgear support (who were excellent staff) and did their very best to assist me to solve the issue.

Therefore, if you are a gamer you may need an additional router with good anti-blufferbloat settings but for home and office use this is the best modem i have used and Netgear has excelled with this product.

I only wished it had some of the features for QOS and other customization.

I bought this modem/router to replace a Cox rental unit (which was very outdated) for our winter condo. We have smart thermostats in both our homes to set and monitor, the rental would keep dropping signals and constantly needed to be reset online.

It’s been one year now and this only lost signal once to thermostat that alerted me (cox internet was down) and the Wi-Fi has good sign through out our 1400 square foot condo. There are two smartphones, sometimes 2 laptops, thermostat and a chamberlain garage door opener connected to the Wi-Fi.

We use an arris cable modem in our other home which also has been very reliable and fast.

Set up was easy and not paying Comcast a rental fee is great. I was hoping it would solve my problem of freezing/buffering but it doesn’t. The placement of the surfboard sbg10 is in the same room as the connected devices.

I think my problem is with Comcast and there lousy service. My rented modem/router only had 2. 4 so I purchased the Arris sbg10 for it’s price and upgrades. Now my chromebook is not connecting to the network after unplugging it to refresh and then plugging it back in.

When I try to connect to the Arris it tells me my password is incorrect! What the hell!!!! All my other devices reconnected but my chromebook is defaulting to an Xfinity hot spot. I’m so frustrated.

Full disclosure. I purchased NETGEAR Orbi 753S from Costco not Amazon, because Costco offered 1 year of Free Technical Support not NETGEAR’s 90 Day standard Technical Support contract. After Unboxing and setting up, I already had my first call into Technical Support, as the product was not plug and play like advertised.

Many devices that use 2. 4G not 5G had issues trying to connect to system. Trying to get help from Tech. Support is impossible! After long wait times on hold (30 minutes to over 1 hour) you will hit a call center based in a foreign country, so language barriers exist and are quite prevalent.

The system seems to be very quirky, as it may work for multiple days and weeks flawlessly, but then for no reason, quite working altogether or have satellites drop in and out causing your wi-fi connected devices to stop functioning properly.

The system is set up with warning lights on the router and the satellites to warn you of issues with the system, but unfortunately ghost lights do occur according to Tech. Support, and they have no solutions to fix the issue.

Costco 1 year Technical Support is not worth the paper (Box) it is written on, because after the 90 days I have spoken with multiple technicians who want to charge you on a per call basis to fix the issue, which never really seems to get resolved.

Unless you are a programmer, or no something about programming, Technical support often leads you through going to a login, and completing multiple steps (writing code) which is supposed to fix the issues, but never does.

NETGEAR is interested in the initial sale of the Orbi, and then signing you up for a service contract after the free 90 days of support that can cost anywhere from $140 to $220. That may work for you, but when you have a product that is warranted for 1 year, try getting your product repaired or replaced for free when Technical support won’t even talk to you because you have not signed up for their service contract.

This is pure extortion on NETGEARS part because they know that they have a product that will need Technical help at some point, and if you are unwilling to pay for it, you basically have a paperweight not a router with Wi-Fi extenders.

DO NOT BUY! This issue seems to be prevelant on all NETGEAR Routers and Extenders!.

I bought this system to provide wifi for our small church. We have roughly 5000 sq. ft. of space, so I purchased the 2 satellite version, but one may have been enough. I was getting pretty good coverage before plugging in the second unit.

Setup is not complicated, but it is helpful to read the instructions to understand how the system is designed. The units all look the same. The router is identifiable only by the stickers on it. Each unit has its own set of LAN ports.

By default, it comes with profiles for each of the 4 SSIDs that indicate how each might be used: Administration, employee devices, Internet of Things (IOT), and guest. The guest setup assumes you will want to obtain and agreement for terms of use before proceeding.

The network shows as unsecured. The password you set it taken as part of the agreement process. There does not seem to be a way to change this behavior, but it may be that I missed it. The Virtual LAN (VLAN) profiles can be changed for each SSID, and that determines the level of access each client has and whether it can see other clients on the network.

Since I did not want to use the agreement process at this time and we don’t really need a separate employee network, I applied the guest profile to the employee SSID to create the standard wifi password connection I was looking for.

The routers interface is easy enough to use, but one should be aware that when configuring the wifi profiles changes must be applied before leaving the tab for that network, and the process of saving the changes seems to take much longer than it should, apparently due to the way that the router shares it’s configuration with the satellites.

The router does have features for virtual DNS and remote management if desired, as well as facility for creating a DMZ for Internet facing servers. We have not yet put any real stress on the network, but throughput seems to be good.

I may need to update this after we’ve had more time with it, but so far it seems like a solid system. I will be considering a Netgear product the next time I need a new router for my home.

We have subscribed to Gigabit internet service for a couple of years and since my home office is the furthest distance away from the wifi router, I would struggle with much slower speeds and internet stability/connectivity issues during video calls.

I started researching mesh wifi router systems which led me to the Orbi WiFi 6 system (RBK750 series). Initially, because we live in an older home with plaster walls and other physical obstacles (i. e.

the plumbing, tile and porcelain in bathrooms all likely add some interference), the wifi mesh did help my internet reliability, but it did not help my download speeds. After two cable company visits and more research, it became clear the solution was putting a wifi mesh satellite in my home office and then using an ethernet cable to connect my laptop directly to the satellite.

Even though the signal to the satellite is still coming over the mesh wifi wirelessly, the speeds coming directly out of the satellite via the ethernet cable are VASTLY improved! Before this solution, I was averaging 100Mbps to 150Mbps and a ping of 14 to 18 (using speedtest.

net) to now averaging 500Mbps to 600Mbps and a ping of 9 to 12!! The other satellite in our system with a more direct site line to the main wifi router is averaging 800 Mbps using this same connection setup!! Now that everything is set up, it is working flawlessly and I am very happy with the results!.

I was running an older DOCSIS 3. 0 router combo and needed an upgrade badly. I got a deal on the Nighthawk and instantly saw speeds increase. I was getting 100mb download speed at best on my PC Wi-Fi.

Now it’s 250mb consistently. That means way better range as my PC is in my furthest bedroom from the router. The Coax cable was a bit snug and took some maneuvering to get on. At least it’s on tight lol.

Most importantly, the Nighthawk app was a bit finicky when I set it up. After calling my internet provider to activate the modem/router, I still couldn’t get on the network. Make sure to download the app and make every attempt to login to the router and change your network name and password.

You can also do this from a web browser, but it has to be on the network first. Overall, I’m very happy with the upgrade. I didn’t find out it’s DOCSIS 3. 0 until after I set it up. I guess I don’t really need DOCSIS 3.

1 as long as this continues to work. Bonus: props to Netgear support for getting back to me quickly about registering an already registered product(bought it on OfferUp). They were effective at communicating and making things easy.

I’d buy another Netgear product because of that experience.

Initially easy to set up except for 2 major problems. This router is not initially configured to work well with airplay. If you use airplay to stream music or video around your house, beware. My research shoed that many other people have had the same problem, including in the Netgear support community.

Netgear support was polite but of no help as they never seemed to understand the issue. I eventually stumbled onto a solution that solved the primary problem here at my house after many hours and much stress.

But that led to the next issue. THis router does not have the ability to automatically select a good 5ghz channel. It has auto for 2. 4 but not 5. This means you will spend additional experimenting with channels to find one that works well for airplay in you house.

And when you find one it will probably only be a temporary solution and you will eventually be looking gor another channel. It is ridiculous that this unit does not have auto channel select for both,a technology that has been around for long time.

If you are needing a Wi-Fi router/cable modem combo that will pull actual Gigabit speeds for a few devices without much fuss, this one is perfect. That is what I required of mine when purchased a year ago and that is what I got.

If you want to to stream 4k quality TV in one room while you browse online for a new router/modem while your wife and daughter are watching TikTok on their phones and your son is using his PlayStation to test if the “unlimited data” promise from your ISP is truly unlimited, with a couple devices on Wi-Fi here and there, this modem is for you.

Mine handled all that and more for a year with little issue. Now, if I want to do some gaming with my kids… FAT CHANCE. Even with everything else disconnected, three game systems are just too much for this thing to handle and you should not expect it too.

Taking away one star because the Arris is not actually Arris, it is Commscope and the app that they push on you is complete garbage that never works and their “customer service” goes no further than “have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?” Beyond that and you’re on your own.

Additionally, the manufacturers warranty will have you without a modem for two weeks unless you want to shell out $100 to pay for “advanced replacement”. I recommend the replacement warranty offered by BestBuy for this device and I rarely ever say that.

We were looking for a decent cable modem & router for our apartment, so that we need not squander money paying Comcast to rent one of theirs. The reviews on this one looked good, so I pulled the trigger.

It’s a nice package, with a compact footprint which is nice. Setup via the free app software was tolerably easy. The MAC ID on this modem is not clearly identified: there are 2 of them, which differ by one character.

This caused confusion and delay when setting it up with the cable company, but once resolved ceased to be an issue. Signal strength is not as good as what you would get with a dedicated router with adjustable antennas; the thick brick walls also impede signal at the other end of the house, and was easily remedied with a $20 mesh extender.

Throughput is decent and as-advertised; note that this unit is best for households with routine data loads, rather than multiple persons streaming 8K video. For a normal user looking for a decent household modem/router, this is a good product.

I like this modem/router a LOT! It performs! I have been struggling for the past 2 years with a Spectrum supplied Technicolor modem/router. Had all kinds of glitches and irregularities with it. I couldn’t get the speeds and performance I was paying for.

Finally had enough. I couldn’t be happier with this Arris G34 modem/router combo. I have had and used many different brands of modems and routers over the years. I am very pleased with this G34. It does what it says – no if, ands or buts.

It was easy to set up. I didn’t use the App. I like to use the user interface – 192. 168. 0. 1. I had everything configured as I wanted it in a few minutes. I have a couple devices that need assigned (static) IP addresses on my network.

Doing that was a breeze with this router. The user interface in this router is probably the easiest I have ever used. I highly recommend this modem/router combo. I am now getting the speeds I should have been getting.

I am happy to know that I have the latest technology. The WiFI 6 capability and performance is phenomenal! Highly Recommend this modem/router.

I have no issues with wifi connectivity or speed. At peak there are 2 phones, 2 tablets, 1 smartwatch, 3 laptops, 6 smart tvs, 3 video game systems, 2 blu ray dvd players, a stereo receiver, and 2 USB storage devices connected over a single story 2500sq/ft home with the 2 routers provided in this package plus a slightly older Asus router that is mesh compatible.

All but 2 video game systems, 1 tv, and the stereo receiver are wireless over G, N, or AC. Wired connections use CAT6 or equivilent. Constant gaming, streaming, browsing the web, work video calls etc, no issues.

The mesh router thats the “main” one is located close to my cable modem in one corner of the house with the other in this packet in the living room and the 3rd older router in the master bedroom. Setup is easy enough if you read the included instructions and everything else is managed through the network dashboard.

Ive been very happy with the product since having it nearly a year now. Only issues ive ever had are a result of the ISP, not the networking equipment. I consider myself an advanced user but nothing involving the setup of this is difficult enough unless you want something that is immediate out of the box or only requires a single button press.

I have been a fan of Asus routers for years. They are well made, reliable and feature-packed, especially if you have a complex network and need very granular control over both incoming and outgoing access.

I have a very complex home network with 7 smart TVs, 6 DirecTV receivers, two desktop computers, a Windows server, plus 6 laptops, 4 tables, and 3 smartphones. Add to that a Simplisafe system with cameras, two smart thermostats, a Verizon network extender femtocell, plus a few several Wi-Fi enabled appliances and my device count is over 40.

I had been handling all this with two Asus routers, and I have as many devices as possible hardwired (most TVs, the DirecTV receivers, desktop computers, and thermostats). Wi-Fi is used by laptops, phones, tablets, and the Simplisafe system.

Those two routers handled everything very well, except that I had to remember to switch to the closest one when moving around in the house with a portable Wi-Fi device. If I forgot, and my laptop was connected to the downstairs router when I was upstairs, my video calls and downloads would be slow.

I got tired of having to deal with this, so I decided to setup a mesh system. Installing these RT-AX92U routers was fairly straightforward. Since I already have Ethernet wiring throughout my house, I decided to use that as the backhaul connection for the two routers to communicate.

Even without that, the routers have a 3rd Wi-Fi channel that can be dedicated to this backhaul connection, but I prefer hardwire as it eliminates any problem with RF interference or slowness due to distance between the routers.

In my case, they are over 50 feet apart with many walls and a floor in between. Also, by not using the 3nd channel for backhaul, it doubles my 5Ghz Wi-Fi bandwidth. To setup the system, I designated (and labeled!) one of the pair as the “main” router and configured it for my network.

Once it was working as a single router, I hardwired the second router (and labeled it as “node”). All I had to do was go into the main router’s menu and under the AiMesh settings, tell it to find the node.

It did that and showed it as hardwired. I then switched off the Wi-Fi backhaul option and now I get the maximum bandwidth. The system works very well. I am getting full Wi-Fi speeds throughout the house and I can walk around without losing connection or slowing down.

Now I don’t have to remember to switch networks between areas of the house. Also, the four Ethernet ports on the node router work just like a gigabit switch. I am not certain if this is only the case when using a hardwired backhaul connection, or if they would also work with a Wi-Fi backhaul, but it works well to feed the upstairs desktop computer that it sits next to.

Overall, I am highly satisfied with this router bundle and Asus’ AiMesh system. This is no surprise as I have been very satisfied with other Asus routers. I highly recommend this if you need better Wi-Fi coverage.

I highly recommend this router for most users. While some less technical users may have some trouble during the set up once you get these bad boys functioning properly, you’ll be thankful you listened to my advice.

I have seen posts folks having disconnection issues for which I have had none. Though I might encourage those users disconnects as an an issue to run a wired back haul which always improves stability while freeing up your second 5G wireless spectrum for your mobile devices instead of maintaining your mesh network.

Anyways I can walk from one end of my property where I connect to one router, then enter the house and walk to the back bedrooms where I am connected to the mesh node without dropping a single frame while streaming videos or playing games on my Switch/cellphone.

Also my download speeds increased from the 800Mbps+ range to 920Mbps+ while wired over my 1G connection. Wireless AX link speeds seem to max out at close to 1026Mbps which is disappointing. Keep in mind with wireless devices your DL/UL speeds can be hindered by your devices storage.

For example my phone never exceeds 400Mbps on downloads despite having 866Mbps or faster connection due to how slow the onboard storage is while my tablet hits north of 650Mbps at the same connection speeds using Speedtest.

net (site or app I used both). My wife’s laptop on the other hand has no problem saturating it’s wireless connection. Your mileage my vary. So your wireless devices have been warned ;).

The Eero 6+ AX-3000 is a 3 pack, dual band mesh wifi 6 system that is easy to set up, fast, and provides excellent range capable of handling at least a 3000 square foot house. Set up and control of the system is done entirely through an app downloaded to your Iphone or Android phone.

In my case, it was an Iphone. Set up allows you to keep the SSID and password from your previous network which had been a Velop tri band mesh system. I found this tremendously helpful since all of the 25 or so devices that I have immediately recognized the new network without additional configuration.

The first of the 3 pack devices is connected to your cable modem, etc. and is configured during the initial setup. The additional 2 devices can be configured during initial set up or any time later through the app.

I ended up using only 2 of the 3 pack devices since the 3rd one would have been overkill for my 2200 square foot house unless I wanted to extend the network deep into the backyard or my neighbor’s yard.

As I mention, I previously had a two pack, tri band Velop mesh system. This system had served me well for several years, however, I have recently acquired several wifi 6 devices and the Velop system was not wifi 6.

I have about 25 devices on my system including 4 HDTVs which I constantly stream. In actual operation, the eero system felt very quick and no buffering occurred. Range was also excellent exceeding my previous Velop system.

I have 1 gigabyte per second internet coming into the house. About 20 feet from the router and in the same room as the router, I was able to achieve about 900mbps on my laptop compared to about 750mbps with the previous Velop system.

A story below the router and through 3 walls, I achieved around 250mbps compared to 200mbps with the previous system. I you are a heavy user of video or other data intensive devices and want a network that is easy to set up, fast, and with great range, I highly recommend the Eero 6+ AX3000.

When I stopped renting my modem/Wi-Fi router from the cable company I chose a stand-alone modem and Wi-Fi router. I started with a single original eero unit and it had better coverage of my home than the cable company combo unit as the salesman had promised.

I had powerline units to repeaters all over the house with the cable company unit and when I had the single eero unit. One at a time I added additional eero units until I had 5 to cover most of my 5000 square foot H shaped home.

I was finally rid of the troublesome wireline units with repeaters. My home is difficult for radio signals because of its shape, a number of interior brick walls, metal cabinets with metal backsplashes in three rooms.

I just replaced the 5 original eero units with a 3 pack of eero 6+ units. Throughout the the parts of the house we spend the most time in we get the same fast (250-300 MBps) that we get in our den a few feet from the modem and base eero unit.

The 2 satellite eero units are in place mostly because our TIVO-Mini units don’t work well with Wi-Fi. The rooms with the satellite eero units get an adequate Wi-Fi signal for most of our needs without the satellites but being able to use a network cable to the Tivo-Minis allows us to flawlessly stream HD and 4K television.

The setup was quick and easy. I already had the app on my phone. I deleted the old network from the app and unplugged the old units. The app gives clear instructions that were simple to follow. The new network was up and running in no time.

The one thing I would do differently is keep the name and password of the old network. I didn’t really consider that by giving the new network a different name that I would have to individually log each Wi-Fi using device into the new network.

I couldn’t be happier with my new 6+ version of the eero. I have 3 units providing better coverage than my 5 original units were. Simple setup. I’ve never had a single issue with eero equipment in the past.

Problem free technology, what else could one wish for!.

Pros – Easy to setup and connect these to an existing network/modem. Follow the steps and you will be up and running in minutes without fail. App walks you through step by step. I opened the box, pulled out all 3 eeros.

I then proceeded to plug in the first one and allowed it to connect. Once it connected, I switched my lighting hub to use this device which took about 2 minutes to be added. I then proceeded to adding the next one and set it up.

Then I proceeded to do the next one and got it up and running. I did have to connect existing devices to the new “network” SSID since it didn’t transition the password from the old one with the same name.

No issue doing this process, just connect devices to the new network, even if using the same name (iphones, ipads, tvs, streaming devices) and type the password. Devices are very quick to connect to the new network in about half the time it took with the older devices.

Build quality and size of these devices make them ideal for placing around the house. We have about 2000 sq ft house upstairs plus a basement. I placed one next to the modem, another one at the opposite end of the house and another in the front part of the house.

I am able to connect devices outside on the pool deck without fail. Speeds for all devices is very fast. I noticed that the streaming devices aren’t buffering like they were on the older network “extenders”.

These can also use the new Echo devices which have eero built in to extend your wifi to various areas of a large house. Very clean and small devices are very easy to hide behind objects on a shelf or in a room without anyone knowing they exist.

Word to the wise: update firmware, then RESET to factory defaults. THEN proceed to customize. This router worked fine when first plugged in, but after an update, it no longer served any webpages. Some dns or routing bug internal.

No amount of double checks or setting toggles helped. So after 30 min of fiddling, i gave up and reset to factory defaults and voila. Settings changes now take effect properly and all the customisations and features seem to work as expected.

My confidence in stability is a bit shaken just due to this basic bug. Feels like future upgrades will require me to screenshot all settings prior to upgrade (just in case) and that’s a bit annoying.

In fact, it’s approx minus 1 star annoying :).

I have had my modem/router for two years without incident until recently. I Purchased this because I did not want to have to pay a rental fee every month to the cable company. Recently I had trouble connecting to the Internet and the cable company assured me it was not on their side.

When I called Netgear, I waited an hour and a half on the phone just to speak to a tech support rep!!!!!!!! The gentleman on the phone was super nice and courteous, we went through how to reset the router, but still no Internet.

He assured me that the hardware was OK, but that I would have to purchase a tech agreement to check the software. That’s ridiculous! The tech agreement was nearly the price of the router/modem to begin with! I had no idea this was how Netgear operated! I thought that the tech would help you with troubleshooting the software as well….

NOPE! I told him, I may as well go out and buy a brand new modem router for the price of the tech agreement!! So after 2 hours (waiting an hour and a half and being on the phone for half an hour). I hung up the phone with no resolution! Fortunately, the problem resolved itself a few days later… The network popped back up working OK!!??? I do want to give kudos to the tech support guy on the phone though, I know his hands were “tied” By the NETGEAR company and he could only do so much without making me pay for a tech agreement.

He was extremely nice, polite and courteous.

Was having trouble with a Surfboard modem with a Netgear R6260 attached after doing the latest update through Nighthawk. Decided to replace it with a modem/ router combo, the C6250. Set up in Nighthawk kept stalling at the “firmware out of date” stage.

I was able to get into the settings through my MacBook but couldn’t find any settings to update it. Turns out with the modem, Spectrum is responsible for updating it. It had the latest update according to anything I could find.

Tried doing setup again, deleting the app, all of it. Nothing worked but oddly I was able to download the old Netgear genie app and that works fine. Just seems like I lost a lot of features that I was used to with Nighthawk.

Speeds seem the same as before and it’s not dropping the connection so all in all I guess it’s an improvement.

I have owned this router for just over a year. This router IS DESIGNED FOR VERIZON INTERNET! If you do not have Verizon I would say to not get it. Provided you have Verizon it is great. Now a few features you want to check for: DFS Channels, Channel Widths, Band Channels, 802.

11 Mode, Port Configuration, IPv6, Broadband Network, WAN Ethernet vs Coax, QoS, and Power-saving. -DFS Channels open your router to broadcast on some non standard channels which may improve connectivity in areas with many routers.

-Channel Widths applies to selected Bands. For 2. 4G it is best to use 20MHz when you have a lot of devices or older ones. But newer and few you can choose 40MHz for double throughput at cost of some crosstalk.

For 5G it is best to choose 80Mhz for devices that are 1×1 to 2×2 but if you have a device you really want to use 160MHz and it has a 4×4 wifi card you can enable 160Mhz to unlock the full potential.

-Band Channel is related to DFS and when enabled DFS gives you more options. Auto can be best when paired with using the Scan Feature to find the least congested channels. -802. 11 Mode is able to tailor your router broadcasting for your devices needs.

Honestly just keep the settings on comparability mode. -Port Configuration allows you to change the speed of each ethernet port to your liking. It can be used to force speeds that you are attempting to troubleshoot or limit devices that are hardwired via Ethernet that do not need high link speeds.

-IPv6 I recommend enabling so when your ISP (Internet Service Provider) enables you dual stack connection, then you will inherent it. -Broadband is your link to the internet. My recommendation is to change from your ISP’s DNS servers to either CloudFlare or Quad9 for faster speeds and for better internet privacy.

DNS is your routers way of connecting and reaching out and finding each site’s servers you connect to. -WAN Ethernet vs Coax. You can use the Coax port for 100mbps or less but I would recommend just using Ethernet as it is faster and more reliable for the WAN Connectivity.

If you wish get the E3200 Extender and use a single quad shielded RG-6 or RG-11 Cable with no bonders, splitters, or boosters for wired backhaul instead of wireless. This provides the best performance which is up-to 2.

5Gbps or around 1650Mhz. -Network QoS helps ensure packet prioritization. -Power Saving works with newer devices and will help save power on phones etc. This should not impact speeds. Lastly, this router has professional grade hardware but is software limited.

The firmware just works and is obviously bug tested as it is endorsed by a major ISP instead of computer and networking companies which even Acer, Netgear, and Asus, etc routers can have massive flaws.

Expect great performance if the baseline criteria are met and it is configured correctly. Ensure that you have the proper and newer wiring to feed this router with all the speed, low latency, interference shielding, and bandwidth.

The router arrived nicely packaged and was easy to set up. I’m using a wifi extender to maximize the router’s coverage in my home but it does what it’s intended to do – provide solid ethernet and wifi performance.

The admin website provides just what I need to tweak the router parameters but so far not much has been needed outside of the default settings.

This is a great router, which I’d previously been renting from Verizon for $15/month and decided to buy because I like it so much. But although I purchased it from Walmart, it was actually sourced through one of their 3rd party sellers, Rose City Wholesale.

The result? Delays, misinformation, poor communication, unsatisfactory customer service interactions, and 25 days to deliver an item that other sellers can seemingly deliver in a week or less. The router also came with the Verizon “V” logo painted red, which is not the way it was depicted in the listing, is not the same as the version I was renting, and in my opinion is ugly compared to the more elegant embossed look I expected.

The Getting Started guide was also torn, which to me indicates that this item might have been a gently used second hand item and simply repackaged. The router is working fine so far, which is the most important thing of course, and it’s not worth the hassle to return it, but overall, a disappointing experience for someone who was shopping online with Walmart for the first time.

In the future, I will certainly pay more attention to who the actual seller is when I purchase anything from Walmart online, and I would advise others to do the same.

Recently purchased this as an open box unit and so far seems to be working fine. We had a very similar modem / router that must have been its predecessor with one in between and the one that was similar to this worked excellent until we knocked it over and it smashed and it didn’t work anymore.

So hopefully this one will not have that happen. Netgear makes really good routers and the one that we had in between was given to us and it was actually a more expensive model with the two antennas and cable company was doing an upgrade in the area and as far as we are concerned, they fried it.

Could never get it to reboot after they did whatever they did. I prefer to own my own equipment than to give them money to rent it each month and on a modem like this, wherever you buy it, it would be yours and once you pay for it there’s no monthly gateway charges.

I bought this modems and it literally never worked. My other Netgear modem/router works fine on the same connection (although it is old now and overheats and cuts out, but I got a good many years out of it) and I worked with my internet provider to update the MAC number and everything so it is not from that end.

I talked to customer service at Netgear and they said they could not help me because it has been more than three months, even though I have literally never used it. It definitely appears to be a hardwear problem, which you think would be covered under the 1 year hardware warranty but apparently not.

I was happy with my other Netgear product but this customer service experience leaves a bad taste in my mouth, now I need to buy a new modem/router even though the last one never worked?.

This was my first wifi system ever after moving out of my parent’s house and it was easy to set up. buying it outright means I didn’t have to rent the modem/router from xfinity and it saved me some coin (14$) on my monthly payment.

Make an account with xfinity then set up the router, and you’ll connect the router to your account through the xfinity app if you have iPhone (idk for android) and after it’s on and connected to xfinity, you have to download the app for the router mention in the instruction manual, and enter the details of the router into that app as well.

then, it is ready to work. I struggled with getting the names and passwords assigned to the internets on my account, like I’d have 3 names pop up in my phone’s wifi settings, two being 5g and one being 2.

4g, and I had to be on 2. 4g to make edits to the router settings but when I’d switch from the 5g to 2. 4g (not cellular) it would throw my connection in the trash 30 seconds after I connected. so I had to work fast to delete the guest network and cement a password into the 5g setting of the router’s app.

it gave me more trouble by not having a 5g page in the app to edit at all so I had to make the guest 5g just to edit the regular 5g. it was a little bit of running around and I suggest when you set it up originally, don’t confuse your networks or passwords.

I have them cooking smoothly now and my signal doesn’t drop or fade. It’s great for my small space. big houses might want a wireless access point upgrade but dorms, apartments, small houses and it’s fine by itself but your experience may vary.

using an internet speed test from google will help you see what your signal does behind closed doors or walls and is a great free diagnostic tool. my last bit of information that I had to claw and bite for on the internet is that this WiFi Cable Modem Router is a standalone unit.

You connect it to the wall with a coax cable (xfinity gave me one but you might have to buy one) and after you have an account with your Internet Service Provider (xfinity for my area) then this box will do all the work unless you choose to add extra bits.

It is a modem, router, access point, and has 4 switched connection points onboard. It’s pretty dang space conscious and I am happy with my purchase.

Well, I thought about it for awhile and then I just went ahead and bought it. I took it in to get registered at the cable store mac number registration counter and put in the time hooking and unhooking, typing in passwords, and calling, and in the end it was just incredible.

Oh! The applause we got! We did a two minute unplugged power cycle and subsequently were connected on all levels of the universe! I will save approximately $168 a year and be thankful to the online community (who we should all be thankful for) for my new dual-band connectivity.

And wouldn’t you know it, it was another funny pet video on YouTube, and I was on my way. I don’t upload, though, I’m not that sort of citizen. I like my router flexibility to be quasi-metaverse social.

I need my why-fries sizzling, if you can catch my drift. I don’t do video buffering. No more! I have tasted that cheese and it was moldy (and worst of all, unmelted. Boo!). I am not a mouse running from a hole in the wall to masticate and digest that queso.

I am a bird who now sores. A true de(s)cendant of the dinosaurs. I am a Nighthawk, spare me the wine and crackers, Xfinity! I am my own network: The new-Neo, the Netgear AC1750!!! I am the pathway to all that ever was, and all that will ever be!.

I’ll try to keep this as brief as possible. This product is obsolete in my opinion. They have been manufacturing this model since roughly 2013. No wonder I got it for almost $80 off. I purchased this because my Arris Modem/Router combo was old and failing PER Cox ISP.

Well I bought this and guess what? Everything got worrrrrse. I installed my Arris again and things got better and my device was failing? Guess not. With Netgear my signal drops more and the house WIFI coverage wasn’t any better.

But BAR NONE the biggest complaint is the customer service. I absolutely can’t update my firmware. They set ‘go to routerlogin. net’ but no option. They say ‘download nighthawk app’ but no option (endless loop of nothingness).

They say ‘download genie app’ but it says its up to date when it’s not. Then they say that COX is supposed to! And COX says, “hold up, wait a minute, something ain’t right – there supposed to. ” So back and forth.

I have decided to return after two tech visits from COX and a worsening signal and intermittent disconnects, but mostly cause everyone is pointing fingers are each other and the support is terrible. Do yourself a favor, pay a smidge more, buy a new model gateway or do what I did and get a modem and router separately so you can have a little more control over your setup.

Cheers and good luck.

The Arris SB8200 is compatible with Cox, Spectrum, Comcast Xfinity, Mediacom, WOW!, Suddenlink, Midco, and Sparklight. The 2-port setup permits you to handle two separate internet connections provided your ISP provides another usable IP address.

The best thing about the SB8200 is a high-speed Broadcom processor. The SoC works in tandem with 3GB RAM, making it easier to cut through any type of congestion and network latency. The Broadcom BCM3390 is fast and lets you work in adherence with the 32 x 8 channel bonding support.

The DOCSIS 3. 1 support even lets you manage multi-gig connections, provided the ISP is supportive of the same. Arris even incorporates 16MB of flash memory to store network configurations and updates with ease.

The existing processing setup makes way for IPv6 support to improve browsing performances, significantly. You also get 128MB of additional storage space to amplify networking experiences. Quick installation and setup with the web interface are very easy to get around, making activation simple.

Switching back to Comcast/Xfinity, and decided I wanted my own modem rather than renting. I ordered Xfinity’s “super fast” – on sale for $50 a month – “up to” 600Mbps down, 20Mbps up. It does better than that – I’m regularly getting 700.

We had Comcast a long time ago, and the cable was still there sticking out of the wall. So once I’d ordered service on the Xfinity website, I just plugged it in, and pretty soon it was up. Yes, the blue LED status light for DOCSIS 3.

1 is very bright, the regular green LEDs are not a problem. I get the downlink blue, up is green. I ended up with a lot of problems getting the Xfinity account to work – three long sessions on the phone and “chat”.

At one point they put a “block” on the modem and nothing worked. Their mistake. Finally it’s all working. Yay! I’m using an old Plume mesh system for the router and WiFi, and a switch for the wired things – and it works well.

(Plume is grandfathered in, not subscribed. ) In case it’s not obvious, this is a modem, not a router. You’ll need a router, and I had one. My experience is that things like this eventually have a 1%-5% failure rate, so I got the Geek protection for it.

It’s only been running a week or two so far. Because we’re in an area where the utility can shut off power (or drunk drivers can hit power poles) – wild fires are a real threat in this part of California – I have the modem (and router, and NAS) on a UPS.

I replaced my Buckeye Broadband (Erie County) modem with this. I can assure you IT IS compatible with Buckeye. I’ve had this hooked up for 5 days with no issues. My motivation was to see if I could detect better performance with a better and faster modem.

All of my other equipment is so far advanced vs. what my Buckeye modem is. My Wi-Fi seems to be more responsive since I connected this. Here’s the downside, even though it has two connection ports, only one can be used at a time.

The only way around that is asking the internet provider to assign a separate IP address. I requested Buckeye to do that, and they said they don’t do it. I still might return this, not because I’m not happy with it, because I’ve recently learned that Buckeye is very soon to have viable competition in our area.

Therefore, when that happens, if I change providers, this would be useless. I know how hard it is to figure out what might be compatible with Buckeye. I bought and returned another modem because it wasn’t, but I can assure you this one is.

Allow me to set the record straight, a different modem DOES NOT increase your internet speed. It might improve your Wi-Fi, but it doesn’t increase the speed you’re subscribed to.

I’ve been with Google Wifi since Asus Google OnHub, and 1st and 2nd Generation Google Home Wifi, and it’s worked for me mostly, until my smart home outgrew it. The Asus Onhub was nice, I had good experience, but as my home eventually outgrew it.

I then upgraded to the 1st gen of Google Home wifi, but as more devices were added on, I would lose connection and needed to be reset consistently, then I bought the 2nd Generation to replace it, a 3 mesh node set up.

A year or so later, same thing, I needed to reset it consistently. I have 70plus devices on my home wifi, and apparantly Google Home Wifi cannot handle it. So, I tried Netgear Orbi AX6000 with 2 nodes, I hated it, after 2 days.

The mobile app was limited in functionality and appeal. Also, you are required to pay an annual subscription to Netgear Armor security. I returned it and exchanged it for this Asus Zen AX6600 XT8. It’s been excellent!!! Rich and full featured mobile app with a visually appealing interface, accessibility and control of this router is great and connectivity performance is exceptional.

I’ve increased my wifi speed and coverage at least 3x’s. I’m fortunate enough to live in the AT&T fiber area and with GigaNet, this Asus Zen AX6600 XT8 was a great quality and value purchase. No complaints and I would highly recommend.

I have 3200 SQFT home 2 stories with this mesh set on each side of the home on the main floor. It provides connectivity throughout my home with 70plus devices on my wifi – tablets, smart TV’s, gaming consoles and systems, smart phones, smart lights, smart appliances, smart cameras, and we stream youtube, youtube TV, netflix, hbomax constantly.

We use over 1TB of data monthly. Asus Zen AX6600 XT8 is the workhorse I needed. From experience, skip Google Wifi, skip Netgear, go with Asus. AIMesh is for real. I hooked up my inlaws on it with their old Asus router that happened to be compatible with another Asus router and it worked flawlessly.

Very good value for money router. I have been using it for 2 weeks already, and the router is rock solid: no restarts, no connection drops. We are two people working from home with constant video meetings, plus we have close to 10 devices hooked on the router most of the time (work laptops, personal laptops, phones, tablets, chromecast, etc.

) and the router seemed not to be bothered at all by it. The network coverage is solid, although it drops quite fast with the distance and walls between the router and the device. Anyhow, for the given price range I must say I cannot ask anything more from the router.

Some figures: I have a 100/100 Mbps connection. In the same room wit the router I am measuring around 95/95 Mbps which is acceptable. In my office, which is a complete hallway away (and 3 walls between my computer and the router) I am constantly measuring 80 Mbps (down/up), which is more than acceptable in my book.

Overall, does not get much better for 490SEK, thus the 5* rating despite the certain shortcomings pointed above.

This is very poor quality. I’m returning it after trying to use it several times. We have admittedly relatively slow internet. My old TP link router seemed like it could use an update as speeds have increased since I purchased it well over 4 years ago.

We average about 10 Mbps DSL internet (an increase from about 3 Mbps 4 years ago) and we do not stream HD, only SD. Plus, I figured well over 4 years could likely be about the end of the life span of a router and I don’t want stuck without WiFi.

So, I ordered this “updated” version and it boasted that it’d improve WiFi speeds. I was initially excited. It worked fine for two devices at once, but totally blocked out using 3 devices. We could not stream 3 devices (SD) at once on this router.

No matter what I tried — reset, WiFi extender sync’d, still no dice. I plugged back in my old WiFi router (to see if it was internet speed at issue as we do live rural and sometimes our internet gets slower than our normal kinda slow) and almost immediately everyone could stream (SD) at once.

I even tried downloading something on WiFi and opening a bunch of youtube videos on old WiFi router at the same time and it handled it fine. I plugged this router back in and set everyone up onto the WiFi and we again could not stream more than 2 devices at once.

Also, it could not handle a wireless download or YouTube videos whilst streaming anything – immediately the streaming would freeze. Plugged in old router, again we could all stream (SD), watch YouTube, browse, download, upload.

Like I said, I’m sending this back. I think I’ll just buy another of my old router. My old router is a TP-Link N300 and although I sometimes have to reset it and it does need a WiFi extender to cover our whole home — it works fine for us.

My ISP is providing 100Mbps. I was using a 100Mbps fast ethernet backplane in the house. I was getting a speedtest. net of about 70Mbps. I converted everything over to gigabit ethernet and am now up to about 120Mbps.

This router is the first coming into the house, connected directly to the cable modem and then forking off to subnets. I tried the 802. 11ac and actually got 110Mbps, but only on devices which support 802.

11ac. Most of my devices do not (roku boxes, cell phones, tablets, etc. ) On those I got about 25Mbps. Very pleased with performance. Setup through the network interface was very straight forward. Setup through the app was too limited for my purposes.

Synology RT6600ax initial Review and Rating The Good: – Excellent software packages (Network Center, Safe Access, Control Panel Package Center, Threat Prevention, Security Advisor and Network Tools) with straight forward menu interfaces – Solid OS platform SRM (much like Synology DSM for NAS), that stays up, has logging, alerting and excellent email support by a technical team that knows the product and answers the questions that most other router mfct don’t answer.

– VLANs are simple and work across many VLAN aware switches. I literally just tagged all VLANs to every port and used the switches to segregate ports to VLANs. Netgear bus switch much easier than DLink.

So cool to manage each port to VLANs. – Use 2. 5g LAN connection for the Netgear bus switch which has 2. 5, 5g and even 10g ports. That is used for select few users. – Firewall rules and routing across VLANs, I had to add VLAN IP network addresses to my system32\drivers\etc\networks.

file. I also manually added the routes using Route Add (VLAN3 IP address) MASK 255. 255. 255. 0 (primary Gate IP) metric [some number]. Worked for everything device on VLANs except for netgear router turned Access Point, but that was an exception even with other routers converted to access points.

– Packages such as Safe Access and Threat Prevention have extensive functionality that I am still coming up to speed on. – Priority traffic control and custom speed allocated to gaming PC connected to 2.

5g interface. – Enjoy the DHCP server configurations and DHCP reservations, which updates the name once saved. – Threat Prevention has some excellent details in statistics and events. The negatives – Requires USB as storage instead of utilizing a synology (or other mfct) NAS if present – Menu interface is slow on saving changes.

– No logging on firewall rules – Firewall rules is only allow or deny – Threat Prevention logging is cumbersome with no intelligent controls or export capability. – USB 3. 2 Gen 1 Type A Port and compatibility is a misnomer, purchased compatible SanDisk 64g Extreme Go and it reported reverting to USB 2 due to potential interference with antennas.

The Ugly – For WAN cable modem configuration, manual informs you to contact ISP. If you have comcast, this is notorious on something that should be simple. Comcast just kept telling me to reboot or contact netgear for the netgear cable modem specifications.

Netgear support is even worse. The answer was for me: copy the MAC ID of the original netgear router into the Internet ISP Settings (MAC Address on bottom – don’t use Clone button). Then it worked with no issues.

Overall, this router blows away Netgear, Asus and DLink consumer wireless routers with real VLAN operation. More time intensive in trying to learn, but provides insights into what is actually occurring on the router and home network.

The router app on the phone is quite useful and receives alerts from the Threat Prevention app. Unlike Netgear (even with Armor subscription), I have much better visibility into my network, threats and what each device connected to the network is doing.

Is it as good as PFSense or Ubiquiti routers? No, but the user interface is more straight forward, has one 2. 5g port and works with no issues. And the technical support is excellent.

I’m coming from a Netgear Nighthawk RAX120 which had amazing wireless performance, but very lackluster software capabilities. Hands down, the Synology software is the best available in any consumer router.

I didn’t want the complexity of more prosumer or entry level professional gear, but I did want VLAN support as well as more advanced capabilities like a flexible built-in VPN. This router delivers very well in that regard.

My disappointment is the range and speeds as compared to my old Netgear. The speeds of the Synology are a bit slower and the range just isn’t quite as good as the Netgear. I’ve disabled Smart Connect so I can control which network I’m connected to, and have tuned the wireless channel and have decent performance, but not quite the powerhouse I hoped for.

In the corners of my house that are furthest diagonally away from where the router is located I sometimes get dropouts which shouldn’t be happening as I have a fairly small 1300 sq ft house. I never had a single dropout with the Netgear.

I don’t know if it’s something that can be fixed with firmware updates, or if it’s a hardware limitation. I can live with it, and have chosen to keep the router despite these issues. For anyone who wants the features, this is a no brainer.

Especially if you are coming from a more modest router, I think you’ll be happy with speeds, range, and most of all the SRM software.

Let’s get the end of my story out of the way first. this was a massive upgrade over my Synology RT2600ac-based network. What was *NO* fun was getting the rest of my network devices (an MR2200ac unit or two) into the new network and then repurposing my 2600ac as yet another mesh station.

It can be done (once everyone is on the same SRM version) but there’s *NO* documentation in the box or on the Synology web about how you make that happen. Finally figured it out. You reset each device, unplug your computer/laptop from the net and attach to the synology network for each device as it comes out of reset mode.

then (assuming you planned ahead and have already downloaded the SRM update for the device you’re now connected to) you update the SRM software on the device. Reset it again (to wipe whatever was there.

the SRM update persists) and you attach and connect it as a mesh device on the net. Leaving the hassle of that undocumented process aside, once I was done, I saw that my old RT2600AC unit was connecting–wirelessly–to the new base station with a faster throughput than I had when it was a 2600AC based network with a WIRED connection to the MESH outpost.

That’s amazing. So, if this is your first Synology router, go for it. It’s amazing. If you have an existing Synology network with mesh add-ons and you want this to take over the management of your network, get ready for about 2 hours of pain (but in a good way considering the end state).

My old Netgear modem router wifi was dying. I needed a new Wifi router, and this was on special at PB Tech. After reading the specs and deciding on this device, it was couriered promptly. Set-up was a breeze for 2 Degrees broadband fibre, but I’ll note that I did have to go and find an advanced menu to set a VLAN=10 after entering my username & password.

The first speed test was like night and day; lightning fast fibre again (if not very much faster too). Reliable Wifi Maslow requirements for the family were satisfied again. I’ve been very happy with the router since.

Some other notes then: it’s not a terrible hedgehog antenna design (I barely notice it in my office), the four LAN ports for wired devices are useful, the Netgear Nighthawk app is ok and provides a useful device manager, internet speed check and traffic meter.

I can also set-up a guest network on the fly using the app too. I haven’t signed up for the Netgear Armor security (I hate subscriptions) or setup any parental controls yet. Highly recommended A+++.

The family has owned Netgear routers over many years upgrading them as the technology improved. Needless to say this router is the best one We have owed offering improved security, easy installation, greater coverage, wonderful app interface, and monitoring of devices connecting to it.

Netgear has upgrades for protection of individual devices with products that compete with the leading edge protection software. You can customize to the degree that you feel most comfortable, at home and away.

After installing the router, the protection that has a trial period picked up malware on two devices that the devices themselves did not detect. That confirmed my purchase, and along with my experience with Netgear, I can continue to use the internet with confidence and know that I have the best product available to safely navigate as well as protect my family’s investment at home.

Did I say I liked it, if I did I meant to say “I love my AX6 6Stream. Thanks Netgear!.

As a retired network engineer from a major US telecom, I have extensive experience with commercial grade networking products. For a midrange home router the AX6 has thus far performed beautifully. It replaced an R7000 and there is a notable improvement in performance.

There has been both improvement on the wi-fi side of the router as well as smaller improvement on throughput to the Internet side of the router. The setup through the Nighthawk was seamless and very straightforward.

One of the reasons for upgrading was the support for WPA2-AES and WPA3 as the R7000 only supported WPA2-TKIP which proven to be less secure. I have paired the router with an EAX15 Extender replacing a pair of TP-Link extenders.

The improved wi-fi coverage on the new devices has allowed me to eliminate a 2nd extender. Home is 2 level, 2800 sq ft condo. One thing I would like to see would be support for trunking and VLAN implementation.

My place has structured Ethernet infrastructure with outlets in every room. My 4 Rokus are all connected via Ethernet back to patch panel and Gig switch and from there to the AX6. Being to create a trunk to the switch and then separate VLANs to each of Rokus would allow me to get everything off a flat LAN.

Just a thought. Overall the AX6 has fully met my expectations.