NETGEAR - Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream AXE11000 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router (RAXE500)
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Last updated: Dec 8, 2025 Scoring
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"Is all very easy to set up btw, instructions are included."
"Netgear routers are great! Easy to install and use."
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"their house is a large ranch style home and I have great WiFi all the way across the house."
"It's got great range"
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"I get my full internet plan speed (1gb down and up) over wifi through my fiber connection."
"About the same speeds on my Xbox on WiFi that got at my apartment direct wired"
"I get the 1000mbs with mine, it is a newer model"
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"run 3 tbs, 3 phones, ps5, laptop, xbox all from it, with 2 tvs, 2 phones, laptop, and ps5 on pretty much at all times, and experience 0 issues. ... ibe had my current router about 3 years now, not a single issue, i run my entire house daily on it, minus 1 tv, everything else is on, and runs with 0 issue, 0 lag, standard load times for my laptop, and thats even with watching youtube on my phone, disney or netfilx on one tv, streaming and gaming from 1 laptop, hbo on the other tv, 3-4 phones going at all times (medical devices) so, why do i need to switch to wifi7?"
"had it for 3 years now and it never has failed me"
"Remote play to xbox sx (xbox wired) with 5 ping on iphone, very playable, all while wife and son are streaming something on tv/phones/tablets all on wifi."
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"had it for 3 years now and it never has failed me"
"run 3 tbs, 3 phones, ps5, laptop, xbox all from it, with 2 tvs, 2 phones, laptop, and ps5 on pretty much at all times, and experience 0 issues. ... ibe had my current router about 3 years now, not a single issue, i run my entire house daily on it, minus 1 tv, everything else is on, and runs with 0 issue, 0 lag, standard load times for my laptop, and thats even with watching youtube on my phone, disney or netfilx on one tv, streaming and gaming from 1 laptop, hbo on the other tv, 3-4 phones going at all times (medical devices) so, why do i need to switch to wifi7?"
"Also, I have the 1gb internet and had their router, and I still ended buying a netgear nighthawk router. Their router kept causing my internet connection to go in and out."
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"i get two bars of 5ghz signal from downstairs router. ... i'd fear if there was a frequency higher then 5ghz the signal could not pass through a piece of paper let alone wood floor"
"none of them even came close to the signal penetration I got from the GLinet flint 2."
"I got U6 and it has an awful signal transmission that feels like can't even penetrate paper."
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"The last Nighthawk I had constantly resulted in "Connected, No internet" for too many devices."
"I had a Netgear Nighthawk system that would randomly start spazzing out and start dropping packets on the wireless network and need a full power cycle every once in a while."
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"It was a nightmare to troubleshoot"
"I had a Netgear Nighthawk router that ended up getting a bug in it after a firmware upgrade. ... The bug didn't allow me to filter by MAC address. ... I had to end up actually editing the HTML of the router page to get it to work. ... It was a known issue on Netgear's website for years, but they never fixed it."
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"The last Nighthawk I had constantly resulted in "Connected, No internet" for too many devices."
"I had a Netgear Nighthawk system that would randomly start spazzing out and start dropping packets on the wireless network and need a full power cycle every once in a while."
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"i get two bars of 5ghz signal from downstairs router. ... i'd fear if there was a frequency higher then 5ghz the signal could not pass through a piece of paper let alone wood floor"
"none of them even came close to the signal penetration I got from the GLinet flint 2."
"I got U6 and it has an awful signal transmission that feels like can't even penetrate paper."
Netgear ax12 raxe500 wifi 6e can do 12 streams at same time (12 devices getting data or transmitting). 4 2.4ghz, 4 5ghz, 4 6ghz. In Australia is $499au. It can connect 60 devices. If your isp can be high mbps (100mbps and over) to divide for people using at same time. It should be good. Also 325m2 area coverage. If can’t afford, try 8 streams netgear one wifi 6e.
r/HomeNetworking • I got this router for my home of many devices, but is there better? ->I went with a discounted high end wifi 6e router a couple months ago and have been very pleased. Netgear nighthawk RAXE500
r/HomeNetworking • Which WiFi 7 Router is best Bang For Your Buck ->I did a bunch of searching before I ended up with my nighthawk RAX30, my brother in law is also tech savvy and most of the complaints I read about he confirmed. My nighthawk is at my ex-wives place, I now live with my sister and brother in law and we use his nighthawk RAXE500, their house is a large ranch style home and I have great WiFi all the way across the house. About the same speeds on my Xbox on WiFi that got at my apartment direct wired, but obviously more buffering time. Trying to get them to let me run a cable through the attic to hardwire lol but this does just fine for me. They had an ASUS and a TP link previously and they both were meh.
r/HomeNetworking • Which router should I pick? Light gaming/remote work/4 people ->Netgear Nighthawk AX12 is really great router and can easily handle more than 10 users. Though if you want to change and If budget is not an issue then, I would suggest you to get Mesh Router with Wifi 6 or 6E like TP Link Deco series or Netgear Orbi series.
r/techsupport • WIFI Router TP Link vs Netgear ->Yes, definitely Netgear Nighthawk AX12 will perform way better than TP link.
r/techsupport • WIFI Router TP Link vs Netgear ->You were right. The Netgear blows the TP Link out of the water!
r/techsupport • WIFI Router TP Link vs Netgear ->sadly i have a netgear nighthawk 6e router, was 300$ 4 years ago.
r/GeForceNOW • Is this good ping for 4k/120 on C2 using wifi? ->I agree. I have tried numerous Netgear products, going back to a PCMCIA card, and all of them have had problems. The last Nighthawk I had constantly resulted in "Connected, No internet" for too many devices.
r/HomeNetworking • Need some help choosing a suitable router. ->They were all WiFi 6. I used a Nokia linksys Atlas, a TPLink one and a Netgear Nighthawk. Except for the Nokia (wifi5), none of them even came close to the signal penetration I got from the GLinet flint 2.
r/HomeNetworking • I have an AirPort Extreme 802.11ac, and I live in a house where the walls between rooms are made of brick and are 80 cm to 1 meter thick. My router’s 5 GHz signal doesn’t pass through the walls well, so I use the 2.5 GHz frequency instead. My question is: will the new Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7 routers work ->Yeah their speeds are terrible man! I swapped out to a nighthawk router for $300 at Best Buy has been worth it
r/Spectrum • Is this WiFi 7 Router used? Can I ask for a new one? ->they are awesome on a deal, and netgear nighthawk are fantastic... not that thing you linked...
r/pcmasterrace • Gaming routers have to be the biggest waste of money I feel ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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