NETGEAR - Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream AXE11000 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router (RAXE500)
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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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"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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"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"
"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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"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?"
"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."
"had it for 3 years now and it never has failed me"
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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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"none of them even came close to the signal penetration I got from the GLinet flint 2."
"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"
"I got U6 and it has an awful signal transmission that feels like can't even penetrate paper."
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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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"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."
"The last Nighthawk I had constantly resulted in "Connected, No internet" for too many devices."
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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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"none of them even came close to the signal penetration I got from the GLinet flint 2."
"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"
"I got U6 and it has an awful signal transmission that feels like can't even penetrate paper."
Good-Comment396 1.0Nighthawk 500RAXE. It’s been flawless so far.
ribrien 1.0I went with a discounted high end wifi 6e router a couple months ago and have been very pleased. Netgear nighthawk RAXE500
shartywaffles0069 1.0I 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.
tazman137 0.5Nighthawk, I’ve got a rs700 but the 500 is good too. I wanted the best I could get so I went with a refurb 700. Love it.
Netgear nighthawk. Spend what you can afford for the coverage you need.
240hzghost 0.5Netgear 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.
Yes, definitely Netgear Nighthawk AX12 will perform way better than TP link.
Adventure-Backpacker 0.5You were right. The Netgear blows the TP Link out of the water!
Dismal_Egg420 0.5sadly i have a netgear nighthawk 6e router, was 300$ 4 years ago.
ptj748 0.3very happy with my spaceship router
i have a $400 netgear,,,bought a couple years ago.. has the fold out wings...very happy with netgear
promaster9500 0.0I dont know about this model but fuck Netgeat Nighthawk. I owned a different one few years ago that was supposed to be a a high spec version, and it caused me infinite problems, which all disappeared when I bought a different one.
Academic-Swimming919 0.0I 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.
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