NETGEAR - Nighthawk AXE7800 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router
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Last updated: Dec 14, 2025 Scoring
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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?"
"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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"Is all very easy to set up btw, instructions are included."
"Netgear routers are great! Easy to install and use."
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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."
"The router though, I really wanted the ability to manage the devices connected to it and prioritize certain devices and applications. The one I have handles things the way I wanted."
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"I get my full internet plan speed (1gb down and up) over wifi through my fiber connection."
"I get the 1000mbs with mine, it is a newer model"
"You can pull a gig with a wifi 6 router, raxe300 will do you (netgear)"
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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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"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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"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."
"I had a netgear nighthawk gigabit router and it would go down every day"
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"once they no longer support the router they throttle your internet speed so you can buy a new one. ... when it was no longer being supported with the last update it was throttle to 200 mbs."
"It was a nightmare to troubleshoot"
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"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."
"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."
"BOth running OpenWRT firmware since stock is garbage and insecure."
I use the Spectrum modem and a Netgear Nighthawk RAXE300 6E regular router, because I don't need a mesh network. www.dongknows.com is the site where I get great info when buying a router.
r/Spectrum • Best mesh wifi equipment that works with Spectrum ->I don't know. When my family had Ultra service two years ago we had a Wi-Fi 6 router.We moved to 1Gbps and received a Wi-Fi 6E. They both had issues so I brought a Netgear RAXE300 6E and all is well now.
r/Spectrum • Is this the right router? I pay for the 600 mbps ->I have used a Netgear Nighthawk RAXE300 6E router since September 2023 and it is running fine.
r/HomeNetworking • Best wifi 6e router to buy ->You can pull a gig with a wifi 6 router, raxe300 will do you (netgear)
r/HomeNetworking • Which WiFi 7 Router is best Bang For Your Buck ->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? ->stay away from netgear they are good, but once they no longer support the router they throttle your internet speed so you can buy a new one. only way to fix it is buy reverting to an older update making you vulnerable to getting hacked. plus the spectrum routers are netgear routers, so you'll be in the same boat where it will goes down every day. I had a netgear nighthawk gigabit router and it would go down every day and then when it was no longer being supported with the last update it was throttle to 200 mbs. try out an asus router, I've got one of their cheap $60 routers two years ago and I have not had any issues with it. if it goes down it's on the spectrum side.
r/HomeNetworking • Switching my modem/router? ->Yeah, I gave up on consumer grade crap too, after 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. Ended up going with Ubiquiti a few months ago and I've been pretty happy with it so far.
r/HomeNetworking • Mesh vs access points? ->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 ->Depends on your situation. If you have DSL or Coaxial Cable. You are likely going to have lag spikes due to the medium of connection. "Shared" mediums and DSL is just old teetering on ancient technology this point. That aside, I had luck with my Netgear Nighthawk back in 2015. I used it all the way up to 2020 when I got a legitimate Firewall. (Fortigate 70F) If you wanna go full blown firewall Route, I don't mind helping. Otherwise maybe look at the Netgear. (P.S. I hated the Netgear Nighthawk Smart App. Just in case you end up going that route. It should also have a built in web interface to be able to go around the app. Not sure about the Netgear Mesh boxes that they have out there now.).
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