NETGEAR - Nighthawk WiFi 7 Router RS100
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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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"I get my full internet plan speed (1gb down and up) over wifi through my fiber connection."
"The "marginal performance boost" is an increase from getting 4/5th of the subscribed speed to getting 1.25x the subscribed speed."
"I get the 1000mbs with mine, it is a newer model"
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"It's about how much more it does. ... It's not only about the wifi-7. It's about how it manages and directs traffic on the other wifi frequencies as well ... It isn't about the wifi-7 aka 6.8Ghz frequency, its about how it manages and directs traffic within the other frequencies that sets it apart from your basic market nighthawk router and from the faulty and trash equipment that were its predecessors"
"It also doubles the available bandwidth of the standard 6.0GHz frequency."
"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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"The router is free as long as its on the gig service actually ... Its indefinitely free, not just for 1 or 2 years ... it itself is free for having the gig service ... The wifi-7 is free with the gig, since wifi-7 launched it has been free with the gig."
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"I do too but that was from using the ISP provided modem/router combo. This was back in the early 2010s. Never again and went with my own gear from then on!"
"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."
"damn that did a much more wonderful job than that garbage spectrum."
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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."
"after few weeks stuff buffers for split second, social media doesn't load immediately"
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"I got U6 and it has an awful signal transmission that feels like can't even penetrate paper."
"I got U6 and it has an awful signal transmission that feels like can't even penetrate paper."
"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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"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 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."
Magnavirus 1.0Keep looking, I recently snagged a TP-Link axe300 for $175 and I probably won't upgrade again for a very long time. It's not even possible to describe how fast my connection is compared to my Netgear RS100 that I stupidly "upgraded" to. Ping? Good luck measuring it, it floats around 9-13-17ms in our home we bought 2 years ago which is all brick and wood with a standing seam metal roof and a million miles of trash lead conduit and wires from previous owners' remodels. If you designed a stress test for wifi signal you'd stop short of how much of a nightmare my house is because it would seem unrealistic for anyone to deal with and yet this brute SINGS signal throughout my house. Don't settle for good enough, take your time and get the best. I promise there's another fool out there switching to WiFi 7 right now who's about to sell a beast of a router on ebay for a fraction of it's worth and that's your time to shine homie. Best of luck hunting
MuchoBooterro 0.1Almost went with this but the WIFI 7 Netgear Nighthawk was less than half the price so I went with that. 1 2.5gig port for desktop, one for laptop. It's awesome
Western-Walk9792 0.1Not everyone wants to shell out $500 for a wifi-7 nighthawk though. Seems redundant when the one provided for free runs the same frequencies and allows full wifi control with 250 simultaneous devices compared to nighthawks 50 devices.
codeman113501113 0.0i've had nothing but problems with my net gear wi-fi 7, after few weeks stuff buffers for split second, social media doesn't load immediately, i also have the net gear wi-fi 6 AX5400 router and works fine. seems walmarts website also has allot of complaints about wi-fi 7, and seeing that you actually have to have devices that use wi-fi 7, which technically none do, im going back to wi-fi 6, ether a new net gear router from amazon or MSI gaming routers or something.
i80west 0.0I got a $110 wifi 7 Netgear router from Walmart. It works fine with my Spectrum cable modem.
Take their free modem, put a surge protector on the incoming coax, buy a router of your own. I got a wifi 7 Netgear at Walmart for $110. Get whatever bandwidth you can afford, as it sounds like you'll be using it. When/ if Spectrum brings fiber, it's their equipment they'll replace, not yours.
reconGhost82 0.0I had the same problem spectrum came to my crib tried to hook everything up couldnt figure it out so he left the new wifi 7 router in the box and hooked up a wifi6e router..after i hooked it up myself when i got home from work and was very disappointed. I went and bought the new netgear wifi 7 router and with my 1Gig Internet i pulled 1134mbps..
Standard-Raccoon8238 0.0I had one of their WiFi 7 routers and the gig plan. It was absolutely garbage even for a 2 bedroom apartment. I couldn't even get speeds close to 500 and at times it would just restart on its own. No 2.4G band steering as well. I returned it and got my own wifi 7 router from Netgear and damn that did a much more wonderful job than that garbage spectrum.
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.
Accomplished-Ruin945 0.0I moved from a Netgear Nighthawk router and extender to an Orbi network... Well worth it to me.
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