NETGEAR - Nighthawk WiFi 7 Router RS600
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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?"
"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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"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 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."
"After following the instructions to upgrade my firmware, it was peaking at 80% of Ram usage"
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"It was a nightmare to troubleshoot"
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"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."
"I got U6 and it has an awful signal transmission that feels like can't even penetrate paper."
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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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"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."
"I got U6 and it has an awful signal transmission that feels like can't even penetrate paper."
Bosfordjd 1.0People are disappointed with wifi 7 are disappointed because TP link rushed out devices that were not ready for market, and have a high hardware failure rate. All the other manufacturers rushed to compete, and reliability and features are lacking. I tried a wifi router from TP Link, Netgear, and Asus. They were all garbage in one way another. The TP Link (BE19000) was great until it just died, couldn't hold a signal after 2 months. The Netgear(RS600 and rest of RS line) forces you into a paid DNS service if you want to run a VPN on it, the Asus RT-BE92U has a horrendous UI and firmware that crashed it daily as well as micro connection drops regularly. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ASUS/comments/1hpejh8/warning\_for\_rtbe92u/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ASUS/comments/1hpejh8/warning_for_rtbe92u/)
HuntersPad 1.0You can get a much cheaper router that can do 2.5G. So would say its overkill for even 2Gig. Also what features? It does not really have any features other than its hardware. Software on Netgear is pretty barebones.
SlovenianSocket 1.0The RS600 is the only router on that list that has 6ghz and faster than 1g wan/lan ports, there are cheaper options available.
chinob 0.1ASUS, got better UI on the app as well. I used to have Netgear
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.
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