NETGEAR - Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Smart WiFi Router

I have no experience with this router, so I cannot vouch for this specific model. That said, I feel like I should present what is probably an unpopular opinion on Reddit: Deals for consumer\gamer level networking gear like this tend to get downvote bombed because the popular opinion is that semi business level gear from Ubiquiti and others is so much better that no should be buying anything else. I went down that road for several years when helping friends and family with network upgrades (usually Edgerouter-X and a Unifi AP). What I found was that it was no more reliable than a decent home router\AP, and in a lot of cases it was actually MORE finicky, with well known issues and complications. The fixes for those, if they existed, were at times beyond my skill level as someone who isn't a networking professional and has no knowledge of the Linux command line (if it was MS-DOS I might do better... LOL). So, I had to rely 100% on solutions people came up with online, and the actual homeowner could basically do nothing on their own. Anyway, some of those users have since switched back to a decent consumer level gear from Asus or others and they never have any throughput or reliability issues when I ask them. Me personally? I bought a Netgear R7500v2 for $50 on post-black-friday clearance from Walmart in 2015 (it was $200 normally) and it has worked flawlessly for 10 years. The wireless throughput is plenty for my devices and it has been rock solid (up to date third party firmware is available for this model). The secret to having reliable internet for me has been to have my router + modem on a battery backup. So, it only goes down when I manually reset it or the ISP is having issues, and small dips in power do not cause the router to get stuck in a non-functional state. So yeah, if you are interested in learning about networking, the slightly more pro-oriented gear is probably good, but don't disregard consumer level gear. It can most definitely work fine, even for PC enthusiasts.

With a descent router wireless is nearly as good as wired these days. I speak as someone who was once a 'wired network' purist for the same reasons as you, and also someone who works from home. A good router, set in a centralized place will probably be a cheaper and simpler solution than wiring everything together. I use one of those nighthawk routers with four antenna. Alternatively, doing data cabling runs throughout your house can be in DIY territory. It would be much cheaper than hiring a contractor and you could be done with it in about a day depending on how many rooms you want patched in and how much you care about wire enclosures being visible. Lots of people just put cable mounts in the corner near the ceiling and run them outside the wall.

With a descent router wireless is nearly as good as wired these days. I speak as someone who was once a 'wired network' purist for the same reasons as you, and also someone who works from home. A good router, set in a centralized place will probably be a cheaper and simpler solution than wiring everything together. I use one of those nighthawk routers with four antenna. Alternatively, doing data cabling runs throughout your house can be in DIY territory. It would be much cheaper than hiring a contractor and you could be done with it in about a day depending on how many rooms you want patched in and how much you care about wire enclosures being visible. Lots of people just put cable mounts in the corner near the ceiling and run them outside the wall.

I 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.

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.

I moved from a Netgear Nighthawk router and extender to an Orbi network... Well worth it to me.

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. 

Yeah their speeds are terrible man! I swapped out to a nighthawk router for $300 at Best Buy has been worth it

they are awesome on a deal, and netgear nighthawk are fantastic... not that thing you linked...

May mga spare Netgear Nighthawk ako na ginamit lang for testing. I can sell to you if need mo for a very cheap price. Dual band and of course gigabit ports na plus stronger wifi signals.

Second this. I've got a Netgear Nighthawk router too and have been very happy with it.

I'm using a Netgear Nighthawk router and have been happy with it.