NETGEAR - Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Dual-Band WiFi Router (R7800)
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Last updated: Dec 13, 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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"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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"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."
"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"
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"R7800 is legendary for its OpenWRT compatibility ... Installation is as easy is simple upload and upgrade. No command line, nothing!"
"Is all very easy to set up btw, instructions are included."
"Netgear routers are great! Easy to install and use."
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"R7800 is legendary for its OpenWRT compatibility ... Installation is as easy is simple upload and upgrade. No command line, nothing!"
"My IoT stuff runns off a Nighthawk and the Guest also runs off another Nighthawk. BOth running OpenWRT firmware since stock is garbage and insecure."
"I have a Nighthawk R7800 (with DD-WRT on it) and it has been a fairly solid router. ... I haven't had a problem with it"
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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 also could not get my 5ghz channel to connect to any device other than my iPhone."
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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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"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."
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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."
Look at something like a Netgear R7800 and then flash it with OpenWRT If you want something that works out of the Box, look at the GL.Inet Flint or Flint2. They run OpenWRT under the hood. GL.Inet routers (preloaded custom OpenWRT build), Routers that you can flash with full OpenWRT support (such as the Netgear i mentioned) and Mikrotik routers with Wifi Built in, those 3 are probably your best/easiest ways to solve this.
r/HomeNetworking • Can anyone recommend a dual WAN router that can switch between wifi and wired wan ->[https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat?test-id=4720d1a5-dce4-4ea9-b536-e3f583b12c5b](https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat?test-id=4720d1a5-dce4-4ea9-b536-e3f583b12c5b) ISP is Converge. 5GHz wifi on R7800 router using built-in SQM. Bumaba lang yung download speed due to other users. Sadly phased-out na yung router ko. My recommendation for built-in SQM is eero Pro. Expensive but very user-friendly. Cheaper option would be flashing OpenWRT to Cudy WR3000 or WR3000S, this one I recommend since the manufacturer already provided the files needed, and guides are available which makes it a lot easier. Good luck!
r/InternetPH • Routers with built-in SQM for bufferbloat ->Netgear R7800 or Netgear Nighthawk XR500 -- almost same hardware!
r/openwrt • What's your favourite OpenWRT router? Which would you love to buy today? ->I had a Linksys WRT54GL, and I thought that router was awesome at the time. I've also had one of those Asus routers, and I thought it was pretty good. I had installed 3rd-party firmware on mine though; I had DD-WRT on the Linksys (though you might need the GL version for that rather than the G), and I ran Tomato on my Asus router. Currently, I have a Netgear Nighthawk R7800 router (which is capable of running DD-WRT), which is currently [$90 on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0192911RA). But that model is at least 5 years old now, and I imagine there are probably better routers available (though not sure how affordable they are).
r/HomeNetworking • What is a rock-solid affordable router for an average family? ->Not an expert but sharing my very recent experience. I had an old nighthawk Netgear router from 2018 that started to act up, so I got a newer WiFi 7 router from Netgear (RS90) and it was even worse than the old one. After hours on the phone with tech support they couldn’t do much, so I returned it and went with a TP-Link WiFi 6 mesh (Deco X55 AX3000) and it has been working great.
r/wifi • WiFi Router End of Life ->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.
r/homeowners • No Ethernet ports, what to do for wired internet? ->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.
r/homeowners • No Ethernet ports, what to do for wired internet? ->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 ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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