NETGEAR - Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri Band WiFi Gigabit Router (R8000)
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Last updated: Dec 8, 2025 Scoring
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"had it for 3 years now and it never has failed me"
"It replaced a netgear nighthawk that was nearly ten years old and still in GWO"
"almost never needs a reboot."
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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"
"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?"
"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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"had it for 3 years now and it never has failed me"
"almost never needs a reboot."
"it's been great for two years solid"
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"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."
"almost never needs a reboot."
"had it for 3 years now and it never has failed me"
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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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"The last Nighthawk I had constantly resulted in "Connected, No internet" for too many devices."
"I had a netgear nighthawk gigabit router and it would go down every day"
"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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"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."
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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."
"BOth running OpenWRT firmware since stock is garbage and insecure."
"only way to fix it is buy reverting to an older update making you vulnerable to getting hacked."
No idea if it supports all the things you're asking, but I run dd-wrt on a netgear r8000.
r/DDWRT • What is the most powerful fastest and compatible wifi6/7 DDWRT Router? ->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? ->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.).
r/Network • Does anyone have any Qos gaming router recommendations? ->I have an asus AXE7800 that works well. In the like 16 months I've had it, I've rebooted it once, but i suspect it wasn't even the thing that needed rebooting, it was more of a "might as well, I'm rebooting everything else". It replaced a netgear nighthawk that was nearly ten years old and still in GWO, but i wanted that 6G. I am generally a fan of Netgear as well. Both companies are capable of shanking an individual product tho, so just do a little due diligence looking at reviews and googling before you pull the trigger. You'll be working on substantially better odds. So long as it's the typical nitpicking of configuration interface, it's performance attaching a drive to it for NAS, etc? You'll be good, that's a sign that they're looking at normal things and got past basic operations. For VR we don't need much in the way of features, we just need it to be stable, reliable, and fast. If it's a product that's been out for a year, give or take, and googling it doesn't give you a bunch of hits about it being garbage, having actual systemic problems etc, you're good. Just know that you can get the most flawless amazing and user friendly router and someone's gonna have a hell of a time setting it up, configuring something, or just not understanding that maybe they got a defective unit and need to use their warranty lol But yeah in general I find Netgear and Asus networking products to be worth their extra cost
r/oculus • Wifi 6E vs Wifi 7 Router Purchase Question - Help appreciated ->use their modem, go get urself a nighthawk router, thats what ive got, and have no issues
r/Spectrum • Modem+router for 1G ->Couple ideas… Try another router. My netgear nighthawk is working fine. Put a wireless ap right near your bedroom. Sounds like you would have line of sight from the router to the ap, so that should work well. Run an Ethernet cable along the ceiling from the router to your bedroom and put a wired ap there. This gives you wifi and you could also run a wired connection out from the ap. Wired is going to give the fastest most reliable result.
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