Pros & Cons
Pros
It's hard to overemphasize the impact good wifi has on your day. The system is triband so i have tablets and phones on one ssid and laptops on another.
The app is brilliant an so easy to use with a great user interface. I particularly like the feature which monitors and tests the bandwidth (download and upload) from your provider. Well worth the money.
Cons
Netgear deserve 0/5 for this issue; amazon deserve 5/5. This opens your router to cyber attacks and so can not be safely used. Technical knowledge from the staff is nothing more than reading from a poorly written script.
Firmware update seems to have broken it again, so i had to manually revert to an earlier version. I reset the router on multiple occasions and re-entered settings manually, which after the 3rd or 4th time in a week becomes frustrating. The only work a... Read More
Highlights
Quality
I am so pleased with this router in my home network
So hardware good firmware bad techsupport not very supportive
I am so happy with the output and device reliability
After weeks of crappy signal with the linksys i bought this and now
Packaging/appearance
Kept switching me from the 5ghz to 2
Was running within 10 minutes of opening the box
Competitiveness
Dual 5ghz channels work very well to separate the devices
Both my partner and i work from home and we can both be on highquality video calls with no issue
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Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After suffering awful speeds from my internet service provider i decided to research their issues a little further
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Apparently their supplied router was not that efficient with multiple devices
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Shame the firewall isn’t free
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Was running within 10 minutes of opening the box
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
With extenders would cover the largest domestic property both inside and out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Weve got virgin superhyper something but our calls were still dropping and wed no signal in our kitchen
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Additionally i can tell if my phone is on the virgin modem or the netgear router by its speed of surfing as its much faster