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Netgear Nighthawk router
Posted on 2/5/15 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 2/5/15 at 9:43 pm
I set one of these monsters up today, I was installing internet services and the customer had his own router.
On the plus side, right next to the router I was getting 60 Mbps throughput to speedtest.net (60 Mbps is the limitation of that ISP feed, not the router). Not too bad wireless throughput.
On the negative side, I don't think the range is as good as Ubiquiti APs in my experience.
The Nighthawk is also somewhat "dumb" in changing configuration, every little change requires a reboot which takes a minute or more, not a big deal, just annoying while programming it.
On the plus side, right next to the router I was getting 60 Mbps throughput to speedtest.net (60 Mbps is the limitation of that ISP feed, not the router). Not too bad wireless throughput.
On the negative side, I don't think the range is as good as Ubiquiti APs in my experience.
The Nighthawk is also somewhat "dumb" in changing configuration, every little change requires a reboot which takes a minute or more, not a big deal, just annoying while programming it.
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Posted on 2/5/15 at 10:17 pm to Casty McBoozer
I've had one for about a year and haven't had a consumer model wireless router outperform it. I find it's range far exceeds most I've tried as well.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 10:26 pm to Stexas
Supposedly it's cream of the crop in range.
Posted on 2/5/15 at 11:01 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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Supposedly it's cream of the crop in range.
I think it's downfall in the area of range is that it's powered by a DC inverter, while the Ubiquiti equipment is PoE. So, the Nighthawk is going to be sitting on a desk, while the Ubiquiti can be mounted on the ceiling or in the attic, which makes coverage much better than all those little plastic tabs you can pull out.
This post was edited on 2/6/15 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 2/6/15 at 11:22 am to Stexas
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I've had one for about a year and haven't had a consumer model wireless router outperform it. I find it's range far exceeds most I've tried as well.
I bought one about a year ago and I love it. Well worth the money IMO.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 11:53 am to Casty McBoozer
I bought the R7000 (AC1900) a couple of months ago and that thing is a beast. Much more than I need for my apartment. I was in Office Depot and in their flier they had it advertised for $99, so I picked it up. I thought I just got an insane deal, but I found out later when reading online about it that it was a misprint (should have been $199 with a $10 gift card included) and they pulled their fliers the next day.
This post was edited on 2/6/15 at 11:59 am
Posted on 2/6/15 at 2:02 pm to Casty McBoozer
I bought a R7000 for my house a couple months ago for $120 off a guy on craislist (it was new still shrink wrapped in the box). It's been night and day from my old setup. I was looking at setting up a bridge or WAP to add coverage, but with this thing I still have signal halfway down the block.
Very please to say the least.
Very please to say the least.
Posted on 2/6/15 at 2:04 pm to WONTONGO
Meh, I'm underwhelmed.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:28 am to Casty McBoozer
I have one. I like it. A lot faster than my last wireless router.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 10:27 am to Casty McBoozer
Nighthawk X6 AC3200
This is me. Asus RT AC3200
This is me. Asus RT AC3200
This post was edited on 2/9/15 at 10:31 am
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