re: So my Netgear Nighthawk R7000 that I&#39;ve been bragging about crapped out

Posted by lsufan1971

Zachary

Member since Nov 2003

18528 posts

Posted on 3/21/17 at 3:19 pm to DoubleDown

quote:
Or would just the router cover that much space?

The cube and 2 antennas cover 20K sq ft. I have no idea what just the cube covers. The great thing about it is it takes literally 5-7 minutes to setup. You can control remotely away from your home and the throughput is outstanding for people that have 100MB+ internet connections. You can also run the antennas in mixed mode. I have one on the other side of the house in 2.4GHTZ mode and the other in 5GHTZ mode.

This post was edited on 3/21/17 at 3:24 pm

Posted by cdaniel76

Covington, LA

Member since Feb 2008

19699 posts

Posted on 3/21/17 at 6:48 pm to meauxjeaux2

Just took mine down (same model) cause I switched Internet providers and the modem I got has built in wifi that seems to be working well...

Interested in buying mine? It's about a year old.

Hit me up if interested: CDANIEL985@GMAIL.COM

Posted by meauxjeaux2

watson

Member since Oct 2007

60283 posts

Posted on 3/21/17 at 10:03 pm to cdaniel76

The Nighthawk or the one listed in my op?

Posted by cdaniel76

Covington, LA

Member since Feb 2008

19699 posts

Posted on 3/22/17 at 12:45 am to meauxjeaux2

Your OP was about the Nighthawk.

But I read a few posts down from your OP that you already ordered a different replacement system.

Posted by BobRoss

Member since Jun 2014

1696 posts

Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:29 am to cdaniel76

Anyone have thoughts on TP-LINK Archer C7?

Wi-Fi router reviews seems to be all over the place.

Posted by AubieALUMdvm

Member since Oct 2011

11713 posts

Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:58 pm to meauxjeaux2

haha I just switched over. A month ago I bought the TPLink Archer C7 and didn't get the performance I wanted. The 2.4 Ghz was ok but the 5Ghz was not what I expected. I only had my Firestick connected to the 5Ghz frequency and everything else to the 2.4. Granted - I'm currently renting a townhome so I have lots of neighbors close by and this I'm sure affects the performance.

Got the R7000 3 days ago for $150 on Amazon (price already went back up). Performance is excellent! Hope it doesn't crap out after 16 months

This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 9:00 pm

Posted by 704Reb

Memphis

Member since Aug 2010

2038 posts

Posted on 3/22/17 at 9:32 pm to meauxjeaux2

Same thing happened to mine 2 weeks ago. Same model and all. Ordered April 2016 from Amazon.

Woke up one day and no signal going out at all. Did resets, troubleshoots, googled issue etc. and no fix.

Not sure what to do with it now.

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Posted by razer

Bossier City

Member since Feb 2010

694 posts

Posted on 3/23/17 at 12:37 am to 704Reb

Delete

This post was edited on 3/23/17 at 12:41 am

Posted by razer

Bossier City

Member since Feb 2010

694 posts

Posted on 3/23/17 at 12:39 am to 704Reb

I found this, maybe it will help.

Nighthawk issues

The guy provides a link to download the good version of the firmware towards the bottom of the page.

quote:
All that being said I have and will continue to recommend this router for people that want great performance, reliability, and wireless coverage for their homes. Just make sure you are on the 1.0.4.30 firmware version. Anything after that is unreliable. However, SOME people on the NetGear forum have said that they are having no issues with 1.0.6.28 after a factory reset. YMMV.