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Looking at buying a XR500...
I currently have BT FTTP broadband 330mb up and 50mb down using the BT homehub 6.
I like the look of the geo filters on the XR500 and the network management tools to get the best connection for o...
As of right now, I would recommend you DON'T BUY IT.
It's an absolutely great router, on paper. It has yet to be executed perfectly yet. You are buying into a "paid beta router" honestly. There are some make or break issues for users currently (LAN ports disconnecting randomly, only 1 VPN service to use (Hidemyass) [they are most likely getting a kickback for users subscribing].
I can look back to the beginning of this year about features that were supposed to be in by now, but nothing yet (Dual VPN, Ping Assist).
I want this router to exceed, but Netgear isn't giving it the support it needs. I won't bring the Netduma team into this because it's hard to tell if they are submitting stuff or not to Netgear for release, but 6-month releases are absurd for its current state.
Save your money, $300 is not anywhere close to what this router should go for in its current state, maybe down the road.
I just returned my XR500, it has some great features but to be honest I dont have the time to try to find the right settings so I can play a game. I am not a big COD player but it seemed like after every game I would need to change settings so the next game would not lag or give me issues. I am a big BF player and since that game is really not supported, I just went back to my ASUS rt-3100. I have never had issues with this router since it came out and also with Merlin's FW, it works great. I wanted to try this router but I should have known better to trust NG products, I have always had issues with there stuff. I use the QOS bandwidth limiter 20 down 10 up on my ps4 and man I have no issues with lag, even on cod. I have at&t internet 1000 down 1000up, so I have more then enough bandwidth to go around.
I would say try the asus 3100 man you will like it in my opinion.