Why Should I Upgrade to a WiFi 6 Router? - Blog

I have a question and hopefully there is an answer here - why upgrade to a WiFi 6 router when Netgear can’t get it right the first time? I’ve had Netgear products from an old Prosafe Firewall/router and the PS101 Parallel port Ethernet print server - these were 2 devices that worked as delivered but over the years i’ve had the WNR2000 v2, the R6300 and lastly the R8000. These all 3 routers have been nothing but major hardware fails and Netgear tells me after my warranty was still in effect on all of these devices they want me to subscribe to their extended warranty services - why would I feed money to a broken machine that never gets fixed? Nothing ever gets resolved with Netgear Support - always being routed overseas and techs always wanting remote sessions via my desktop. I have from past experiences to never let a Remote Desktop session unless it’s someone you trust implicitly. That said, why would anyone pour money into a broken machine? Netgear has a lot of convincing to do before I will ever consider one of their ‘routers’ again and the experiences I’ve had with Netgear routers I would have returned this R8000 within days after purchasing it and asking for a refund. One piece of advice to consumers - never trust reviews about hardware they are like driving a first model year of a new car out the showroom doors - expect a zillion bugs and hope they will get fixed. (Not the case here.)