NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
What's The Best Netgear Wireless Wifi Router Available Today?
Netgear has so many products out right now it's diffiicult to know what's the best thing happening right now. Sometimes you just want the best regardless of cost but the most expensive doesn't always mean it's the best in terms of performance.
I'm interested in knowing what is the best Wireless Wifi Router that Netgear has available right now. I figure this is the best place to ask this question.
S-Warren The R7000 (AC1900) really is the sweet spot for Netgear and Asus actually. Negear's latest R7000 firmware seems to be quite stable, (less complaints) and, also a variety of 3rd party firmware to choose. from . I have two of them, running 3rd party firmware. So far, so good, on the R7000 front. Try to select routers that have Broadcomm chipsets (which the R7000 is based on). They seem to be more stable and also, have better firmware. Check ou the wikidevi site for router info. Just plug in the router in upper right search bar.
22 Replies
What are your requirements in a router?
Thanks for the reply netwrks. Well I have a lot of devices logging into my AC1200 around 10 right now which includes Printers, HDTV's, Computers, Blu-ray DVD's and a PS4 but when my kids visit they will log in with they're cell phones and tablets and the number will jump to around 14 or 15. I haven't reached that number yet but I'm concerned how well the AC1200 will handle that many devices at once.
Thanks for the reply Kaveh300. I checked out the specs for the Nighthawk and it looks pretty kick azz. I think it will handle anythiong I can throw at it plus some. I like that it features both a 2.0 and 3.0 USB port and boasts up to 3.2Gbps 600+1300+1300 Mbps Wifi speeds across those 6 antennas. This model makes my mouth water, I'm going to buy it, lol.
Word of advice. Do your homework on the 8000 and 7500 firmware and USB usage wise. It's best to check the forum first, or make sure you have an exchange policy..
Their top of the line for home router is the Nighthawk X6 AC3200 router. that being said, this router may exceed your needs. The AC3200 is meant for home who is data intensive such as gaming, straming, watching online movies simultaneously. it also has 3 wifi bands(1 x 2.4GHz and 2 x 5GHz) with load balancing and VPN capabilities. this is the router I have at home, it has been able to handle anything I throw at it. Here's the link to it.
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R8000.aspx
- The USB 3.0 is used for storage and media server, the 2.0 is used for sharing a wired printer. I've had mine for a while I've had no problems, in fact it boosted the speeds over my last router.
- I've had my Nighthawk since last November, I have never had any kind of issues with it either hardware or firmware.
- I'm able to stream movies and play online games at the same time, no problem. The 20 Mbs may be in my area. You have to see what's available in yours
S-Warren I have actually relegated my R7000's with me, to AP mode, and my other R7000 is running in router mode, in a different location.
Both routers are have 100-120mb (not in the US) to play with. Both R7000's are running an Xvortex/ Merlin firmware port. The R7000 that is being used as a router has an Xbox directly connected to it, going pretty well all the time and supports Mac and Intel wireless clients.
What router do you connect to now, where you see that it seems slower than your modem?
netwrks wrote:S-Warren I have actually relegated my R7000's with me, to AP mode, and my other R7000 is running in router mode, in a different location.
Both routers are have 100-120mb (not in the US) to play with. Both R7000's are running an Xvortex/ Merlin firmware port. The R7000 that is being used as a router has an Xbox directly connected to it, going pretty well all the time and supports Mac and Intel wireless clients.
What router do you connect to now, where you see that it seems slower than your modem?
Your hardware setup is kick azz runnung dual R7000's sporting both Mac and Intel clients sounds heavenly, you have the best of both worlds. I'm going to look further into the AP and Router modes, that sounds interesting.
My imagined slower speeds was due to a router misconfiguration on my part. Once I reset back to factory default everything is running quick and smooth. That'll teach me to not fiddle with things I don't know much about, lol.
- It means the client need to be AC compatible. You can't expect the maximum speed out of an AC router if your laptop or any device your using has a G or N.
Kaveh300 wrote:
It means the client need to be AC compatible. You can't expect the maximum speed out of an AC router if your laptop or any device your using has a G or N.Dang it I didn't even think of that. It makes perfect sense and none of my clients are AC compatible. What on earth was I thinking. lol Thanks Kaveh for pointing that out.
