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Couple of questions to R9000 owners
Hi,
Thinking of getting a Netgear R9000 next time I'm over in the States (i live in UK) as its $500 in US v £500 in UK LOL. A couple of questions though:
1) Does the US version of the R9000 come with a 100-240v power adaptor or is it 100v only? The R9000 manual states North America: 100V, 50/60 Hz input so if that is 100% correct then obviously it means i cannot use it in UK (I don't want to use voltage converters the size of a brick)
2) I read somewhere that the R9000 uses non-floppy antennas. Are they fixed antennas or screw in type? Do they definitely stay in place and not flop about?
Cheers
Yes when you get a chance to use the router, please have a quick look at the power adaptor - it should say either 100v or 100-240v. Also let me know if the antennas flop about easily even after screwing them in tightly. Many Thanks!
Thanks, good to know i can use a non Netgear power adaptor on this.
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Perhaps someone will chime in sooner, but I just got mine today (was $380 at a number of on-line retailers for Black Friday, couldn't resist), and I haven't opened it yet. Had to head out to my current work site; I won't be back home until Thursday at least.
I'll check back in then and provide some answers if no one else has ...
Hi psychopomp123,
1.) You may use a different power adapter for the input but the same output(19V/3.16 ADC output).
2.) Antennas are fixed and cannot be removed.
JamesGL
Community Team
Yes when you get a chance to use the router, please have a quick look at the power adaptor - it should say either 100v or 100-240v. Also let me know if the antennas flop about easily even after screwing them in tightly. Many Thanks!
Thanks, good to know i can use a non Netgear power adaptor on this.
Home a day early, so I popped the box open to take a look.
The power adapter states "Input: 100 - 120V ~ 50/60Hz 1.5A." Output is 19V at 3.16A. So it looks like you'll need a 3rd party adapter if you don't want to use a voltage converter on your mains.
The antennae are effectively permanently attached to the chassis. Wiith the chassis laying flat, the side antennae can be positioned vertically, angled at 45 degrees, or horizontally forward, backward, or to the side. The rear antennae have essentially the same range of motion (albeit in the left, right, and rearward directions), at least until they contact each other. All 4 antennae have fixed detents at 0, 45 and 90 degree angles from their mounts when angled away from the chassis.
They're not "floppy" at all. Once positioned, they'll stay that way until you move them, even if they're off the detents. While I would prefer removable antennae, these seem to be quite sturdy. Given the embedded LEDs, I can see why they aren't detachable; that would require a non-standard connector.
Since I'm going to install it in a location where it would not normally be visible, though, the LEDs don't buy me much other than an initial modest nerdgasm.
Hope this helps!
PS. Some pictures of the antenna positioning options ...
