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Rowbox
Aspirant
Feb 27, 2018
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Is Nighthawk 7800 worht the upgrade

Hi, I am new to this and would like some advice please. I am currently using an R6250 router, which I'm reasonably happy with (apart from download speeds seem to have dropped recently, still getting ...
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  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Feb 27, 2018

    The R7800 is well worth the upgrade. 

     

    Also supports some 3rd party FW like Voxels NetGear R7800 FW. Same UI, better managed back end packages. IT works great with my EX7500 extender. 

    Rowboxwrote:

    Hi, I am new to this and would like some advice please. I am currently using an R6250 router, which I'm reasonably happy with (apart from download speeds seem to have dropped recently, still getting about 37mps so not to worried). However I would like to strengthen the signal to another room for smoother streaming. Additionally I have approxamately 12 different peices of equipment using the wifi signal (spread evenly between 2.4 & 5ghz). I was wondering if an upgrade to an Nighthawk AC2600 X4S R7800, might achieve a stronger signal plus would it also help with managing all of my networked attached equipment? The alternative would be to purchase an extender, would the EX7300 be a good match to my R6250 or would it be overkill. many thanks for any help/advice.

    Tony

     

     

Rowbox's avatar
Rowbox
Aspirant
Feb 27, 2018

Thanks for your help, will oder tonight.

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 27, 2018

Let us now how it works after you get it set up. 

 

 

  • Rowbox's avatar
    Rowbox
    Aspirant
    Feb 27, 2018
    Will do, although seems got problems with internet dropping out now, so need to sort that out first. Let you know when sorted.
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      Rowbox
      Aspirant
      Mar 03, 2018
      OK so router up and running gives and provides stable signal to rooms I was previously having problems with. Interstingly genie shows weaker signal when I scan,, but as long as it does the trick. Probably bit more tweaking (when I know what I'm doing). Since swapping over I've noticed my WiFi speakers which link for stereo now disconnect from stereo when stop casting, may be coincidence or something to do with WiFi management. I do not have QoS enabled so any thoughts. Thanks again for advice.