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cristineg
Apr 06, 2022Follower
Netgear Nighthawk R7000 vs R8000
I recently bought an R7000 and installed FreshTomato firmware on it and I'm very happy with the setup (but could I be happier? I've got nothing to compare to). I bought it to fix an issue with the cr...
michaelkenward
Apr 07, 2022Guru - Experienced User
cristineg wrote:
I recently bought an R7000 and installed FreshTomato firmware on it....
Netgear does not support third party firmware. And there aren't many experts in that around here.
So, do I get another R7000, or do I get the R8000?
An impossible question to answer, especially as you don't seem to need any more routers.That just complicates the network setup and management and costs more than necessary.
Why not look for something that does what you want, which, I gather, is better wifi coverage.
Try here: