NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
nighthawk R8500
Do not buy the Nighthawk R8500 router. It does not live up to it's expectations of covering 4,000 feet. It will not even give a good signal at 30 feet with only half walls and hallways. It was the mo...
Thaks for your response. I definitely agree now that one unti will not cover 4,000 square feet. Netgear should re think their marketing and what they present on their packaging. I paid over $400 and I would have expected much better performance. I have added a Netgear Acess Point WNDPA620 and two Linksys R6500 extenders and I now have a somewhat adequate coverage at a very high expense. I hope the new Orbi's or google routers coming out change WIFI coverage.
May be the stock firmware doesnt live upto your expectation. Try installing opensources fimrware if that solves your problem.
Basically its test equipment with active antenna's without proper driver to adjust the environment its hard to judge.
@ 70' I have 4 bars of signal using a quality laptop. Not all wifi clients are created equal regarding WIFI
