R6900 vs R7000

What is the functional difference between the R6900 (Costco) and the R7000 (performance, software, features,etc) routers? I know the R7000 has an extra 2.0 USB port but the other specs seems to be ...

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netwrks
Feb 28, 2016
here's NG's take on both devices.

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/r6900.aspx#tab-techspecs

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R7000.aspx#tab-techspecs

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You can't spoof a 6900 to look like a 7000 for 3rd party firmware..

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/r7000-vs-r6900-costco-differences-and-availability-of-3rd-party-fw.30491/

netwrks

Master

Feb 28, 2016

here's NG's take on both devices.

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/r6900.aspx#tab-techspecs

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R7000.aspx#tab-techspecs

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You can't spoof a 6900 to look like a 7000 for 3rd party firmware..

http://www.snbforums.com/threads/r7000-vs-r6900-costco-differences-and-availability-of-3rd-party-fw.30491/

JamesGL

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Feb 28, 2016

Hi Alan327,

You can check the comparison page for NETGEAR products to be able to check the difference.

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/

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