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hankthehillest
Jul 14, 2024Follower
Trying to Use R7000 with United giga Blast router/modem
ok, to preface, i am not internet tech savy. i dont know terms or anything, so please explain like you are talking to a child lol. so i recently moved into a new house that came with a nighthawk r700...
michaelkenward
Jul 14, 2024Guru - Experienced User
hankthehillest wrote:
so i recently moved into a new house that came with a nighthawk r7000 router installed. i had to aquire my own internet service and so i had a guy come out and install united fiber, they installed their own equiptment, and the tech said that the nighthawk was a far better unit than theirs.
What equipment did they provide? A modem? Modem router? Gateway? Make and model?
How fast is the new Internet service? What is it DSL, cable or optical to you?
The R7000 was OK in 2017, when it came out. If the ISP supplied something newer, the tech may not be quite right.