Couple of questions to R9000 owners

[psychopomp123]

Hi,

Thinking of getting a Netgear R9000 next time I'm over in the States (i live in UK) as its $500 in US v £500 in UK LOL. A couple of questions though:

1) Does the US version of the R9000 come with a 100-240v power adaptor or is it 100v only? The R9000 manual states  North America: 100V, 50/60 Hz input so if that is 100% correct then obviously it means i cannot use it in UK (I don't want to use voltage converters the size of a brick)

2) I read somewhere that the R9000 uses non-floppy antennas. Are they fixed antennas or screw in type? Do they definitely stay in place and not flop about?

Cheers

[psychopomp123 · Accepted solution]

@DodgeDeBoulet

Yes when you get a chance to use the router, please have a quick look at the power adaptor - it should say either 100v or 100-240v. Also let me know if the antennas flop about easily even after screwing them in tightly. Many Thanks!

@JamesGL

Thanks, good to know i can use a non Netgear power adaptor on this.

[DodgeDeBoulet]

Perhaps someone will chime in sooner, but I just got mine today (was $380  at a number of on-line retailers for Black Friday, couldn't resist), and I haven't opened it yet. Had to head out to my current work site; I won't be back home until Thursday at least.

I'll check back in then and provide some answers if no one else has ...

[JamesGL]

Hi psychopomp123,

1.) You may use a different power adapter for the input but the same output(19V/3.16 ADC output).

2.) Antennas are fixed and cannot be removed.

JamesGL

Community Team

[psychopomp123 · Accepted solution]

@DodgeDeBoulet

Yes when you get a chance to use the router, please have a quick look at the power adaptor - it should say either 100v or 100-240v. Also let me know if the antennas flop about easily even after screwing them in tightly. Many Thanks!

@JamesGL

Thanks, good to know i can use a non Netgear power adaptor on this.

[DodgeDeBoulet]

Home a day early, so I popped the box open to take a look.

The power adapter states "Input: 100 - 120V ~ 50/60Hz 1.5A." Output is 19V at 3.16A. So it looks like you'll need a 3rd party adapter if you don't want to use a voltage converter on your mains.

The antennae are effectively permanently attached to the chassis. Wiith the chassis laying flat, the side antennae can be positioned vertically, angled at 45 degrees, or horizontally forward, backward, or to the side. The rear antennae have essentially the same range of motion (albeit in the left, right, and rearward directions), at least until they contact each other. All 4 antennae have fixed detents at 0, 45 and 90 degree angles from their mounts when angled away from the chassis.

They're not "floppy" at all. Once positioned, they'll stay that way until you move them, even if they're off the detents. While I would prefer removable antennae, these seem to be quite sturdy. Given the embedded LEDs, I can see why they aren't detachable; that would require a non-standard connector.

Since I'm going to install it in a location where it would not normally be visible, though, the LEDs don't buy me much other than an initial modest nerdgasm.

Hope this helps!

PS. Some pictures of the antenna positioning options ...

[psychopomp123]

@Dodge

Thanks for the info, yes I'll definitely need a 3rd party 220-240v adaptor, i believe the R9000 uses the same adaptor as the R8500 so I'll keep an eye for those as well. Found a good deal on Monday so ordered the R9000 from Amazon US @ $375, will be delivered very soon to me in UK via shipito.com

Great news about the antennas, nearly every high end router I've purchased so far (Asus RT-AC5300 & Linksys EA8500) has antennas which become 'floppy' over time so you're constantly having to tighten them, good to know the same issue doesn't exist on the R9000 🙂

Thanks!

[Adewale]

got a converter the size of a brick to start using my R9000 until i'm able to get a 100-240V power adapter. i'm piffed Netgear didnt pack this type of premium unit with a universal adapter from the get go

[DodgeDeBoulet]

Given that these devices must conform to local regulations for frequency and power output, selling them with mains adaptors specific to the region they're designed for is probably more a CYA thing than an attempt to save a few nickels/pence/pesos/yen/etc ...

[psychopomp123]

Ok had my R9000 delivered last week and also managed to buy a genuine 200-240v Netgear charger for the R9000 from China. I actually bought a R8500 charger as it uses the same power output (19v) and isn't the brick type, i.e. the transformer is built-in at the plug. The one i bought still had a US plug but at least it was 200-240v with the correct output. I bought it from here (plenty more in stock)

https://world.taobao.com/item/530566592890.htm

but had to use bhiner.com agency to buy it for me from China and ship it to UK as my Chinese is non-existent!! Cost about $25 incl. shipping to UK. Netgear part number is 332-10634-01. Of course I could have bought 3rd party adaptor on ebay but all of them are brick type and being non genuine, i wouldn't be sure of the quality...i cannot risk blowing up a $375 router.

As for the R9000 just one word: WOW!!! This beast is amazing for 2.4ghz & 5ghz wifi coverage, blows the pants off other QCA based routers I've used, such the R7800 and Linksys EA8500.