This router is awesome. Super easy to setup. Full speed on the cat6's running from my router located downstairs into my room upstairs. The speed on the 5GHz wifi band is good and the range on the 2.4GHz band is exceptional. I can connect to my wifi from my neighbor's house across the street.....Only downside would be the price as it is fairly high but if u want something that's reliable and fast, bite the bullet and get this. I haven't played around with any other networking settings so I can't attest to how well it can handle those things if you are an advanced user but for speed, range, and connecting many devices wirelessly this router is great.

I have used Arris Surfboard routers, the ever crappy Spectrum provided "anything electronic" and finally returned to this router. Living in a 1950's built home and old wiring, there were many connectivity issues form the start using the above mentioned manufacturers. After installing this router, with due diligence in researching a unit for our particular needs, we have found one that exceeds our son's need for gaming, three Samsung app related tv's and two computers running 24/7. As recommended by our A/V installer, get it as high up as possible for whole house utilization. The picture attached has it 6+ feet high on my wardrobe. That has worked better than any router I have ever owned. And the signal strength is exceptional. Very little issues that actually emanate from Spectrum, not this unit!

Bought this router after upgrading my service to 250mbps. My house is one floor but always had issues reaching that farthest parts of the house. I normally use a TP link extender ( signal booster). Installation was very easy. 30 minutes total for installation time including the wait time for my cable company (Atlantic Broadband) to finalize changes on their end. I don't need the signal booster anymore since the router now reaches out to that end. If I want to upgrade my service again my router satisfies those requirements for 1 gigabit speeds. This model worked for my COAX connection Doesnt need a whole lot of space and lightweight like the weight of a laptop.

Fast, reliable, and has not dropped any connections so far. I’m absolutely pleased with this router so far! Expensive and large but hoping to use it for many years.

I give this a full 5 stars because of how great it is. The only turn off was the price. But it is totally justified. Before I purchased this I had to have a range extender in my house to carry the signal through the whole house. I live in a 2 story fairly spread out large house. My kids never had signal in the opposite side of the house upstairs in their rooms. Even with the extender they still would drop often. We decided to give this a try and wow. The range is awesome. It fully covers their rooms now and even extends outside to my back porch where we hang out often. If I had it to do over again I would absolutely purchase this again. Everyone is much happier with our range and speed now. Setup is super easy except for like most ISPs you have to call to have them add the new MAC address. This is always a pain but not the fault of Netgear, it just is what it is. Do yourself a favor and get this if you need a great modem/router for larger areas. I attacked a screenshot of my Speedtest on WiFi with the router.