NETGEAR - AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router - Black

I replaced an old Belkin router with the Netgear AX1800. Immediately my internet speed, steadiness & coverage throughout the house improved. I only wish I'd done it sooner.

I got this router because my previous setup was unable to reach the 400mbps download / 20mbps upload I upgraded to. This router gets 400-460/20-24 consistently. But one issue I ran into that had me scratching my head for a while was while "Traffic Meter" was enabled the router was only able to manager 250-270mbps download. Disabling the feature brought speeds up by 200mbps, I wouldn't think monitoring how much data passes through should have such an impact on the throughput so I hope netgear sorts this out in future firmware releases. I have the RAX20 connected to a Nighthawk Mesh X6S Tri-Band Extender and have had great results. I'm not sure what the expected throughput is for AC transfers but I get 270mbps on the 5Ghz network. I was hoping for faster but I'm assuming my laptop is the bottleneck here. The WNIC in my laptop is a RTL8821CE (Wifi 5 / AC) so I have no input on how the Wifi 6 (AX) performs.

Easy setup with the app. Good signal strength. Features excellent protection too.

Unfortunately like others this didn't even last a day. It worked great for the few hours that it did but after it kept on cutting out and rebooting itself and then just stopped working and connecting. I even tried resetting it with a paperclip and it wouldn't even do that. It got stuck on these two lights most of the time. I've only ever had to return one item in my time of buying things and this will be the second its unfortunate that it didn't work properly since I recently got gigabit internet.

I got it on sale for $99, and at that price it was hard to pass up. I needed a new router as my current spectrum router didn’t allow the user to make adjustments to the settings due to “simplicity sake” or some dumb excuse (spectrum probably doesn’t want the end user to see their backend data). So I picked this one up. During the setup, I encountered an error where I could never actually connect to the internet. Upon a quick google search I learned that sometimes this router ships with bad firmware and needs to be updated. After I did that the router works flawlessly. I’m getting 450-500 download on the 5G band with my iPhone 11 (a few feet from the router) which is pretty good for my gigabit connection. Wired is obviously much faster, as this does have gigabit LAN. Signal strength is excellent too, as when I go into my living room about 60 feet away the speed only drops into the 300’s. The web portal is very simple and easy to navigate which is always nice. It also is able to be controlled via the Nighthawk app on your phone, but I opted to skip that as I don’t really need it. Though the app did work great when I used it. Would definitely recommend this router IF you have WiFi 6 compatible devices (iPhone 11 for example) and if you have a fast internet connection (really anything above 100 mbps). Also the lights may be a bit bright, but you can always cover them with masking tape to dim them a bunch.

I felt the need to upgrade my old n router since I was upgrading my internet service. After reviewing several AX routers, I bought the NETGEAR AX1800 router based on a good price at Best Buy. The set up was fairly straightforward with the self install app. It took me about 40 minutes to get my computer back online and locking down the new router. It offers good range and throughput than my old n router. I noticed that connected devices connected faster than before. A minor drawback is that the AX1800 lays horizontally (like most new routers), thus it has a larger footprint. Would be nice if the router had the option of standing vertically.

We had an Asus wifi router previously for the past 5-6 years, and of late it had started dropping signal for various devices in our home, having all 4 LAN ports occupied by my PC and 3 consoles, the wifi utilized by 2 smartphones, a wireless printer, and Amazon Echo, and periodically 2 laptops. The laptops in particular seemed to be losing signal or not connecting altogether multiple times a week, such that I figured it's time to upgrade. This router has been an excellent fit for us, especially enjoying the new throughput capabilities of WIFI 6 such that our devices almost never drop signal or disconnect; every now and then this has happened, but incredibly rarely and easily fixable by rebooting the router. Speeds seem solid and consistent across all devices as well, whether wire or wireless, especially impressed with the 5Ghz performance. Highly recommend this router!

This modem is extremely easy to set up and connect to a smart phone using Nighthawk App. Once in the Nighthawk app, setting up the wi-fi and changing the password is very simple to do. I am very impressed by the distance and signal strength as the wi-fi signal travels throughout my two story house. I have set my static devices, Google mini, TV, etc. to use the 2.4 GHz signal and my phones and laptops to use the 5 GHz signal. The 4 ports are fantastic. I use two of the ports to hard wired two devices which require a constant wi-fi signal. If necessary, you have the option to log on to the modem via the internet connection if you want to make changes beyond the Nighthawk app. There are two guest wi-fi signals which guests are able to use to connect to the internet but are separated from your home network. Wi-fi 6 is a must for new wi-fi 6 capable smart phones and devices.