“Is the R7000 more stable and robust than the Airport Extreme (802.11 n and ac)? We've been using an Airport Extreme Base Station (802.11 b and g), but we're having to reboot once or twice a month. So, we're considering the Nighthawk. thanks.”
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That's so funny you say that because I did the same upgrade.. I have to say I've had my nighthawk plugged in for 3 months in below zero degrees and I've had no need to reboot it. Those poor expensive Apple Airport Extremes are showing they're age.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Absolutely Yes!! The Netgear Nighthawk R7000 is absolutely the best internet router I have ever purchased and used. With dual processors, the R7000 is able to give me wireless speeds that are equivalent to my ISP internet up link speeds. My old Internet router could only handle a few devices at a time before internet speeds decorated and I had to reboot. Because the R7000 has a very fast dual processor, my Note III Mobile Phone, Laptops, and Tablets are reporting Internet speeds of 100 Mbps Down and 5 Mbps Up; the same speeds I get from a wired Internet connection. The wireless signal strength is fantastic!! I have one R7000 about 80 feet away from another R7000; located in two separate buildings. Wireless Bridge Mode works great, not requiring a physical RJ45 network cable between both R7000 routers; this is also called a WiFi Repeater, because the Remote R7000 repeats TCP and UDP network traffic to and from the Remote R7000 Router to the Base R7000 Router. I have a RJ45 cable plugged into both R7000 Routers and setup one DHCP scope for all wired and wireless devices attached to either of the R7000 Routers. I setup the WiFi wireless names the same on both R7000 Routers, so when traveling between both R7000 Routers, I do not lose my WiFi network connection and only have one name and password to remeber. I have total control over who can access what when. I can block websites by URL or by a word list. The R7000 Router would work great for home, small businesses, and medium businesses. I guess the reason why the Nighthawk R7000 is such a great product is because they are owned by Cisco. You pay a little more for this product, but Cisco didn't cut any corners here. You get what you pay for, and for me, the price for the Nighthawk R7000 was totaly fair for the number of features Cisco included. The Nighthawk R7000 is a quality product all around and I for one will not buy anything else for my network routing needs!! I highly recommend buying the Nighthawk R7000, you will not be disappointed!!! :)
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Go for it. It is one of the residential routers on the market. Has far range and good load balance. Has AC which works with all the latest mobile devices. I've installed 10+ Nighthawks and not one complain yet. I've had mine for over a year and it works great. Very happy with it. Blankets my whole property well.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have no issue with the nighthawk. Best buy employees really pushed The airport on me as well I returned it the next day. Then they acted like I was dumb for switching. I hve zero issues GReAT connections all around. And a great program wizard that lets you fully customize your settings ( if you want) out the box ready to go
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.NO read online reviews...tons of problems...constantly rebooting won't connect seems to be firmware issue or something I have been trying for days to fix.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Not familiar with the Airport Extreme. I own 2 nighthawks and would highly recommend.
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