Customer Ratings & Reviews

I've always preferred netegear routers, but after my old router finally died (a WNDR3800) I decided to upgrade to something newer. I went with the R6220 because I thought it had all of the features I wanted (QoS, gigabit LAN) without being overpowered for my apartment, but I was sadly mistaken. Whereas my old router easily supported QoS, 2.4/5G coexistence, and was easy to set up and log into, the new R6220 left me disappointed. Its QoS support is a joke. Where the old router let me select a connection to prioritize, this router forces me to create a separate profile per an app. I wanted to be able to tell it to prioritize my little linux machine which runs a plex server and minecraft server as well as my gaming desktop, but I can't so I'll have to just hope it doesn't hurt either of these with poor prioritization. This router also doesn't support 2.4/5G coexistence. This is one of the most basic features of all but it won't allow me to do it! I genuinely don't understand why, and it isn't listed under Netgear's features or specifications so I can't check which router I need to upgrade to to get it. Even old apple routers support it. The worst part of the router though was the setup. My old netgear was easy, letting me just plug it in and go to the infamous routerlogin.net. Even the Orbi I set up for my parents let me use router login.net/orbilogin.net and was incredibly easy. This thing though had me try to use the nighthawk app which is absolute garbage. The app never managed to find my router, meaning I had to hardwire my computer and login using the IP address, which thankfully still works. The router itself couldn't manage to find an internet connection until I factory reset it about 3 times, power cycling it and my modem multiple times. During one of these attempts the router gave me a warning that It would have to log someone else out so that I could log in from this device. I couldn't tell you what that meant as it was a new device and only my desktop was connected to it. Another time it actually did let me log in, but it required me to make a login password and security questions. The router absolutely could not remember this password though, and when it asked me to log back in it kept reporting my password was wrong. When I recovered it using the serial number it told me that the password had been the one I was typing the whole time! copy-pasting the password into the login field also didn't work. What's worse is that if you bone-headedly kept entering the wrong password, it would just let you navigate the admin menu all the same! So one more factory reset. this time I entered the basic login info for the router (you know the one) and it actually worked, was able to get through setup, connect to the modem, and set up the rest of my settings. I was disappointed by what I found, as I said earlier, but at least I was able to get internet before the work week starts, and since my apartment isn't too big I was able to get away with disabling 2.4G and just using 5G. At this point I don't know if I should just keep the router because it was a good price, or get something a little better by spending a lot more.

This is the my second device Great range and durability

Perfect for my needs at a decent price. Easy set up and use

This router works very well with my att fiber very fast.

Great product, work great and easy to set up......

Internet was super fast! not a slow spot in the whole house

We had to replace an internet company router due to power surge (plus we didn't want to wait days!) so shot off to Best Buy where we thought we'd have the best variety. We weren't disappointed and the associate helped us greatly to find the right one for what we needed at the office. Great product. Great service!!

Was exactly as promised. No issues, very easy set up. Works great!

Item was easy to hook up to my computer and works well. No problems!

Works great for what it is designed for. Just not what I needed it for. I needed it to extend a wireless network for a business and could not get it to resolve to the network properly. After speaking with manufacturer of the product it was confirmed that it could not be done now, however, they were hopeful that the upcoming firmware upgrade would solve the issue.

Hooked up my net gear product and it worked perfectly easy to set up

work great, price is ok ..........................

For home use this is a great basic router. Personally I used this model as a base station for part of my network where wireless was hard to reach but I had a hard line available. The Access Point (AP) mode on this unit is nice to convert it to a basic base station and provide wireless access without having to use repeaters.

great router at a great price. very easy and quick to install.

We were looking to replace our Comcast modem/router so we could stop paying the extra $15 each month. This router works great for our apartment and we have had no issues with connectivity since. Speeds have been slightly better than what we used to get with the Comcast modem/router too! Super easy to install as well.

Just replaced our old Netgear with this one. Super EZ hookup.

This router works much better than my previous one.

Great router, very easy to configure and very useful

It’s a much faster than our old N router we once had

No problems with installation, instructions were very easy to follow.