Customer Ratings & Reviews

When my internet became spotty and I was constantly giving "heat" to Comcast, I did some research on my own and found my dinosaur router was the problem (13 year old Buffalo), something we don't think about and can be fixed in a matter of 45 minutes; instead we blame others, and it becomes a back and forth with blaming and faulting others. Getting to the root of the problem, I apologized to parties involved and got the router which has not given me any problems to date, but also got it at a great price, for a new modern sleek and almost invisible look.

I know I am stupid enough since I didn't bought the extended warranty. However, this product failed after 1 year and 18 days(I bought on April 9, 2015) was unexpected for me. Netgear only provided 1 year warranty. I have tried every way I can figure out(I am the system software engineer but not about networking) but there is no signal. Not a bit even from 1 inch away. 1) I did check the enabled broadcast for wifi; 2) It failed during night time; 3) I did reboot(hard and soft way); 4) I did reset to the original setting; 5) Everything else is great except the wifi signal. Now I have to use my old 6 years old $20 Linksys instead of this elite 1 year 18 days old $129.99. Maybe I will tear down this box sometime soon. The only thing I can imagine is the transmitter problem I really don't understand.

This works great. I have a dvd, 2 tvs, 2 phone, & 2 ipads running on this with out a problem for 60 days plus.

It was easy to set up and you can set up a guest account with a different password. wireless speed dont drop even while streaming I have 4 computers 2 ar wireless 4 wireles tvs w/apps and a range extender w/ external antenna 680ft away that connect 2 more computers and it never drop or has to be reset like ive heard about other routers. and using ookla.com i get a ping of 11ms download 59.34mbps upload 3.89mbps and i only have charter 30meg service. no bad!

i work from home, so have to deal with my own limited networking skills ... this router was very easy to set up with my static IP and internal network.

No worries about distance in my large home with this. Dual band really makes a big difference. If you have a large networked home. This router is for you.

I use this for my business and was very easy to install and setup. I defiantly like to features that it offers, mostly the built in adult blocker. Best Ive seen on the market

Once I got this router set up with all my devices it works well. It was difficult to set up though. I had to call Netgear's help line several times and each time I called I was given either contradictory or bad information regarding channel settings, encryption, etc. I finally got it to work right with my iPhone when I called Apple and they said to set channels on both bands to "auto." Why can't the Netgear help desk tell me that? It was like night and day once I made that change. If you don't need a super range, go with Linksys, they are a lot easier to set up.

Bought this router to replace aging Linksys WRT54 (used as wireless access point). Wanted to use the N900 as access point also but quickly realized that this was not possible with the N900. After setting everything up and a few days in, all the internal devices would lose access to the internet/WAN. Opened a problem ticket and, after about a month of testing beta software it is now stable. (Problem: Router is not able to reach ISP DNS, then drops all outbound connections) WAN side administration is only available on ports higher than 1024 (i.e. no 443 or 80)

This is the best router I have had, bar none. With all the electronic gizmos that are wifi enabled, this router has the juice to run them all.

I am very happy with this WIFI router - the coverage is amazing - I have owned 6 other WIFI routers looking for one like this one.

I like the modem. It is my first one since the wireless g days. I have 3 components drawing internet and nothing is lagging.

I purchased this product to upgrade from the N300 which could no longer handle the 3 iPhones, 3 laptops, PS3, Wii, and blu-ray player that was running off of it. I bought it and had it up in running within about 10 minutes. I haven't had any problems since installing and I haven't lost connectivity or had "limited" connectivity since we started using it. The router didn't require a startup disk and the directions would have been relatively simple to follow even for a beginner.

Excellent Coverage in very large home, I over 12 devices myself and NO connection issue's; what more can you ask for?

Purchased device because of dropped connections. New device provides jut enough additional coverage to fix my problems.

Full Disclosure, I've always used Linksys routers. But, because I wasn't happy with my last Linksys router, I decided to switch... this is almost as bad. I've been through my fair share of WiFi network set-ups, and this one has been the easiest by far. Unfortunately, the 5Ghz range is extremely poor. This comes as a HUGE surprise to me because this router is rated highly for it's 5Ghz range. Am I missing something? I'm getting at least twice the signal strength off of the 2.4Ghz signal coming out of this. The other issue I've had is, it needed to be reset already. This is unacceptable in my opinion. I set everything up on the first day, and left it like that for the past week. Suddenly though, I can no longer connect to the 2.4Ghz band, and the 5Ghz band has become extremely unstable. It's as if I've suddenly become "Wifi-jammed" by one of my non-existent evil-genius neighbors. I've reset the router to factory settings and started over from scratch to no avail. The 2.4Ghz band is still unreachable, and the 5 is still unstable. This is a problem considering my iPhone and older computer only run on 2.4. Only my new laptop will run on the 5... all the use that gets me. I will be returning this router. It's a dissapointing first (and last) jump into the Netgear line. If only other brands had a UI as easy as Netgear's Genie... and I really don't want to go back to Linksys either. Not sure where to go after this...

The range is more than enough mainly in my House without drywall, just bricks.

Very good product, easy to configure and with plenty of resources. Bad support is fixed in the fixing limiting walls.

Old linksys died. Saw good reviews so bought it. Easy set up, dual antennas.

This is a good router. I had to reset the router because it was blocking windows update when I first installed it. No explanation as to why but it was fixed after the reset. If you are new to home networking this might take you some time to get it set up and running. The network part is easy but you will need to install Netgear's software on each cpu using the ports on the router. A great router. I love the guest account access for when friends or family come over.