Customer Ratings & Reviews

I bought because my house has iPads, phones, laptops, Xbox all running the same time. I’m working from home and doing video calls daily. I had glitches prior to buying this and now everything is perfect!!!! Great buy and I’m very happy! I highly recommend.

This is not a reflection on netgear at all but just thought I would let everyone know my experience with Xfinity when I tried to hook up this modem/router. I have always had awesome netgear products and my current extender works great, EX8000. But when you try to add an outside modem to your account with Xfinity and are already on the top plan of 1.2GB and unlimited data, xfinity has figured out a way to get you. Since I am already on their top plan, xFi 1.2GB with unlimited data, you can only have 1 modem on the account and when you try to add this netgear and take off their supplied gateway, then you lose unlimited data and they will charge you $30/month to upgrade it. So you do not get any credits by using your own equipment instead have to pay more for the service if you want to use your equipment and not the Xfinity gateway, which i know they throttle speeds on the wifi. So I had to return the item back to best buy since I cannot use it.

I've had this gateway for 2 years now... I absolutely loved it at first, especially with the companion app which was great. But it has since stopped working. Continuously resets itself to factory settings and makes me go through set up over and over again. A Netgear Nightmare! I've always believed in Netgears products, but this is super disappointing. Spent $500 on something that is now trash. Will never buy another Netgear product again.

Talk about amazing little device. Easy set up and finnaly getting the speeds ive been paying for for the last year.

Its works really well and fast with my provider (spectrum)however it lacks in reach and penetrantrability.I had to call my isp to register my modem with them in order for it to work right.and this took another 6 hr because when I called its was late at night when I got chance to set it up

The setup for my cable modem router was super Quick, i was amazed at how it walked me through the setup. And the wifi range easily covered the entire building and outside. 100% recommend

I love the modum/router combo. Not to mention the simplicity of the set up with the app.

Able to get wifi 5 houses down the street. Have had no problems since owning it.

This router performed great while it lasted. Spontaneously bricked itself after 18 months. For this kind of premium price I expect more than this. The netgear support forum is full of posts with people experiencing spontaneous bricking within 0-2 years of purchase and support has acknowledged that there is an issue but they are still selling this defective product anyway. Avoid this and save yourself some money.

I love this product, best buy I ever made. Strongly recomended

Easy set up with app. Able to reboot through app. Great so far

Better than the one given to me by Xfinity!! Would definitely recommend!

Best in class. Consistent strong speeds, worth the cost.

Have had great internet speeds so far since switching to this

I get over a gigabit download now wired speed but my wifi speeds even within 5 feet of the router I cant get over 150 mbps where my xfinity gateway got 500-600

set up process was super easy with the nighthawk phone app, and also the security software on the router was surprisingly good. I discovered that my firestick was sending unauthorized data! will only ever be buying netgear hardware for networking now. quality is next level compared to the rest

Recommended by Xfinity for faster downspeeds. Wouldn't install without GeekSquad installer techie phone contact with Netgear techie. Resultant download speeds are considerably SLOWER than on my previous modem/router. Buyer beware! A pricey, sketchy device in my experience.

Great product. Easy setup once you ensure cable modem is already activated with provider. I do wish I would have only went with a cable modem only and upgraded to WiFi6 later since already have a set of Orbi wireless network units.

I was having problems with xfinity service and the company sent out several techs but continued to have up and down connection speeds. Installed my new CAX80 and bam…. problem solved. Just needed the “right equipment”

Upgraded my router in order to extend my range. It’s now cover my whole entire house. I now have a more consistent internet connection and the nighthawk app is a great addition as it lets you control your router.