Customer Ratings & Reviews

Living in a decent sized house you are bound to have some dead spots. In most cases putting the router in the upper most central location of the home is sufficient. That was not a good solution in my scenario and this fit my needs perfectly from one end of the home to another.

I was having issues with my older Netgear WiFi - seemed to always need to be reset a couple times a week. Upgraded to the R7300 beside my computer in the basement and now I have outstanding coverage within the house without adding the DST6501 adapter upstairs.

We could not access our WIFI on the patio at all with our previous Netgear router so I purchased the NightHawk DST with the DST adapter. Setup was pretty simple, had to call my cable company (TWC) so that the new router was recognized, but other than that all seems to be good!!

The Nighthawk router works great for our family of 6. No lagging issues for the "gamer" in the family when everyone else is connected - this is a huge plus! I will soon be learning how to access my router remotely to control WiFi usage times. It's simple with the app!

Excellent radius for connectivity with inclusive miniature server for extended use. Automatic dual band ideal for ease of use for low maintenance with advanced technological capacity. Great home setup with Geek Squad included for conservation of time and resources.

After explaining to the store rep what my household setup consisted of and what my goals were, I purchased the item and installed it myself in my home. My network performance has improved and I'm saving money since I was previously renting the modem from Comcast.

Love our router. Replaced an old router that couldn't handle the family all using Wifi. I am also impressed with the range our wifi now has. I can be at the pool or fishing in the pond and I still have Wifi. Yes very happy with this product. Oh and it was very easy to setup.

This router works very good. My only concern is that the DST will not work if the router is plugged into a good surge protector. The DST uses the house wiring to get its signal and the battery back up with surge suppressor that I have blocks it. Plug it in somewhere else and it works great.

I have heard great things about this Nighthawk and decided to get it. I tried to set it up and after a couple attempts I had my IBM Tech buddy come over and help. After 2 hours he was only able to get the basic Wifi Set up and not the extended option. I will be calling GeekSquad for help.

Having so many items connected wirelessly, we started having issues with speed. This router was able to address that and to get the extender as a bonus was great - made it even a better buy. Since getting this setup, we have not had any issues with connectivity!

Good product. Used with several additional boosters (total of 3) to cover one story of a house that's about 3000 square feet. The bandwidth strength of the boosters is about half of the main router but still strong enough for video streaming on all of the boosters simultaneously.

I have the Motorola combo and it honestly is not worth buying, bought it a year ago. This nighthawk has been awesome, especially since I work remotely from home and need to VPN for work. This is must have for folks like myself. I can even work right outside...

I purchased this product based on an online review and the recommendation of the Best Buy associate. It is super easy to connect and the range, with the extender, is great. This product was rated as #1 or #2 on all the sites, so far it hasn't disappointed.

Product: Nighthawk DST AC1900 DST Router & DST Adapter Model: R7300DST Purchased at: Received from NETGEAR as part of a product review and test program Overview: This product is a custom solution for Best Buy’s Geek Squad that comes with 24/7 phone and web support for an entire year! The Dead Spot Terminator (DST) is a second device that plugs into an outlet in an area of your home where normal wireless signals may fail – using your homes electrical wiring to talk with the “main” router, then acts as another WiFi hotspot with both 2.4GHz and 5GHz signals! Packaging: Nicely packaged. Easy, frustration free removal. Router and DST device come in labeled plastic bags indicating SSID, Network Key and Best Buy Geek Squad support ID. The three antennas are individually bagged and placed beside the power cord for the main unit and 2 5ft Ethernet cables. Nice job packaging NETGEAR! Initial Setup: The first thing I noticed after screwing in the 3 antennas and replacing my existing home router to perform the test – is that the main router and the DST router did not have similar SSIDs. I would have expected them to be more aligned, but that really not that big of deal as I AWLAYS customize the SSID of my routers anyway – and recommend you do to! Installation was a snap: 1. Unpack main router, attach antennas, plug in power cord and plug in network cable from my cable modem. 2. My iPhone 6 saw the SSID of the main router in no time, and I attached using the predefined Network Key. Initial tests of communication between my iPhone and the router on the 5G signal yielded around 300MBs. Router is located in the basement of a 2 story home – and I was stay connected in all areas of the house – albeit the same speed tests at various points of the house did show some degradation (expected as I move from floor to floor and room to room). 3. I chose the second floor of my home to install the DST adapter. I grabbed it from the box, walked upstairs and plugged it in. Nothing. I did see the SSID of the adapter – usually something like NETGEAR##-EXT. Disappointed, I went back downstairs to consult the manual. Lo and behold, after reading a bit, I found my mistake – actually multiple mistakes. The DST adapter uses NETGEAR’s Powerline technology, which means you cannot plug the Main Router or the DST adapter into a surge protector or UPS like device. That was my first problem. I plugged my main router directly into a wall socket. Next, I guess I thought that the main router would just magically connect to the DST adapter. I was wrong. There is a button on the main router you need to press, and a corresponding button on the DST adapter that allows the devices to pair. (A possible suggestion for NETGEAR is to pre-pair these devices). Once I pressed the buttons on each unit – they successfully connected and worked as expected! Features: I’ve owned and reviewed many routers. The DST adapter feature of this router really made this an attractive device. You can even pair a second DST adapter router with this system to further extend your range or get around WiFi blocking metal/concrete walls. Since this router was specially made for Geek Squad and included a support ID, I decided to give them a call and see just what this was all about and how they could help me. I called Geek Squad around 10:15 PM and was placed in a queue to receive phone support. Hold time was stated to be between 4-7 minutes. I was one the phone for 8 minutes and 50 seconds before I reached a human being. She took some of my contact information to start a ticket and talked me through the process of establishing an online remote control session with a Geek Squad agent versed with the Nighthawk router. I pretended to not know what I was doing, and once I was able to get my machine on the internet, I was directed to GeekSquad.com > My Geek Squad > Top Secret Passcode web page that would establish a LogMeIn session with her so she could remote control my computer. Before I let that happen, I ‘fessed up that I was reviewing the product and fully believe that they would have been able to configure the routers once on my computer. Nice job Geek Squad! The only thing that I saw to improvement in the process was the hold time – and the wait time I was told would happen before the online Agent session (I was told it would be about a 30-minute wait). Suggestions: I have a few suggestions for NETGEAR/Geek Squad regarding the future versions of this product. For my purposes, I’d like to see the following: • Pre-pairing of the DST adapter and the main router. • NETGEAR: More ports on these routers! Don’t be shy! Maybe 8, 12, 16 – we now have so many devices – why not build it in? • NETGEAR: Mounting options – for mounting on the wall vs requiring the space to place on a shelf. • NETGEAR: The DST adapter also includes a single LAN port – which I tested and it worked well. Perhaps the DST device could have 4 ports on it like the router. • GEEK SQUAD: Watch the hold/wait times. Nothing makes an already frustrated person more frustrated than waiting. Maybe the Geek Squad support coupon code bumps me to the front of the line or something… OVERALL: In summary, I was impressed with the ease of setup and performance of this product – but I’ve come to expect that from NETGEAR. During my testing, I had a system that I recently updated to Windows 10 and its wireless adapter was acting flaky, so I simply plugged it into the DST adapter and BOOM – instant signal and much faster than the WiFi I had in Windows 7! If your home or office has Dead Spots or low signal strength – give the NETGEAR NightHawk with DST a try and Terminate them!

A Best Buy Associate helped me narrow down my choices and this was the winner! It includes Geek Squad set up and helps extend wifi signal. This is a powerful router and we have a busy household with various smart devices. Everyone one wins here!

I think for most homes the router combo will work well. I think the router is solid but kinda so so on the extender. could have a better output. I got this guy on sale so basically the extender was free. Don't bother with Geek Squad setup. Its easy enough to do on your own.

Easy to set up; configuration was a breeze; add to it the wireless extender and no more dead spots in the house!. Great to separate IP Wireless cameras from main network (used the 5G option to connect all portable devices). Very pleased with performance.

We bought this for use on a summer camp property for maximum range outdoors, the outermost limit of the WiFi is almost 200 yards from the building where the router is housed! It's a great deal for the price, definitely recommended!

I use to have connection problems in my house: hookimg up to my wireless printer and bad internet connection. This changed everything, I get internet at the neighbors house down the street. Highly recommend if you want to fully utilize your internet.

Bought this as an upgrade to our old wireless router which had trouble covering our 2 story 2500 square foot house. Also the DST adapter plugs directly into our big screen "smart" TV so now we can connect to the internet for streaming.