Customer Ratings & Reviews

I live on the East Coast and getting a signal to the basement has been a challenge. I had an older ASUS Router and it was time to upgrade!! I have 2 kids who LOVE (and I mean LOVE) videos and online gaming over a wired or wireless connection. I needed a router that could keep up and going from a single core CPU router to a dual core with TWICE the throughput sounded like what I needed as my house has the following (all talking to my router): - 5 gaming systems (Xbox ones and 360’s) - 3 phones - 2 tablets - 4 TV's (wireless and LAN) - 1 Surround Sound system (firmware updates) - 2 laptops (depends on which kids happen to be home) - 1 Desktop machine Bottom line... I have a lot of things that have to talk to the router who are constantly chewing data. I needed more and I needed more fast! I had Netgear equipment in the past but returned them as they would just drop signal for no reason, reboot and it started working fine again for a little while. My ASUS that is being replaced this one with had started doing the same thing; however it was 4 yrs old. I bought this from my local Best Buy store as if it turned out to be a stinker I wanted to be able to take it back and not have to mess with shipping. The cooling of the router is amazing and it is very quite even when we're cranking multiple video streams to multiple devices throughout my house. I can also tell you that after getting it hooked up and set up I've noticed that even my wired LAN speed seems to be much smoother (not necessarily faster but smoother) than it was on my top-tier Asus router. Setup of this device was ridiculously easy. Actually easier than most other routers that I've set up over the years. So far this has been an absolute pleasure to work with! The smoothness of this router and the wireless speed I now get throughout the house is better than anything I’ve had before. I was going to keep my ASUS router and turn it into an AP point but with this router I don’t need to!! The only word of caution I have for Netgear is don't mess up the firmware updates! You put out a really nice product, probably the best product you have put out in several years... Don't mess it up! Again, if you're looking for a router that can handle all the devices that you have in your house especially when it comes to mobile and video you need to pull out your Visa and get this baby in your home. If you're in the market for a new router or you just need more than your current router can provide, so far, I have to recommend this router. I'm actually stunned it's this good.

This was purchased to replace an Asus AC router that bricked on a firmware update. The Asus is subpar to this model imho. After using this router to cover our 3K Sq ft home for 3 months now, we have had 0 issues. My wife had it setup and configured in minutes. The router is located at the front corner of the home and we get excellent coverage and speed even throughout the backyard. Very satisfied with this purchase.

I purchased this to replace an old router that was beginning to give me slow speeds and spotty coverage. After installing this router I realized I should have replaced my router years ago, I now have no problem with speeds even when I have many devices connected at the same time.

OK, now I've been using this for a couple of weeks. I had returned a Linksys ac1900 because I could never get the USB ports to work with a USB drive. Either port, any drive. This one worked out of the box. Yay! I upgraded to get gigabit ethernet and I do notice the improvement. My old Netgear had to be reset almost weekly, and got to be even more. This one is faster for wifi (as well as, of course, ethernet), has broader range, and NO RESETS REQUIRED. How happy I am. This has a lot more features which I'm still to investigate.

This router is easy to set up, has great range, and strong signal in a flat with several rooms. It definitely has been the favorite one I've bought thus far.

Great router, extensive functionality. Resolved our issues of spotty coverage within the house as well as constant reboot. Solid, fast, reminds me of Batman when I look at it (hence the nighthawk name I suspect). Well worth the money. A little pricey but you tend to get what you pay for.

this nighthawk is great it reaches farther than any I have had works in all areas of my home. My house is 2 story and I can still pick the signal up when I get to end of my driveway. That's about 75 yards away. As long as it's working wife happy life is good.

Easy to set-up, great coverage and speed for everything we use and stream. No buffering, just great internet, TV, etc.!!!

Take my word for it, invest in a good router. I'm used to very poor, unreliable WiFi from my old apartment complex. Now, I have no problem streaming or surfing (main uses). I would absolutely recommend this. I have a laptop and several Android mobile devices.

Fantastic item. If you have a router from spectrum save your money and upgrade to this!

Easy to connect and use. This router works great with Comcast. I increased my speed and my old router could not handle the upgrade. With the Netgear Nighthawk, the internet does no lag or lose connection.

I bought this after moving to my new house. My regular carrier said their internet was the best and fastest but after weeks of having patchy Internet in different parts of my house,I was advised to get this router which has essentially sorted out the problem.

tho cable co provides their own but I opted to purchase my own as some day I see ditching cable all together.. i currently have a internet/cable package w 100Mbps and it seems to handle it great.. was recommended by both a neighbor as well as worker at BBuy

This router is amazing and worth the money. Hands down! While shopping for the router, I thought about going with the less expensive one but am so glad I didn't. I never have to worry about how many people at my home are on the internet now. Its incredible!

I upgraded from my Netgear N900 to this Nighthawk. I have about 30+ devices on the network with my large family and this thing handles it very nicely with both the regular and guest networks broadcasting on 2.4 and 5.8Ghz. Now the only bottleneck is my internet connection which is as big as it gets around my parts. Same great features of all the other Netgear routers, but my favorite improvement was to the Parental Controls. I've been using LPC for about 4 years now and it works great. Best part is that now I can manually choose what level of security each individual device gets. Since my children are all different ages I no longer need to fuss with bypass accounts, just find out what MAC or IP the device is, find it in the Netgear Genie app, rename it and select the protection level (I also keep a spreadsheet of everyone's device and corresponding MAC address for reference).

I bought this router because the 3 year old one I had was struggling to handle the load of 3 computers, an Xbox One, and a PS3. I bought this new router and I have had no more issues. I have even added an iPod, Surface and a wifi enabled blu-ray player and not had any issues.

I live in a 2000 sqft home and this wifi router gave me great coverage all throughout the rooms. I provide a more in depth review in a video review I made of the device: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aAVYoAUBzU All in all an awesome router for all your needs.

This does what it needs to and having the dual band really helps direct the wi-fi traffic accordingly in the house. Being able to set priority streaming to the xbox makes our just okay internet connection really pretty awesome. Set up is a bit cumbersome but worth the effort.

My family kept losing internet connection and my husband did some research and determined it was our router, it was too old to handle all the electronics connected. The Best Buy employee recommended this one for the best price; it has been a lifesaver.

We have bought about 20 of these to date already. We have great results and our customers love it. The range is the farthest of any other router in this price range. Our customers love the app that comes with the router and they can control their kids online time.