Netgear R8000 Nighthawk AC3200 X6 Tri-Band Wifi Router

To preface my review I received this router from my boss as they were putting in a new router at work, and said this one no longer worked. I took it home and fixed the issue in a matter of minutes.The NETGEAR Nighthawk X6S AC4000 is a solid option for the price point. While it lacks Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5 more than gets the job done in my house. The router has a fairly long range, and even on the opposite side of a pretty large house I retain a good connection. Being able to control the router via the Nighthawk app on my phone rather than signing in through a browser is extremely convenient. There’s also an optional voice control setting though I don’t use it myself. This router features MU-MIMO. In a lame mans terms it essentially makes it easier to run multiple ... MoreTo preface my review I received this router from my boss as they were putting in a new router at work, and said this one no longer worked. I took it home and fixed the issue in a matter of minutes.The NETGEAR Nighthawk X6S AC4000 is a solid option for the price point. While it lacks Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5 more than gets the job done in my house. The router has a fairly long range, and even on the opposite side of a pretty large house I retain a good connection. Being able to control the router via the Nighthawk app on my phone rather than signing in through a browser is extremely convenient. There’s also an optional voice control setting though I don’t use it myself. This router features MU-MIMO. In a lame mans terms it essentially makes it easier to run multiple devices wirelessly without straining the router. It also allows the devices to communicate with one another and transfer files wirelessly.If you want a great option for video streaming and gaming I definitely recommend this router if you have the means. $300 is no small price. You can buy a Nintendo Switch for that price. That being said this router has been great and the app setup is super easy.

Recently moved and needed to upgrade my router for gigabit internet. First router I got from TP-Link didn't work with Spectrum internet. Supposed to, but didn't.I didn't really want to spend over 100$ on a router but after checking out the Nighthawk and finding a good deal online I took the leap.I am blown away with how good this is. I have wicked fast internet all over the house and outside. I can be in the garage streaming no problem.Features? Man does this come with a ton of features. I just hooked up ReadyCloud the other dayfor easy file sharing. It was super simple to setup and I will definitely be building myself a NAS to hook up to this!Not sure what else to say. If you were on the fence about getting this.. Buy with confidence. I love it.

I will keep it short, because the problem is rather narrowly defined (at least in my case). For basic everyday people, who know nothing about networking, the R8000 Nighthawk router may seem to work well. However, there are a lot of people like myself, who are neither expert or beginner, that do like to customize the router through the user interface. The problem with the firmware/software that I am referring to is the ability to re-name your connected devices through the "attached devices" tab. The instructions at the bottom of the attached devices page tell you to highlight the device and click edit. THERE IS NO EDIT BUTTON and you can't highlight the devices. I did a lot of research online and it turns out that this has been a problem for years, not just with the ... MoreI will keep it short, because the problem is rather narrowly defined (at least in my case). For basic everyday people, who know nothing about networking, the R8000 Nighthawk router may seem to work well. However, there are a lot of people like myself, who are neither expert or beginner, that do like to customize the router through the user interface. The problem with the firmware/software that I am referring to is the ability to re-name your connected devices through the "attached devices" tab. The instructions at the bottom of the attached devices page tell you to highlight the device and click edit. THERE IS NO EDIT BUTTON and you can't highlight the devices. I did a lot of research online and it turns out that this has been a problem for years, not just with the R8000 router, but with all their routers. The word on the street (in forums) is that Netgear is fully aware of this problem and will not/can not fix it. I then read on a Netgear forum that you can use the Netgear Nighthawk App on your mobile device to rename devices. I tried that and it failed too. Quite frankly, the app seems to be rather basic and has limited functionality. Several years ago, I had a Netgear N900 router, and I do remember being able to change the device names, so it did work back then. I am also reading that if you go backwards many firmware revisions, that you can get the device renaming to work. I am not doing that. I have about 30 connected devices and not being able to re-name them makes it impossible to see what is running on my network and is a security issue, because I can't determine if I have intruders. I also run a Netgear R6700 V3 on the same network as an Access Point. I am not able to re-name the devices listed on its attached device tab either. Netgear, why is this issue never fixed?? I am not a software engineer, but one would think that the people who make the device should be able to correct the issue. I would love to hear from someone on this.