NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band Wi-Fi Router, Gigabit Router, Open Source Support, Circle with Smart Parental Controls, Compatible with Amazon Alexa (R7000)

Pros: I'll try to keep this review real short. I have this running DD-WRT (firmware), have had it for about half a year, and I love this thing. It all works great and it never has connectivity problems. Netgear has always made quality products. Also, it looks awesome.

Cons: Only 2 reasons I knocked off an egg. The obvious one is that it is as expensive as (insert your idea of expensive item here). I like it having a dual core processor and everything, but honestly, most people will never need things like that. The second con is the 2.4GHz high pitched buzzing sound. It is a known issue that on some of these, by using the 2.4GHz band, the wireless traffic can make a high pitched buzzing sound. Netgear is working on fixing this but that means you will need a whole new router anyway. To put the noise in perspective though, I can hear it but my brother can't so may not bother everyone.

Overall Review: I know the cons look longer than pros, but that's because how many pros can a router have that have not been assumed already. I love this but I don't know if the extra features (and look) will be useful enough for most people to justify the price.

Pros: Have been using Netgear products from WNR2000 to WNDR3700 to WNDR4500 to R6300 to R6300v2 to R7000. I should say that this is the bomb. The GUI is fast and user friendly. Previously I was using R6300v2 on the second floor and 4500 in the basement for complete Wi-Fi coverage. Now both are yanked out and only the R7000 is placed in the basement. Boy am I glad or what! The R7000 has signal on all the floors. As I checked the signal strength, it beats at least one house past on each side. I carried my iPhone two houses and I can still see my ssid. Not to mention I can now stream blu ray content on to my laptop with no intermittent freeze frames. I have 10 Wi-Fi connections and about 8 or more wired connections. All of them are connected with excellent throughput. Oh btw did I mention that this unit hasn't blinked yet! Even the previous models were built solid. Tried different brands over the years and but now am going to stick with Netgear. Definitely worth the hard earned money.

Cons: None :-)

Pros: Easiest setup I've had with a router. Immediately worked upon installation. Setup both bands and linked it to a FIOS router. Plug and play ease. Recognized a 4TB usb drive I connected to the USB3 immediately and allows access to all connected devices to the drive. Actually really enjoyed setting this one up. Nice heft to it without being too big. It is a bit bigger than my FIOS router. Extended my wireless range but quite bit! Have 5 Ghz available in the entire house. Guest network, media server are bonus items!

Cons: Not many to be honest. Could have used a couple more LAN ports (4) but that is an easy fix.

Overall Review: Well designed and well thought out device. Enjoyed the ease of use. All my devices have connected to this with no problems. No dropped signals (yet). My FIOS would drop the cell phones quite often.

Pros: Easy setup as an AP (once I removed the dd-wrt firmware) Stong signal

Cons: Was listed as new but appears to be used Had dd-wrt firmware installed Registered to another person with Netgear

Overall Review: I purchased this as a new item. When it arrived it looked new and it even had the plastic still on the box. I ran into issues trying to use the phone app to set it up since it would not take the QR code. I realized the QR code the app was telling me to use was missing. It should have been on the router but wasn't. I tried the web interface and it kept failing. I ended up using the IP address and it brought me to a screen I never saw before. The screen had dd-wrt but I was able to get into the settings of the router. I thought it was a new setup I have never seen. This was around Christmas and I decided to just forget about it. I came back to it today 1/5/2020. It still had the dd-wrt screen when I tried to access it. I even factory reset the router. I was also not getting the NETGEAR SSID but a ddwrt SSID. Since I had time I decided to google dd-wrt and discovered what it was. I realized the router might come with this firmware. I was able to setup the router as an AP but was still having other issues. I got annoyed and downloaded the latest firmware from Netgear and was able to set it up in minutes. I attempted to register it with Netgear but was informed it is already on an account. It is not on mine so I am still leaning towards the router being used. I don't know if I am going to keep it. I am a little concerned it is registered on another Netgear account. I don't know what a person can access from having the router registered on their account.

Pros: I replaced a NetGear WNDR4500 N900 router with this AC1900 router. I really didn't notice much difference between the two routers on the 2.4 Ghz band. However, on the 5Ghz band I noticed a big difference in performance. The link speed on my cell phone is slightly higher and my laptop, using a netgear A6200 network adapter, is significantly higher on the 5 Ghz band. I have been running the NetGear R7000 router 24/7 since purchasing the device. I have not experienced any issues what-so-ever with the device. It is very stable and after continuous operation there is very little heat being generated at all. I am using the stock firmware from NetGear instead of other open source firmware. The router has two USB ports, 1 - USB 2.0 port and 1 - USB 3.0 port. These ports permit you to plug in and share a printer, a flash drive, or a USB hard drive. The LED indicators can be configured to blink with activity, not to blink with activity, or turn off the LEDs completely (all except the power LED). This is a nice option should you find the lights objectionable. This router has the intelligence to determine which band, 2.4 Ghz or 5 Ghz, gives you the fastest connection to your device and to automatically connect the device to the router using that band.

Cons: The router has a very large footprint. The base roughly measures 11 1/2 inches wide, 8 inches deep, and 8 inches high. However, if you position the three antennas as suggested in the manual then the overall width requirement is 14 1/2 to 15 inches. The attached device display in the Administration folder has a column identified as device name. If the name isn't known then you get a couple of dashes displayed by default. However, if you install the Netgear Genie App and display the network map on your smartphone you can customize the individual devices on the network and give them a unique, meaningful, name for the devices on your network. It is disappointing that you cannot do the same with the regular Netgear Genie directly in the router. The field is there, but you just can't change it. The router has white LEDs for each of the items on the router. I think that blue or green LEDs would be more pleasing to the eye.

Overall Review: The router has two keyholes on the back side that would permit you to mount the device vertically on a wall if desktop space is limited. The Netgear Genie App gives you to access your router from your smartphone allowing you to easily access and/or manage your network. You can also access your media files on a file server or a USB hard disk and play them on your smartphone. The USB 3.0 port is located on the front of the router and at first I thought that this would be awkward, but I have since changed my mind. Being located in the front it is easy to plug in flash drives and USB hard drives. I am not using the readyshare printer capability, but I would imagine that you would use the USB 2.0 port located on the back of the router for that functionality. I would suggest that you go to the Netgear website and download the User's Manual. The installation guide that comes with the router only provides general information. To find out how to get the most out of your router it is best determined by reading the User's Manual. When I looked at the User Reviews and saw the number of people that gave the device 1 and 2 stars I almost passed on my purchase of this particular router. After careful analysis of the reviews I finally decided to ignore the reviews that were older than 6 months since firmware changes and hardware revisions could have corrected a lot of these issues. I also feel like some of the negative reviews are being caused by channel interference from other devices and some appear to be complaints over the decision to drop support for the ARLO security cameras. I am extremely satisfied with this purchase and would recommend it to anyone. However, if you already have a dual band AC router you may not see much, if any, speed difference between this router and your existing AC router.

Pros: Now running, 4 media streaming boxes, 1 desktop, 2 laptops, 2 netbooks, 3 smart phones and gained speeds like it was not even a challenge. Buffering? Not here. And I am usually updating someone's media streaming box. 1900 mgps.

Cons: Was hesitant about spending that much money while I am getting by on my 300 now with my N speed router. After seeing those speeds no more hesitation or unplugging and resetting worth every penny but wish it were a little cheaper.

Overall Review: I have already recommended it to many of my media tv box customers who had similar buffering and resetting issues. How many of us add up all the devices connecting to our routers and think about how we must have 1080P movies and the rest. If you are even thinking of maybe getting a new router stop thinking and do it. You won't regret, I wish I did this a while back.

Pros: Great while it worked.

Cons: 5GHZ band never worked but it did broadcast and was able to connect to router. No internet access. Router's ethernet ports ALL, yes ALL stopped working today 9/13/14. Bought it 3/30/2014. Updating firmware wouldn't fix it. I flashed all the firmware versions up to the latest and still dead ports. Resetting to factory didn't fix it. What kills me most is that I threw out original box just a few days before this happened. I'm still under warranty and waiting to hear back from netgear. Please please please do not buy. I beg you. I saw the bad reviews and still bought it. Don't be fooled by the design and specs. They are all great but DO NOT LAST. If you end up buying one, please keep your receipts and original packaging so you can then return it. I don't think I'll buy from netgear again.

Overall Review: Waste of product. Do not buy. Specs and design are ALL awesome until they fail. Took me a couple of months of normal use for all the ethernet ports to die out completely. Buy other models and please look at the reviews. I'm currently using my old linksys router while I save up for a new router such as bad4ss as this one was SUPPOSE to be. ASUS here I come.

Pros: Worked for 3 months Fast when it worked

Cons: Stopped working after 3 months. The router would randomly just disconnect all connections (wireless and hard wired devices). It would take a powered reset for it to work again. Netgear support is a joke, they have 1 year warranty but only 90 day support warranty. According to the rep in order to assist me with step by step instruction on my issue I need support warranty... So there is something wrong with the router covered under 1 year warranty but there is no way to use the warranty because of their stupid policy. Last Netgear product I will buy. BUYERS BEWARE STAY AWAY!!! This router gets terrible reviews for a reason, I shouldn't have adopted early, now I am paying for it with a sub par router.