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NETGEAR AC1000 Dual Band Smart WiFi Router, Fast Ethernet (R6080)

Size:AC1000 - R6080 The NETGEAR AC1000 Dual Band Wi-Fi Router delivers Wi-Fi speeds up to 300+700Mbps. It allows you to upgrade your Wi-Fi to support new AC devices. NETGEAR genie app lets you easily manage your home network. It's easy to install a...

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Price

(45 reviews)
Range

(131 reviews)
Strength

(44 reviews)
App

(50 reviews)
Coverage

(79 reviews)
Work

(36 reviews)
Setup

(118 reviews)
Performance

(43 reviews)
Product

(149 reviews)
Speed

(137 reviews)
Wifi

(82 reviews)
Signal

(126 reviews)
Hardware failure

(14 reviews)
Connection

(77 reviews)
Wifi issue

(10 reviews)
Connectivity issue

(16 reviews)
Drive

(8 reviews)
Wire

(15 reviews)
Spot

(18 reviews)
Model

(9 reviews)

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Reviews around price (4.86 of 5)

  • Great reviews, works great and had an affordable price!
  • Netgear's main objective with the Nighthawk setup routine appears to be trying to sell the extended warranty at a ridiculous price.
  • Works great , perfect for my apartment needs , price is also good for the quality you will receive
  • All-in-all it is a great, powerful router for a respectable price
  • Works great , perfect for my apartment needs , price is also good for the quality you will receive
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Reviews around range (4.72 of 5)

  • The router works great, it's fast and has a great range
  • I’ve had 3 consecutive Airports, and finally got tired of the intermittent slowdowns and crappy range
  • Never had this problem with my older router that just gave out after 6 years.. this new one is supposed to be 5g and doesnt even work as well as the older version n etgear that didnt even have 5g
  • It's a good cheap home router with decent to good wifi range
  • I was constantly getting slower speeds and poor range with my old one and this is the exact opposite of that
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Reviews around strength (4.59 of 5)

  • Since installation,we have had excellent signal strength throughout the house
  • Great for multi-use devices, awesome WiFi signal strength
  • n’t want packet loss!
  • n’t want packet loss!
  • Pretty easy to set up, and signal strength has been great.
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Reviews around app (4.53 of 5)

  • I also enjoy the app that can be downloaded to manage the Wi-Fi router while at home or away from home for my phone
  • The mobile app also makes it easy to change the settings.
  • The nighthawk works brilliantly and the app is very easy to use
  • It was very easy to set up and the app I downloaded is very useful
  • When I tried to connect it to the router, the app informed me that it does not support this router
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Reviews around coverage (4.51 of 5)

  • Coverage was very spotty, but now it is much more efficient
  • Excellent router, easy setup, transferred settings from previous router transparently, great coverage in the house
  • Got great coverage in my 2 story home and no 5G drops that were frequent on my previous router.
  • I bought this router to once and for all provide my home with strong reliable wifi coverage
  • Upgraded our old netgear router due to weak coverage, this router covers our entire 2000+ square foot home excellently
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Reviews around work (4.50 of 5)

  • The setup was very easy and it's working great for them
  • The router is working well now, but the firmware wouldn’t update automatically
  • So far have had no issues and the router works great!
  • After going through the setup everything was working great except the 5ghz band.
  • We even had the cable/internet company come out because of how slow our internet was working.
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Reviews around setup (4.47 of 5)

  • Range covers well over 6500sgft, and very very easy setup
  • Easy setup no problems very fast like not having to reboot every 5 minutes
  • The setup was very easy and it's working great for them
  • Setup was pretty funky and we had to do a lot of fiddling, but when up and running speed and coverage has been consistent.
  • The setup has been miserable and still unsuccessful to this day
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Reviews around performance (4.45 of 5)

  • Noticeable performance improvement from our previous router
  • I was using ATT router first when I installed ATT fiber, and was not able to enjoy the superiority of 1000M internet due to the poor performance of the ATT router
  • but it was super easy and the software will even give you prompts for when settings are going to lower your connection speeds and potentially hinder performance
  • Returned the Nighthawk and still enjoying better performance from old router.
  • The performance and management of this router was fine.
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Reviews around product (4.16 of 5)

  • I highly recommend this product and will buy NETGEAR from now on.
  • The product looks great, the packaging is great, and the router works great
  • Great product always been and always will be a netgear guy.
  • Product failed after seven months, which is beyond the return period.
  • I get that we (the customer) need to jump through their hoops to verify that the product is actually defective.
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Reviews around speed (4.16 of 5)

  • So far speeds are solid, no connection issues or anything
  • Far better range and speed than any router that I have tried
  • Great router, super fast speeds and easy easy easy set up.
  • This router has a very fast connection speed, and also has great range
  • Does what I want without throttling my internet speeds!
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Reviews around wifi (4.10 of 5)

  • We purchased the Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router (R7800), which was very easy to install for this non-tech savy guy
  • I love this cheap WiFi Router, now I have a nice and a smooth connection to all my devices.
  • but it's a small price to pay to not have to hear complaints of dropped or slow wifi anymore
  • I replaced my Netgear R7500 with the Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router (R7800) mainly because it could handle the MU-MIMO
  • Way better than my old router I currently have 13 devices connected and climbing no WiFi issues and no complaints!!
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Reviews around signal (4.09 of 5)

  • My older router wasn't as fast, but it very rarely lost signal.
  • Strong wireless signal throughout my entire house including the basement.
  • At first it was transmitting a very weak and unstable signal.
  • I have a 2200 ft² home and the signal is strong throughout.
  • Now i have strong wifi signal throughout the house thanks to its four powerful antennas.
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Reviews around hardware failure (3.78 of 5)

  • Clock ran out on warranty by the time the problem was a hardware failure rather than my installation skills.
  • To paraphrase the wizard, this router could have the slogan "I am Nighthawk X4S, the great and powerful"I purchased the R7800 to replace a failing R7000
  • Now I have Wi-Fi for my Chromebook and my phone, as well as for friend's phones when they want to stream music etc
  • Now I have Wi-Fi for my Chromebook and my phone, as well as for friend's phones when they want to stream music etc
  • To keep this short, he said it was hardware failure (?)
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Reviews around connection (3.50 of 5)

  • they don't tell you you have to do that after firmware update if you dont do it it will lose wifi connection
  • Am getting great connection and coverage in my home with this router
  • AC1000 router is faster and better connection through out the house
  • I had been using a WiFi router at my home that would lose internet connection nightly and sometimes in the morning
  • Setup was easy, but the connection was extremely unreliable, which was not an issue prior to using this router.
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Reviews around wifi issue (2.94 of 5)

  • I also don't have to reset it daily to attempt to increase my speed as I regularly get faster than I'm supposedly paying for
  • To paraphrase the wizard, this router could have the slogan "I am Nighthawk X4S, the great and powerful"I purchased the R7800 to replace a failing R7000
  • (it was still working but WiFi in certain parts of the house would buffer a bunch) thinking it would fix my WiFi issues.
  • Way better than my old router I currently have 13 devices connected and climbing no WiFi issues and no complaints!!
  • To paraphrase the wizard, this router could have the slogan "I am Nighthawk X4S, the great and powerful"I purchased the R7800 to replace a failing R7000
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Reviews around connectivity issue (2.54 of 5)

  • To paraphrase the wizard, this router could have the slogan "I am Nighthawk X4S, the great and powerful"I purchased the R7800 to replace a failing R7000
  • Router has been having issues dropping devices or the entire band intermittently and not let devices connect to the interned while others have no connectivity issues
  • I have always had connectivity issues, issues with stability, reboots or latency problems
  • n’t previously have like Guest WiFi access, remote tools for the owner (via App), and usage map, all nice to have
  • and I have had zero connectivity issues anywhere in my house, with approximately 10-12 connections at any given time.
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Reviews around drive (2.09 of 5)

  • As with my previous router, the external USB hard drive support is nice for setting to a media server
  • My other router allowed my blu-ray player to play videos and music through my laptop from an external hard drive with no problem
  • To paraphrase the wizard, this router could have the slogan "I am Nighthawk X4S, the great and powerful"I purchased the R7800 to replace a failing R7000
  • I also connected one of my external hard drives to the X4S WiFi router
  • I also don't have to reset it daily to attempt to increase my speed as I regularly get faster than I'm supposedly paying for
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Reviews around wire (1.95 of 5)

  • To paraphrase the wizard, this router could have the slogan "I am Nighthawk X4S, the great and powerful"I purchased the R7800 to replace a failing R7000
  • Mb/s through the far reaches of a 2 story house and 64 Mb/s in a room just down the hall from the router which is just as fast as a direct wire connection to the cable modem.
  • When I finally got the first one up and running the speed was terrible both wired and WiFi
  • I also don't have to reset it daily to attempt to increase my speed as I regularly get faster than I'm supposedly paying for
  • I simply switched to a wired connect and problem is solved
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Reviews around spot (1.78 of 5)

  • On all of them I would log in, drill down painfully to the right spot, "start new discussion" and be required to log in again.
  • Great router have 2300 square foot 2 story house and no dead spots
  • Reception more than doubled in my house and I no longer have any dead spots.
  • I have no dead spots and it delivers my actual internet speed
  • The WiFi in our 4000 square foot multilevel home was not good and we had dead spots
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Reviews around model (1.61 of 5)

  • Make sure you are reading the review for the correct model when purchasing.
  • and I didn't want to take a chance with buying a cheaper model with low reviews.
  • Decided to go with a slightly more expensive model and it’s night and day
  • Replaced an older (cheaper) model I had bought first that I had to return because of horrible range.
  • This was not the router that I was offered at Best Buy at first; it was the cheapest brand and the sales guy wanted to sell me the more expensive model
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More about NETGEAR AC1000 Dual Band Smart WiFi Router, Fast Ethernet (R6080)

  • Size:AC1000 - R6080 The NETGEAR AC1000 Dual Band Wi-Fi Router delivers Wi-Fi speeds up to 300+700Mbps
  • It allows you to upgrade your Wi-Fi to support new AC devices
  • NETGEAR genie app lets you easily manage your home network
  • It's easy to install and ideal for medium to large homes.