• Reviews around speed (4.16 of 5)

    NETGEAR AC1200 Dual Band Smart WiFi Router, Gigabit Ethernet (R6230)

    • The actual trigger for the purchase was a move (same provider and market) and new Spectrum agreement, in which I downgraded our download speeds from
    • Regardless of what I did with the wireless settings, and despite excellent speed test results, our phones & smart TV were constantly dropping WiFi connections
    • Very easy to set up, it put out really fast internet speeds.
    • The second had good WiFi speed (but not better than the old archer c8) but had terrible Ethernet speed
    • Great admin, better security, more speed, and totally reliable
    • Very good WiFi speed and connectivity at all part of home.
    • My wire and wireless speeds are great not
    • Product maintains steady internet connection at good speeds.
    • Fast Internet speed.
    • The only reason I replaced my old one was for faster speeds and dual band
    • It keeps steady and fast speeds
    • Easy to set up, app allows you to set your own network name and pw, fast speed, very please with this router!
    • I like the speed it has allowed for game use.
    • Best router for gaming and all around, fast speeds with no lag throughout my home.
    • Love the speed and performance from new router.
    • 5ghz speed are incredible and very stable
    • The speed works wonderfully and the Internet is always up and running
    • Does what I want without throttling my internet speeds!
    • I lived in a condo building with densely packed wifi networks, and the previous tenants reported lousy speeds.
    • I haven't dropped one time and the speeds are great.
    • My peace restored and the speeds even better than before (R7000), I even had TWC Spectrum guy come out to check my lines with the temporary Linksys and he told me that was my mistake
    • Super fast speeds
    • The AC1000 its a great router it fixed a lot of problems that I had with the one that my service provider installed at home the AC1000 range is way better the speeds are more stable and I have being running the AC1000 with a gaming pc, phone and ps4 connected at the same time and for decent
    • I did a speed test before and after and couldn't believe it boosted my speed almost 3 times faster
    • I highly recommend this product to someone looking to boost their internet speeds
    • So far speeds are solid, no connection issues or anything
    • and I am getting great speeds.
    • Also does not handle gigabit speeds well on the WAN if you are lucky enough to have 1gig fiber service.
    • My speeds quadrupled, easy to install and its very well made.
    • My original router would many times simply lose a connection, and had difficulty maintaining a speed that was necessary to watch 4K video and when multiple devices were on it at the same time
    • This router provides a great interface (which was to be a selling point of the nodes system, but the netgear genie is super easy, flexible and offers great access and parental controls for free), plenty of broadcast range for us (3,000 sft), and good speed, given our ISP.
    • Good coverage and speed.
    • Slightly improved range and speed over Asus rt-ac66, but not as reliable
    • Using “Smart Connect” the fastest internet download speed obtained was 20 Mbps, but when deactivated speed increased to 180 Mbps on the 5 GHz channel.
    • Believe it or not I am so impressed with this router that the speeds and range was way Extremely better than the Apple router ever had
    • I bought this router hoping for faster download speeds, but the performance has been inconsistent.
    • Fast speed
    • Not bad at all, I’m actually impressed, I’m running 35 devices and still pushes a good speed
    • The router is in the basement and still get top speeds on the second floor.
    • This is a great mid-range WiFi router with really good speeds and GigaBit networking, but not expensive
    • Drastically improved my network speeds and it was a super easy install
    • This router has a very fast connection speed, and also has great range
    • After researching for a good router, I decided to settle with this one and so far this does the job of not dropping internet connection and slightly improved speed when tested on speedtest.com
    • Wireless speeds extremely improved believe it or not often over 150/150, albeit not much around 156/156 or
    • Great router, super fast speeds and easy easy easy set up.
    • Works great, good speed and looks sleek.
    • I now have full wifi coverage and the speeds are a great improvement from the previous router (Trendnet AC1750)
    • Slightly improved range and speed over Asus rt-ac66, but not as reliable
    • In my last place, we were using Spectrum's provided router/modem and noticed top speeds of maybe 70 Mb/s, tops.
    • Haven't purchased a new router in a few years and was worried about quality declining - So far the AC1200 has been rock solid with both wired and wireless and providing consistent high speeds
    • Super fast speeds and no lag
    • Make sure you are using high quality Cat5e or better cables or you will throttle your potential speeds.
    • Absolutely love the Speed.
    • I think this is the sweet spot where you get good speed without over paying for features you don't really need or don't actually do what they say most of the time.
    • I've connected all my devices and the speed is superb thanks to my Netgear router for the added and complete help I needed to make my entire house wireless!
    • It reaches the entire length of my home and then some, and keeps a consistent speed all day long.
    • So far speeds are solid, no connection issues or anything
    • Much better speeds and bandwidth than my last router
    • Very fast speeds
    • It is alway running with top speed on both bands
    • Reliable and good speed.
    • Solid signal strength, good speed, relatively intuitive
    • I get fantastic speeds both wired and wireless
    • Great speed, awesome range, easy set-up and lots of options for power users
    • Excellent speed & capacity for all of my internet needs
    • Great range and speed!
    • Improved our speed greatly from our older wireless n router
    • Very good range and speed
    • No issues with setup, consistent high speed connections for all our wireless devices, well worth the price (which was very affordable).
    • Super nice!!!Very excellent speed performance and super easy to set up and use!The dual channels allow your old things to work fine along with my new 5G things
    • Super nice!!!Very excellent speed performance and super easy to set up and use!The dual channels allow your old things to work fine along with my new 5G things
    • It was very easy to set up and all my devices connected with no issues and with amazing speed
    • At first we thought it was our internet company with the issues of our awful internet speed
    • The wireless speeds are amazing with it and has a great distance range to it
    • The download and upload speeds of my network has greatly improved since I've been using this router
    • Liked the speed and all the options
    • Speed is very poor with this unit
    • The speed, bandwidth, and overall performance on my network is better than it has ever been.
    • Speed, range, and reliability have been flawless
    • When i told him the speeds were slow in the house away from the router which is in my office downstairs
    • Looks sleek and has good speed and range
    • Can use multiple devices and the speed remains consistent across all devices.
    • Using a COX cable modem which requires a true 10-100-1000 gigabit router my speeds were terrible with the AC 1000.This NETGEAR AC1200 Dual Band Smart WiFi Router, Gigabit Ethernet (R6230) worked like a champ
    • The speed of data transfer is awesome
    • We have a two story 1300 square foot townhome and it covers the majority of the house well and has really fast speeds
    • The install was easy and has the best WIFI speed that I ever used.
    • WOrth the price for the upgrade, easy to configure, I like the VPN and the speed.
    • The speed does not suffer with multiple devices
    • I was constantly getting slower speeds and poor range with my old one and this is the exact opposite of that
    • Wired speeds increased by a meg/sec, overall very happy with my choice.
    • The second had good WiFi speed (but not better than the old archer c8) but had terrible Ethernet speed
    • No speed issues
    • Speed is great
    • My speeds have vastly improved across my home versus my old N router.
    • You will have Internet provider promised speed if your hardware its able to fallow the speedUsed Internet Residential top speed 179 MGPS
    • Very easy set-up and great speeds for the price
    • Easy install, fast speeds for streaming and gaming.
    • this in my opinion keeps you from lagging out the system and you get fast speeds regardless of what you have connected to it
    • The speed is great this far...videos can be watched without problems.
    • The top speed on the router keeps dropping out
    • Setup was pretty funky and we had to do a lot of fiddling, but when up and running speed and coverage has been consistent.
    • and I’m getting at least 3X faster speeds through it than my last one
    • Easy to setup, fast speed, and full features
    • Installation was fairly easy and I increased my download speed from 55mbps to 120mbps which is my ISP's top speed.
    • Great internet speeds everywhere around the house and outside, zero loss of speed from modem, easy to setup
    • All wireless devices connected and got internet connections, albeit at much slower speeds that the 127 Mbps we get on Ethernet connection directly to the modem
    • Great speed.
    • and I'm getting faster speeds with this router
    • Unfortunately, both speed and range were inferior to my older ASUS router.
    • My 5 family members were blown away at the speed and my sons PS4 game has sped up 4 times
    • Faster speeds and more reliable connection!
    • Far better range and speed than any router that I have tried
    • On 5g, speed exploded to over 200 on Ethernet connection, 158 on WiFi.
    • So far with the Netgear router my speeds have been good and consistent
    • Loved how easy it was to set up and works beautifully to support gigabit internet speeds
    • Easy to set up and fast data speed
    • Our speed is much faster, connecting to other devices such as blue tooth is much quicker since we've installed this
    • FAST SPEED, SAFE SECURITY, SIMPLE SETUP, 4x LAN
    • I bought this with the intention of replacing my old router that was not capable of producing fast enough speeds
    • But the speeds are amazing on the 5G and the attached USB shared drive is super functional
    • I upgraded to the fastest internet speed with Infinity, but my equipment wasnt up to par, so I switched to netgear products
    • Recommend anyone who needs great range and speed
    • The speeds and quality of signal my nighthawk is crazy
    • I have good coverage area and speed, especially for the price.
    • All working at a great speed
    • I always have full connection in my house and with great speeds
    • The speed with 2.4 ghz did not improve that much but with 5 ghz, it went straight to the max
    • It was very easy to set up and combined with the modem it has amazing speed
    • The speed is great
    • was interested in getting this router for awhile finally did and its amazing speeds match what im paying for and i can run two ps4 at the same time while having three smart tv's running Netflix or YouTube at the same time
    • Great router, solid signals, speeds, and reliability.
    • This router gave me incredible speeds and great distances
    • Speed works fast and good range distance for 1,500 square feet home
    • The speeds are phenomenal and the articulation capable of the antennas is very wide
    • Setup was simple and the speed is great even with multiple devices streaming video simultaneously.
    • Excellent product, great speeds with multiple devices and great range
    • I thought (upgrading) to a newer router with huge antennas would increase my range and allow for faster WiFi speeds