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NETGEAR Nighthawk X6S AC4000 Tri-band WiFi Router, Gigabit Ethernet, MU-MIMO, Compatible with Amazon Echo/Alexa (R8000P)

The Nighthawk X6S AC4000 Router, with breakthrough tri-band Wi-Fi and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) is deal for simultaneous streaming to many Wi-Fi devices in your home. System Requirements Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 10, Vista, XP, 2000, Mac OS, UNIX, or L...

Reviews by Features

Performance

(18 reviews)
Setup

(51 reviews)
Range

(52 reviews)
Coverage

(31 reviews)
Speed

(73 reviews)
Customer support

(16 reviews)
Tech support

(22 reviews)
Feature

(30 reviews)
Work

(20 reviews)
Signal

(49 reviews)
Nighthawk

(23 reviews)
Netgear

(35 reviews)
Product

(62 reviews)
Address

(10 reviews)
X6s

(7 reviews)
Connection issue

(12 reviews)
Firmware

(20 reviews)
Spot

(9 reviews)
Ip

(6 reviews)

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Reviews around performance (5.00 of 5)

  • It was time to improve our home network, and since we had great performance from our NETGEAR Wireless N Router 2000, and because we wish to have excess network capacity to grow into, we chose the above-mentioned unit with its fast speeds, NU-MINO capability, and support for our legacy devices
  • This Router has other good features like Alexa compatibility, Link Aggregation, great Parental Control but without the most basic features in a consistent performance level, the advance features have no use.
  • The device was simple to setup and has great coverage and performance.
  • I do feel that the UI is a big downgrade from the Asus router but performance is much more important in my house
  • GREAT ROUTER WITH SIMPLE INSTALLATION AND SUPER PERFORMANCE!
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Reviews around setup (4.77 of 5)

  • After 24 hours, I haven't made any progress, but I have gained insight as to how elaborate and complex a setup that involves other devices requiring ethernet connections can be
  • The setup was very easy and the performance far superecedes my my old dual band router
  • The speed, the range, the stability, and the easy setup makes it my favorite router of all time
  • Setup is very easy, particularly if you're replacing an existing router
  • Purchased the Netgear Nighthawk AC4000 and the setup was easy and the speed and WiFi coverage is great.
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Reviews around range (4.64 of 5)

  • Not overly complicated, it just works, and it has great range
  • Has a crazy good range and consitant speed!
  • I have lightning speed with connection and it had an excellent range
  • Range is honestly hard to gauge because it's just downright impressive.
  • Great coverage (in 2400sf home) and easy installation, especially after struggling with a Asus Wireless AC3100 Gigabit Router (RT-AC3100) that was horrible (defective 5G).
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Reviews around coverage (4.41 of 5)

  • Had terrible coverage and throughput on my old router.
  • If you're looking for a high end router with great coverage, I would highly recommend this router.
  • Great coverage (in 2400sf home) and easy installation, especially after struggling with a Asus Wireless AC3100 Gigabit Router (RT-AC3100) that was horrible (defective 5G).
  • Amazing router for multiple devices and keeps everyone's devices connected with its superior coverage and !!!!
  • Great coverage throughout our home using several devices and streaming TVs
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Reviews around speed (4.34 of 5)

  • The WiFi router has improved our connection speed so much when using multiple devices
  • A little background - after dealing with slow WiFi speeds for our increasing devices, we decided it was time to upgrade and purchase a new router for the first time in 12 years
  • In terms of range, the router has Beamforming+ technology which allows the router to boosts speed especially when fewer devices are connected
  • Our internet and WiFi are at top speed even when all of our family and friends are using several devices
  • Reaches all corners of the house with great speed, handles all devices with ease, and easy setup.
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Reviews around customer support (4.28 of 5)

  • n’t get any lag I love it!
  • Three separate calls to customer support was not all that helpful
  • When trying to contact their customer support through live chat, you have to go through a pretty long process where they ask for your personal
  • When I click on the link for help, is says we can no longer return it and there are no options available for customer support
  • I try to contact customer support, the supporter is at Philippine and harder to understand
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Reviews around tech support (4.23 of 5)

  • and NetGear should provide tech support for longer than 3 months too
  • I have tried to find a number for customer assistance but have not had any success unless you count finding a tech support number tied to a scam.
  • Funny how it worked just fine until my free tech support was over
  • Netgear tech support were nothing but supportive, fast, and eager to help.
  • impossible to connect and impossible to reach tech support
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Reviews around feature (4.21 of 5)

  • Overall an extremely easy to setup router with abundant features to suit most home user's needs
  • It is missing some huge features like the ability to act as a Repeater or Access Point.
  • I have tried disabling features, IPV6, MU-MIMO, PORT FORWARDING, every option I could find disabled same results
  • While this router contains many nice features, I would not buy it again and don't recommend it.
  • I haven't even used all of the fancy features of this router, but it significantly improved the reach of our wifi network in the house
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Reviews around work (4.03 of 5)

  • Definitely not fast enough to ever warrant $270.But to make it even worse, after 8 months, the 2.4ghz WiFi stopped working
  • So far it is working very well, just a little disappointed in the distance, that I can pick up the wifi signal.
  • In other words, it keeps working well if it's shut down and re-started regularly
  • and it's been working great for about 4 days now without having to reboot.
  • I have had this unit installed for about a week and it has been working very well.
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Reviews around signal (3.85 of 5)

  • This way you're getting the best signal for your house (mostly) regardless of router placement
  • Yes, it does work, yes, my signal is stronger than ever and it's essentially better than my previous router
  • Even our tv/game console on the opposite corner of the house picked up a great signal from this router
  • However, every few days the signal rapidly weakens and eventually dies out in the span of a
  • Sometimes the TV on the first floor loses the 5GHz signal for a moment, but otherwise no problems
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Reviews around nighthawk (3.77 of 5)

  • Moving from a dual band to a tri-band router has been the best experience ever and the nighthawk makes it so easy
  • Had a problem with my old router but ever since I got the new nighthawk had no problems at all.
  • Great coverage (in 2400sf home) and easy installation, especially after struggling with a Asus Wireless AC3100 Gigabit Router (RT-AC3100) that was horrible (defective 5G).
  • As with our last Netgear router, we found that this has a very easy set up
  • If you’re looking for a new router with high end performance and can afford the Nighthawk X6S router I highly recommend it.
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Reviews around netgear (3.59 of 5)

  • Replacement came and I noticed no real difference between my much cheaper old netgear router
  • so after doing some research I have discovered that Netgear has a hardware issue with these
  • and I had optimized the router for my network and am seeing the benefits of this remarkable Netgear router
  • Netgear has also very limited support hours which do not accommodate people that work.
  • and NetGear should provide tech support for longer than 3 months too
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Reviews around product (3.50 of 5)

  • What an awesome product in the netgear nighthawk ac4000 WiFi router
  • I would definitely recommend this product with the utmost confidence.
  • Amazing product very happy with the coverage and speed this router has provided my home.
  • Netgear engineering management, you should feel ashamed that you released a product this bad.
  • Don’t drop this amount of money for such a faulty product
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Reviews around address (2.54 of 5)

  • It has all of the advanced settings that I needed like static IP addresses and port forwarding.
  • I love the options it has in regards to networks and optimization’s for newer and legacy products in my home
  • Considering it is so much easier to have WiFi than to cable your home with ethernet plugs, this can be very useful for a family with very good (25+ Mbit/s) internet and owning lots of devices (phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops) accessing the internet simultaneously
  • I love the options it has in regards to networks and optimization’s for newer and legacy products in my home
  • As with our last Netgear router, we found that this has a very easy set up
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Reviews around x6s (2.28 of 5)

  • I do miss the sleek 6 3/4” x 3 1/4” footprint of the WNDR4500 though, the X6S has a huge 9” x 11”
  • I love the options it has in regards to networks and optimization’s for newer and legacy products in my home
  • After reading review after review from competitors as well as other comparable models i.e X6, X8 and X10 I stumbled upon a press release last month about the X6s and couldn't be happier
  • Considering it is so much easier to have WiFi than to cable your home with ethernet plugs, this can be very useful for a family with very good (25+ Mbit/s) internet and owning lots of devices (phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops) accessing the internet simultaneously
  • The X6S was very easy to set up once I realized that the router had already been set up on another network prior to me receiving it
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Reviews around connection issue (2.23 of 5)

  • I've added a wired Netgear AP (EX7000) plus a few other devices via LAN and wifi and have not experienced the 2.4g band dropped data connection issue at all
  • Knowing and accepting the risk, though, I purchased with the hope that the dropped connection issues had been cleared up in recent firmware or that I would be lucky and not have the same issue
  • OR if I disable the network power savings feature on the devices (better option!), then I do not experience the dropped connection issue above
  • Knowing and accepting the risk, though, I purchased with the hope that the dropped connection issues had been cleared up in recent firmware or that I would be lucky and not have the same issue
  • I love the options it has in regards to networks and optimization’s for newer and legacy products in my home
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Reviews around firmware (2.01 of 5)

  • The router met my expectations: easy setup, reliable, multiple channels, easy firmware updates
  • As with our last Netgear router, we found that this has a very easy set up
  • Come on Netgear someone purchasing 300.00 plus router needs a refined mature firmware this is sad
  • I knew right away there was an issue with immature firmware very
  • Constant drops and ranging speed issues on top of netgears lack of a resolution via a stable firmware update
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Reviews around spot (1.95 of 5)

  • Our house is 1680 sq feet and there are no dead spots with this device
  • This router also has a fantastic wireless signal, I have no dead spots in my house.
  • I love the options it has in regards to networks and optimization’s for newer and legacy products in my home
  • I finally found a website that benchmarked routers using the WAN/LAN throughput and discovered that Netgear routers easily took the top spots!
  • Considering it is so much easier to have WiFi than to cable your home with ethernet plugs, this can be very useful for a family with very good (25+ Mbit/s) internet and owning lots of devices (phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops) accessing the internet simultaneously
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Reviews around ip (1.00 of 5)

  • So after getting my connection up first thing I did was my normal Lan tab set static IP's for my IP cameras, port forwarded my server for remote access
  • It has all of the advanced settings that I needed like static IP addresses and port forwarding.
  • Setup was rather easy for nearly everything (WiFi, IPV6, Port Forwarding, Static IP Addresses) and I was fully setup the way I wanted 30 mins after first bootup.
  • They requested MANY hard resets which of course lost everything from port forwarding to VPN to MAC mapping for static IP addresses
  • Traffic meter does not work, qos is broken, static ip address max out at 7
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  • The Nighthawk X6S AC4000 Router, with breakthrough tri-band Wi-Fi and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) is deal for simultaneous streaming to many Wi-Fi devices in your home
  • System Requirements Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 10, Vista, XP, 2000, Mac OS, UNIX, or Linux Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, Firefox 2.0, Safari 1.4, Google Chrome 11.0 browsers or higher