I have used a Netgear Nighthawk R8000 Router for my home network since 2015. I currently have 50 devices on my home network including Eufy cameras. Recently Spectrum upgraded my internet speed to 400 Mbps download. I could receive the 400 download speed if I connected my laptop directly to the cable modem. But wired speeds through my old Router were 150-200 Mbps and the 5 GHz and 2.6 GHz WiFi would often drop to under 10 Mbps.
Netgear reduced the price of their triband Nighthawk RS700S to $599.99 and Best Buy offered a 15% coupon for recycling an old router. I recycled one of my old 10/100 routers and bought the Nighthawk RS700S.
I now get speeds of 400-470 on most wired devices. My Hopper 3 shows a download speed of 300 Mbps. Both the 2.5 and 5 GHz WiFi give speeds of 350-400.
The router comes with Armor Security enabled free for the first year.
The router has checked all of my devices and reported 2 vulnerabilities.
1) My Western Digital MyBook network storage has old software. That device is so old that there is no new firmware available.
2) Netgear Armor detected and blocked a suspicious connection from Family Room Hopper 3 Moca. I wonder if that is really an issue.
So far I am pleased with the Nighthawk RS700S. I don’t currently have any devices that utilize the new 6 GHz WiFi but buying this router will guarantee that future additional devices are satisfied.
Netgear reduced the price of their triband Nighthawk RS700S to $599.99 and Best Buy offered a 15% coupon for recycling an old router. I recycled one of my old 10/100 routers and bought the Nighthawk RS700S.
I now get speeds of 400-470 on most wired devices. My Hopper 3 shows a download speed of 300 Mbps. Both the 2.5 and 5 GHz WiFi give speeds of 350-400.
The router comes with Armor Security enabled free for the first year.
The router has checked all of my devices and reported 2 vulnerabilities.
1) My Western Digital MyBook network storage has old software. That device is so old that there is no new firmware available.
2) Netgear Armor detected and blocked a suspicious connection from Family Room Hopper 3 Moca. I wonder if that is really an issue.
So far I am pleased with the Nighthawk RS700S. I don’t currently have any devices that utilize the new 6 GHz WiFi but buying this router will guarantee that future additional devices are satisfied.
