I had a cable router from my cable provider but it was a dead zone upstairs in my 2 story townhome. I didn’t think anything could be done but I thought I’d take a chance on Netgear. I bought the Nighthawk and downloaded the app to my phone. I set a guest password and programmed what I wanted in. It took 10 minutes. It works! I have signal throughout the house and can access the app anytime to see who’s on. It’s really a great product.
The Modem Router is set up and has been in use for a day, I can already tell my apartment's service is faster and will be more appropriate for classes and work video calls. My only comment is that it did take a call to technical support services and then my own guess work to figure out that the device's charger was broken. I was worried at first that I had a faulty modem router because no matter how much I was sure the outlet was working, my device did not light up, but that is not the case. I will need to find a new charger that works in the future, but for now I thankfully was able to use the old router's charger.