Customer Reviews for NETGEAR - Refurbished Excellent - Nighthawk AX5400 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Router - Black
Customer Rating
5
Works as advertised
on July 11, 2022
Posted by: Joel
After a lighting strike I had to replace two wireless routers. I have used Netgear products for years an have always been more than happy with the quality and ease of use. Thanks for providing a quality product.
The installation process wasn't as easy as the manual states where you just download the app and follow the prompts. I had to bypass the app and log into the router via the computer browser and go from there. Just a heads up... For those of you who have older PCs and you're SSID isn't showing as an available network but others are, it's because this new Nighthawk you purchased is too advanced for your PCs network adapter; it's outdated.
I have many devices so it took a while to arrange them all on 2.4ghz or 5.0 ghz. My Apple pieces liked 5.0, the others needed to be on 2.4. My internet light turned red even though it still broadcast just fine. With a little troubleshooting and resetting it was ok. I'm no programmer, so just follow the instructions and you'll be fine.
The router itself is good and I haven't had any complains while using it. The only problem is that I live in a house and the coverage of the router is not enough.
i like the mobile app features, parental controls are great, and even the separate guest wifi makes it easy to use. setup was like 5 minutes. i have fiber and my downloads are holding at 500mbps/ and my upload is over 800 mbps . my wife is running over 40 smart devices in our house and so far 1 month in, no problems.