I bought this today and I have spend about 5 hours trying to get it set up. It is obviously difficult to set up. I tried to see if Nighthawk is the way to go, but that Ap made it worse. I kept getting told that it was not able to connect to my existing network, and to connect to Nighthawk. But I wanted an extender not a new router.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from netgear.comBy Consumer Affairs, September 28, 2020
Hi Wasted time and going mad,
Thanks for your review of your product. We understand that you have been having a difficult time with the product lately and we would like to look into some of the support opportunities that we have available. Your product comes with a one-year warranty and 90 days of complimentary tech support. If you need further assistance, please log in to MyNETGEAR and click support for additional resources or to contact one of our support experts. They will be happy to help.
I purchased it in July 2019. Since the end of Aug 2020 I constantly lose internet connectivity. Mine started acting up one year and one month after the date of purchase. Of course the warranty is only for one year. I've never had a router crap out on me so quickly.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from netgear.comBy Consumer Affairs, September 9, 2020
Hi DaveSelke,
Thanks for your review of your product. We understand that you have been having a difficult time with the product lately and we would like to look into some of the support opportunities that we have available. Your product comes with a one-year warranty and 90 days of complimentary tech support. If you need further assistance, please log in to MyNETGEAR and click support for additional resources or to contact one of our support experts. They will be happy to help.
I downloaded the app, plugged in the extender, and went through the setup process. Attempting to connect to the network crashed my entire network. Factory reset and try again, same result.
The app is very poor as well because it comes back telling me the password for the network is not correct (which I know it is because I tested a device using the same password) which tells me the app is so poorly programmed it doesn't even know how to interpret a downed network.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from netgear.comBy Consumer Affairs, September 3, 2020
Hi JohnDoe,
Thank you for your review. This resource should help you "troubleshooting NETGEAR WiFi range extenders" To find this resource, one of many others, please login to MyNETGEAR and click support. Please let us know if this resolved your issue by updating your review. If you need further assistance, please log in to MyNETGEAR and click support for additional resources or to contact one of our support experts. We will be happy to help. Thank you.
I bought the Router around May 2020. The router stopped working in July. Do not waste your money or time. It does not work and you will not get support. By the time I could return the item because to much time had passed.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from netgear.comBy NETGEAR Team, September 1, 2020
Hello Darkage.
Thanks for your review of your product. We understand that you have been having a difficult time with the product lately and we would like to look into some of the support opportunities that we have available. Your product comes with a one-year warranty and 90 days of complimentary tech support. If you need further assistance, please log in to MyNETGEAR and click support for additional resources or to contact one of our support experts. They will be happy to help.
I bought this a couple years ago - if I remember correctly. It's been a while, anyway, this product has been working very well for our family. We are heavy users with lots of bandwidth needs and this delivers! Don't use it with a splitter though, even though it still will work, it needs a direct connect from the cable source and it'll be rock solid.