[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Our old netgear router was fried by a nearby lightning strike. This one installed easily and seeems somewhat faster.
Not only is the coverage excellent, but the added 30 day security is exceptional. My connection is near immediate and there is no interference from my neighbors (apartment walls offer little privacy) networks.
The router works really well…if you can ever get it set up. We ordered two routers to create a network with out existing Xfinity Gateway in our 100 year old condo with very thick walls. The first set up near caused a divorce as both my husband and I repeatedly tried to get to router login.net or .com. It was unreachable or failed in the middle of our set up to create a “bridge” with the Xfinity router. We were ready to call it quits. With the second one we did not have the same number of site failures so not quite as frustrating. Thank god for all of the Reddit posts discussing the same issues and offering alternatives..
We really needed to replace our old router that was at least 10 years old, and this was a nice upgrade for us! The app made it insanely easy to set up, and I like that I can check the signal strength throughout the house with the app too. We have an old house and our old router couldn't reach some of the rooms, but this one can and I'm really enjoying being able to use the wifi in my whole house now. Would recommend!.