🔁 Renewed NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 AC3000 Dual Band Gigabit Ethernet Smart WiFi Router, Compatible with Amazon Echo/Alexa (R7900) Review

Having had a lot of experience installing routers as hotspots I had no hesitation in ordering this one as the description said it could be used as a hotspot. Even after reading some reviews saying they had problems and ended up returning the loan. Well, I also had no luck configuring this device as a hotspot connected to my main router. I was able to easily access the router configuration and set up the 2.4 and 5 SSIDs I wanted on the three Wi-Fi networks, set up the correct passwords for each,

This router works great when it works. Bought at the end of September. It's 2019 and it's March 16th and I need to replace it. I've had to call Netgear support 3 times since I bought it and the last time I called they did nothing because 90 days had passed. Had the same problem all 3 times. It turns on and cycles through the on and then off and repeats. I've tried all the tricks, but I've always had to call Netgear to reset them remotely. I ended up messing around with that stupid router and…

I bought a refurbished unit so that could have been the problem but what a bad experience. It took two hours of fighting before it worked out of the box. Login with NetGear interface or router IP address failed. Finally logged in long enough to set it up. Couldn't connect to the Android app, refused to accept the password and kept sending me to the website to change the password. On day 5 the internet went down for an hour and the router never came back. I called tech support and spent two…