NETGEAR R6220 Wireless Router - Enhanced WiFi Performance Review
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4.3
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Description of NETGEAR R6220 Wireless Router - Enhanced WiFi Performance
device type: router, Wi-Fi device frequency range: 2.4 / 5 GHz (simultaneous operation), Internet connection (WAN): Ethernet RJ-45, port speed: 1 Gbps, Wi-Fi standard 802.11: ac (Wi -Fi 5), connection type: Wi-Fi, Number of LAN ports: 4, max. Wireless connection speed: 1167 Mbps, functions and features: UPnP AV server, IPv6 support
Pros
- - It has been working flawlessly for a couple of weeks now (there was not a single break ©, the print server has not yet fallen off either) - Factory firmware and functionality will surely satisfy any average user - Classic design - Good signal on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Passes through two walls (one load-bearing, the other thinner) with furniture for at least 10 meters - Normal speed. Measuring the speed in an apartment building with a bunch of wi-fi networks is, of course, a thankless task, the results largely depend on the phase of the moon and on the connected device and, in fact, say little, but still some measurements are presented below Internet speed was checked using speedtest. Net. Declared by the provider - 100/100 Mbps. - By wire: 95/95 - 2.4GHz: on the tablet next to the router - 40-50/40-60; in another room - through a load-bearing wall and a closet, at a distance of about 4 m from the router in a straight line - on average 10/10 less, although sometimes the speed practically did not differ; on the computer next to the router, the numbers reach 85/95 - 5GHz: on a tablet 55-60/95 (here the result was always more or less stable both next to the router and in another room); for some reason, on a computer, the 5GHz test accelerates very slowly, often not even having time to dial 50 for reception (the maximum turned out to be 60), the return is stable 95 I checked the file transfer speed using a USB flash drive connected to the router by copying a 1GB file from the USB flash drive to the computer and back. - By wire: 0:37 from flash drive (27.7mb/sec), 1:03 to stick (16.3mb/sec; interestingly, the write speed periodically jumped up to 11mb/sec, despite the wired connection) - 2.4GHz: 1:42 from stick (10mb/sec), 2:20 to stick (7.3mb/sec) - 5GHz: 0:57 from stick (18mb/sec), 1:45 to stick (9.8mb/sec) At the same time, when copying to a USB flash drive, it takes about 50 seconds in addition to the specified time to prepare for copying (with any type of network connection, including by wire).
Cons
- - There were problems connecting the MFP (printer + scanner) to the USB port of the router - after a while the port stopped working. In the end, everything was resolved, but I had to tinker. The reason turned out to be either in the firmware of the router, or in its interaction with the ReadySHARE software. More in the comments - The USB indicator does not light up when the MFP is connected, which at first was somewhat confusing when disassembling with a falling off port. Apparently, the indicator only responds to flash drives and disks - Difficulties with alternative firmware. I’m not special in this regard (and I thought about alternative firmware only because of problems with the MFP), but judging by the lack of support for this device on myopenrouter and the comments there, firmware development is complicated by the fact that the Mediatek processor is used here, and not Broadcom. As I understand it, there is no dd-wrt and opernwrt for the R6220 at all, there is only a certain LEDE, but it is also unstable at the moment
