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Review on πŸ“Ά High-Performance NETGEAR AC1600 Dual Band Wi-Fi Gigabit Router (R6250) by Peter Nobles

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great custom experience. DD-WRT not required (yet?)

Very impressed with the features and performance of this router. I also bought a matching Netgear AC wireless adapter and was able to transfer files at 30MB/s (240Mbps). That's a far cry from the 700Mbps on most review sites, but it's worth noting that I was on a different floor and it's almost five times the speed I got from my N router and configuration. The GUI worked great and immediately tried to guide me when I connected my first device, my computer. Opening the website automatically redirected me to the configuration GUI and told me the default password. Even more impressive is that with the mixed security mode (WPA/WPA2-PSK AES+TKIP) I was able to get all my devices working, including the very tricky Linksys Wireless G print server. The only complaint is that the initial coverage for N devices was uneven. I say "initial" because the lighting resumes after a moment, a minute, or something like that. I can't tell if this router is more honest with its customers or if it's part of a feature.

Pros
  • Availability
Cons
  • Waiting too long