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Pros

Easy to set up and good range. Faster wifi now comparing with comcast router. Ghz and 5 ghz ) are excellent. Works with xfinity.

For more information on that, search youtube barrie trower 2016. Nice upgrade. Not one problem. Hopefully this helps.

This device is very reliable. This device handles heavy usage for a mid sized family, very well. Purchased about two years ago refurbished from embiz.



Cons

This purchase was a disappointment. It's being widely reported on netgear forums.

It tests oh so fast, but doesn't work and isn't functional. Only reason we upgraded is because we needed more bandwidth and range. Ghz signal is extremely poor.

Netgear customer support wants $130 to fix it out of warranty and give me a new one year warranty. Don't even bother installing their genie app, it's even less useful than the router interface. When they don't you are pretty much held hostage by the c...  Read More

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Quality


My internet speed is faster with this than it was with the plug in modem.


I only buy netgear products and have not had any problems with any of their product.


I did end up with some other issues however, the biggest one being that the range on this router with the 5ghz network is not the best.


It only came with the power supply and original ethernet cable (no surprise), so i reset it to the factory settings and plugged it in.

Packaging/appearance


It did really well for us while living with my parents out in the country.

Competitiveness


I'm using it with an sb6121 and getting speeds in excess of 135mbps on the 5ghz radio, over 65gbps on the 2.


So, i took a gamble and ordered this router in a effort to get on that open 5ghz network.


After downloading wifi analyzer app, i saw just how crowded my network was, yet no one was on the 5ghz network.


For more information on that, search youtube for: barrie trower 2016.

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 2,382 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 17 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I took the chance and bought the n600v2 from goodwill


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It is a bit obsolete since ac routers


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Beware attempting to load a v5 hardware with configuration from my previous v2 n600 failed but mysteriously caused the 2


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Strange bug which wasted a lot of my time


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I bought elsewhere around 2012 not here but i feel like i should give my two cents anyway


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Seemed to work well enough for a while then started dropping connections regularly


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It would seem netgears new firmware sucks

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