Netgear® Smart Wi-Fi Router

[Marti Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Marti]

Anyone have this router - How do you like it?

Netgear®

Next Gen 802.11ac Dual-Band Gigabit
Max Performance Smart Wi-Fi Router

Experience next generation Wi-Fi at gigabit speeds with Netgear®! The Netgear® Next Gen 802.11ac Dual-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router offers the ultimate mobility and connectivity for Wi-Fi devices and blazing speeds up to 3x faster than 802.11n. Compatible with next generation Wi-Fi devices and backward compatible with 802.11 a/b/g/n devices, this router delivers HD streaming potential throughout your home.

With speeds up to 450+1300Mbps and simultaneous dual band technology, the router ensures top Wi-Fi speeds and reliable connections, making it ideal for larger homes with multiple devices. In addition, five Gigabit Ethernet ports offer ultra-fast wired connections perfect for HD gaming and video. Wirelessly access and share compatible USB hard drives and USB printers using Netgear's ReadySHARE® technology and the two on-board USB ports.

Features

•World's fastest Wi-Fi (Up to 450+1300 Mbps)
for gigabit Wi-Fi at gigabit speeds

•802.11ac offers up to 3x faster than 802.11n
allowing HD streaming throughout your home

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

I do not have the router. Description sounds good. The slow part of the connection will be the equipment connecting to the router. If the computer, smart phone, Roku, DVR, etc, etc, etc is using the 802.11n standards or even lower, the speeds will be set by that device. Going forward, new equipment that is at the 802.11ac standard will be very fast, about double (or higher) the 802.11n standard.

It looks as the 802.11ac is not fully rolled out, so devices (computers, and other wi-fi devices) will not be common for another year or so. Any new device you put into use with the 802.11ac standard will be darned fast with that router.

But for now, any device you have will likely operate at the same speed it did with your last router.