Steelsnow
Gold Member
Saw @Matt was looking at the Netgear Nighthawk router yesterday, and picked one up later on. Figured with as many folks on here are interested in internet access, transactions and security, this could be an interesting topic. Happen to pick up a Nighthawk myself 5 months ago, stacked coupons @ Staples for $130 + the AMEX cash back. It's been rock solid with the stock firmware updated (not running tomato or any anything else), no restarts necessary, and has handled 30+ devices (gulp!) without a hick-up. It is overkill for most home networks at this point unless you have a lot of AC devices and a home server. The range has been very good, as we run several internet radio streamers in different places in the house and they do not buffer out like prior routers did.
Had a Netgear R6300 before this, and it went back. Lots of lockups. Guessing it was firmware issues.
One thing I wanted to add that I learned from my ISP (which is very security conscious) - based on what they told me, with some router brands your ISP can see your devices thru the router itself. This is good for support if you are having an issue, say, with a certain laptop, but potentially bad for other things. I was told that they cannot see anything thru the Netgear routers, just the router itself. I am sure there are people that know more about reasons for this and configurations, but I did find this interesting....
Anyways, feel free to share your gear and experiences. Old tech works too, was using a 2005 Linksys WRT54g until the beginning of this year, which was still working pretty well....
Had a Netgear R6300 before this, and it went back. Lots of lockups. Guessing it was firmware issues.
One thing I wanted to add that I learned from my ISP (which is very security conscious) - based on what they told me, with some router brands your ISP can see your devices thru the router itself. This is good for support if you are having an issue, say, with a certain laptop, but potentially bad for other things. I was told that they cannot see anything thru the Netgear routers, just the router itself. I am sure there are people that know more about reasons for this and configurations, but I did find this interesting....
Anyways, feel free to share your gear and experiences. Old tech works too, was using a 2005 Linksys WRT54g until the beginning of this year, which was still working pretty well....