blackfriday The Nighthawk($159.99 at Best Buy), is Netgear’s latest router in the business’s premium dual-band 802.11ac router line-up. The router looks as cool as its name suggests, with a trapezoid design and flared sides. The condition is similar to the famed fighter jet of the same name. The Nighthawk (model R7000) is not simply dressed to impress: Excellent speeds on the 5GHz band when paired with Netgear’s latest mini 11ac A6100 USB adapter and increased Quality-of-Service (QoS) that basically shortens enough time to buffer and stream video make the Nighthawk among the top 802.11ac routers currently available to buy for heavy-duty throughput tasks.
It’s not an ideal device, with just okay throughput at 2.4GHz-at least testing in much RF signal environment. In addition, it takes quite a while to use settings changes. However, with 802.11ac, the speed factor is most significant at 5GHz, and the Nighthawk offers the goods not merely in data rate however in range, too. Bonus for router geeks: Nighthawk could be flashed with open-source firmware.
Specs and Design
The R7000 is a sizable router. It measures 1.97″ x 11.22″ x 7.26″ (HWD) and weighs just a little over 1.6 pounds. Netgear revamped the look from its last release of dual-band routers like the Centria($410.59 at Amazon) and the R6300, both which have an upright design with the devices designed to operate vertically in attached bases.
The Nighthawk operates horizontally (though it can be wall-mounted). The look represents Netgear’s slickest router look yet. The wide foot of the R7000 helps it be very sturdy, despite having cables linked to every port. Using its wide base and rubber feet, this big router won’t slip and slide around a surface.
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