Needed better wireless capacity. N600 from Netgear was not matching streaming/gaming/Work needs. Upped the wireless speed by 10x at the same distance versus my old router.

Not all routers are the same: for the more general purposes, the many modem routers available under $100 can also be good, but if we look for quality at all costs and we are immersed in a highly demanding environment (the gaming industry is one of these), we can not choose any router/modem, but we...

The Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500 is an 802.11ac router rated at providing combined throughput of 2,300Mbit/s across its 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. That breaks down as 600Mbit/s on 2.4GHz and 1,730Mbit/s on the 5GHz band.

Modem routers need not be chunky things, and Netgear intends to prove it, letting us play with its Nighthawk X4S, a network device designed to keep the speeds up with the size down. Does it pull it off

Small size; fairly standard footprint; Not chunky at all; and wouldn't look strange in a home; Stickers for antenna locations makes for no confusion; Great locations for accessory ports; Excellent reception range

Painfully slow browser setup; Forced to run two network names if you want the full 2.5Gbps connection; with no way of banding the two together

This modem router sets up very easily and has plenty of features to improve security and run two bands simultaneously. What don't I like The price! But all the competitors are pricey too. This one replaces a TP Link which was a bit of a "starter kit" when compared.

The Nighthawk X4 has plenty of speed but to take advantage of the higher throughput you’ll need extra equipment