The Nighthawk , is Netgear's latest router in the company'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 shape is reminiscent of the famed fighter jet of the same name.

Sharp design; Great throughput at 5GHz; Excellent range; Wonderful QoS; Full VPN capability

Less-than-expected throughput at 2.4GHz band; Painful Bridge mode configuration; Slow to apply settings changes

Today we will be taking a look at the Nighthawk Smart WiFi Router from NETGEAR. This is the top of the range WiFi router that NETGEAR offer, providing dual band gigabit 802.11ac wireless with a 1GHz dual core processor.

Well... where to start on my final thoughts? I know! Build quality. Here I found no issues with the R7000; the plastics are durable, all the solder joints look really good on the PCB, and everything is shielded and heatsinked appropriately.

As far as we're concerned, if we put everything together, Netgear provides one of the better routers currently available with the R7000 Nighthawk. It especially performs exceptionally well on 802.11ac and when under heavy loads, The other tests show it performs well in other areas too.

Netgear's R7000 Nighthawk Dual-Band AC router delivers everything that a flagship router is supposed to. Cutting-edge speeds, user-friendly GUI and a competitive price

For future-proofing, it's a great buy. But for current needs, you'll get a better deal from a cheaper router.

Netgear's R7000 Nighthawk is one of the fastest, if not the fastest routers you can buy today. In addition to leading the field when it comes to throughput, the router offers stellar range and a host of features that differentiate it against other AC1900 routers, like the Asus RT-AC68U and Linksys...

I am a CCNP certified network engineer, I understand how this equipment is supposed to work, but it fails miserably at what it is supposed to do.

Wired connectivity is rock solid

I have had a Dell laptop

I bought Netgear AC1900 to upgrade the Etisalat provided Aztech router, because of the coverage issue. Netgear is fast , very easy to install and they constantly upgrade the software to fix bugs. I enables wireless AC and works perfectly. The one negative about this product is the coverage.

Very easy to install and simple user interface

The coverage is not so good

My family really enjoys our new wifi router. The set up was really easy, and we have about 15 devices connected to our internet. It has increased our internet speed significantly and we enjoy our purchase.