Optimium told me that I needed to restart my router so often is because of all of the items attached to it. They suggested I purchase a Nighthawk router to alleviate this problem.

I've had this modem/router for a year and I've had none of the issues that others are reporting. I did have a bit of trouble with Comcast when I was activating it but I had the same problem when I activated my previous modem so I believe the issue is with my account and/ or with Comcast.

I first purchased this router only to return it the following day (after a full wasted day of troubleshooting) and had it replaced. This second router has now failed after two months, now have to return again (after a further four hours of troubleshooting). Not sure I want it replaced now though...

If there were one area we had to fault it, it would be on the lacksidasical addition of Netgear's ubiquitious Genie software configuration tools. This isn't a slight on the X8 as much as it is on Netgear as a whole, and if there's anything we would change about the X8 it would be that it's bound to...

In all honestly this Router/WiFi is everything the average person would want.But in my case, tri level and a 2" concrete floor it was just a bit under sized for me. I did have to upgrade. But this is a great unit.

Cant really vouch for how good this is or isn't, I've not noticed any real improvement over the stock router provided by my ISP, and at times i still have connectivity issues, but it's got great LED's and looks the part!

I purchased the router new, used it for a week and then it started rebooting and never reconnected. There are hundreds of other customers with the same reboot loop/Amber power light error according to Netgear Community Forum.

6 LAN Ports

Hardware Failure

I have 1 time black out issue, except that overall very satisfied... I am not sure this black out came from internet vender issue or this router issue yet...but booting time take more than 20 sec.

very fast, wide range, 1; speed wise #1; wify upto 2.5 (compare previous 1.5 even same 5.0MHz zone, 2; range : previous at master room some phone cannot capture wifi..; but it works no issue at all

very slow booting; some limitation of 5GHz connection..(look like max limit; and it has the function 2 wire NAS connection service; but cannot find any benefit came from this except stability

Brilliantly easy setup and it just works; No extenders needed even for our 1920s thick walled house; Anyone want a defunct homehub5 with 2 dual band BT extenders? :

The price

The Nighthawk X8 is one of the best Wi-Fi routers you can buy.

Intuitive back-end; Top-notch performance; Easy setup; Loaded with features

Steep price tag; Large size