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

Netgear was first to market with a new 802.11ac router powered by Broadcom's BCM4709 SoC (system on chip), which is based on a 1GHz, dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor. The Netgear R7000 is packed with tasty features, and it delivers exceptionally good performance.

Today we're looking at the Nighthawk, one of Netgear's mot recently released routers to feature dual-band 802.11ac connectivity. Looking every bit like a stealth fighter of the same name, it's not something you might expect to see in an office environment.

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.

After a lot of research went with the NightHawk – Amazing. When combined with the opensource firmwares from netgears own site, it will handle Vlan tagging and works fantatically with new UFB.

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

Netgear R7000 Nighthawk: Not cheap, but this exciting-looking router is the stuff of dreams

Having good Wi-Fi in your house makes life so much easier. Faster speeds mean you can stream HD video from your PC to TV without tangling cables all over the place. The extra range means you can check emails in your car before you back out of the driveway.

The home networking demand is growing on a daily basis, so at AVForums we decided to put the new 'Nighthawk' Wireless router under the microscope.

Design; Wi-Fi Range; Briiliant QoS

Price

In all, despite the clunky web user interface, the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 AC1900 is a triumph. It may not deliver the fastest top speed over 802.11ac, but its class-leading range across all network types more than makes up for this slight lack of top-end grunt.