Better Wi-Fi? We’ve got you covered.
Up to 1,500 sq. ft of powerful WiFi coverage
Easily upgrade your Wi-Fi experience and coverage with the Nighthawk R6700. Range-boosting Beamforming+ antennas and Dual Band streaming deliver fast, reliable Wi-Fi to every corner of your home.
Built for Serious Streaming
Up to 1750Mbps wireless speed for demanding activities like HD streaming and online gaming.
Seamless WiFi for up to 25 Devices
Intelligently selects between dual bands to minimize interference and maximize speed for your many smart wireless devices.
NETGEAR Armor: Powered by BitDefender
The world’s leading cybersecurity software protects all your home devices from virus, malware, and data theft with a 30-day free trial.
Circle Smart Parental Control
The Circle App lets you easily manage internet content access and device screen time. Use the app to set usage time limits, device schedules, filter websites and more for every connected device in your home.
Easy 5-Minute Setup with App
The Nighthawk App makes it a snap to set up your router. Just connect your internet Ethernet cable to the router and the app will walk you through simple setup steps. Connect your devices to the network and you’re done.
Four High-Speed 1G Wired Connections
Gigabit Ports give you fast wired connections to your computer, game box and other devices. One USB port lets you share a storage drive or printer across your network.
WiFi Speed AC1750 (Up to 1750Mbps) AC1900 (Up to 1900Mbps) AC2300 (Up to 2300 Mbps) AC2600 (Up to 2600Mbps) AC3200 (Up to 3200Mbps) WiFi Coverage Up to 1500 sq ft Up to 1800 sq ft Up to 2000 sq ft Up to 2500 sq ft Up to 3500 sq ft Recommended # of Devices Up to 25 Up to 30 Up to 35 Up to 45 Up to 50 Wired Ethernet Ports 4 x 1G 4 x 1G 4 x 1G 4 x 1G 4 x 1G USB ports – For Shared Storage/Printer 1 x 3.0 1 x 3.0 1 x 3.0, 1 x 2.0 2 x 3.0, 1 x eSATA 1 x 3.0, 1 x 2.0 Parental Controls (schedule device access, etc) Circle App Circle App Circle App Basic controls Circle App Network Security WPA2, DoS, Double Firewall WPA2, DoS, Double Firewall WPA2, DoS, Double Firewall WPA2, DoS, Double Firewall WPA2, DoS, Double Firewall NETGEAR Armor Cyber-threat Protection (anti-virus, unlimited devices, and more) 30 day free trial 30 day free trial 30 day free trial 30 day free trial Advanced Technology Dual Band, Beamforming+ Dual Band, MU-MIMO, Beamforming+, Smart Connect Dual Band, MU-MIMO, Beamforming+, Smart Connect Dual Band, MU-MIMO, Beamforming+ Tri-Band, Beamforming+, Smart Connect Additional Features Personal Cloud Storage, VPN, Guest WiFi Secure Access Personal Cloud Storage, VPN, Guest WiFi Secure Access, Amazon Alexa Voice Control Personal Cloud Storage, VPN, Guest WiFi Secure Access, Amazon Alexa Voice Control Personal Cloud Storage, VPN, Guest WiFi Secure Access, Amazon Alexa Voice Control Personal Cloud Storage, VPN, Guest WiFi Secure Access, Amazon Alexa Voice Control
Den –
Netgear does try to push customers into using their Nighthawk mobile app for router setup but, you don’t have to use it if you don’t want to.For the initial setup you can plug an ethernet cord from your computer to the router or join the default wifi network. You can use your computer web browser to go to routerlogin.net and start the router setup. There will be a large promo ad trying to coax you into using the Nighthawk mobile app to setup the router but, there is a button to skip the mobile option and just continue with the setup from your computer.There’s also an option to use a setup wizard that will automatically check your WAN internet connection and allow you to set your wifi name/pass. Or, you can choose to do manual setup using the standard web control panel tool to access all the router settings.If your internet is working the setup wizard also does a firmware update check and ask if you want to run an update.
RJ –
This review is for the R6700 which I purchased in Feb of 2017. The unit worked GREAT for the first 10 months and then started having problems requiring me to reset it several times a week due to not being able to attach to either the 2.4Ghz or the 5Ghz band wirelessly, although the wired connection never failed. With phones, tablets, games and TVs I typically have 15 to 20 devices using the router at any one time but this unit should be able to handle that many with ease. After trying several fixes (firmware upgrade, assigning IP addresses, changing channels, etc), I finally reached out to Netgear at netgearteam@netgear.com – and they are AMAZING!! They called me at a time I chose and I gave them permission to log into my computer to check my router and network. After about 15 to 20 minutes, the level 2 tech decided that my router had a hardware problem and they expedited a new unit (R6700v2) to my door, sent along a return label so I wouldn’t have to pay to ship back my old unit and are still keeping in contact with me to make sure all is well. I put the new unit in service on 1/4/2018 and, of course, we are back to working GREAT. I know it could fail again in 10 months, but I am confident that the Netgear Team will stand behind their product after experiencing how well I have been treated so far. If you are having problems after your 90 day “phone support” window, I urge you to reach out to the Netgear Team at netgearteam@netgear.com and you won’t be disappointed.
william malin –
Started as a 3 star review, no it’s 5 stars. 3 stars based on a good product (5 stars), but terrible customer service (1 star). I originally purchased the R6700v3 in August 2019. Everything worked great until the end of March, when the router crashed after an automatic firmware update. I tried Netgear’s recommended procedures to no avail. The router was passed the 90 day support, although still in the one year hardware warrant. I decided to purchase another R6700v3, making sure automatic firmware was not set.I found to my disappointment, that Wifi speeds were much slower than the Netgear R6120 I was using a temporary replacement. Since I had a new R6700v3, I was able to do a chat with Netgear customer support. We went through all the router settings and did some firmware updates, and I got back to full speed. Customer support also helped me with the dead router, ultimately arranging for me to get replaced for the cost of shipping back to Netgear. A small price to pay to replace a dead piece if equipment.Bottom line:I have tried Linksys and Netgear equipment. I found Netgear hardware to be more stable, and the user interface more user friendly. Netgear support was able to turn a bad situation into a good outcome. They just need to provide support contacts for issues beyond the 90 day period.When doing any kind of updates either firmware or changing router settings, use the web based interface rather than Netgear Genie.
D.A.N.M –
Setup was straightforward. Wifi 6 for $90 bucks? Can’t go wrong. Great coverage for my townhouse. Works great so far and can’t complain. Replaced the garbage Wave 2 router that came with Charter-Spectrum.Update 12/18I saw a subsequent review stating you can’t do your advanced setup etc. Respectfully I’d have to disagree, except that it’s a bit tedious trying to find the setup using the “mobile app”. But if you go old school and just go to routerlogin.net (i.e. 192.168.1.1), all the info is there. Again for home router, relatively simple setup, this is an easy choice to replace the low grade ISP routers.
gv115 –
there’s a lot of confusion out there with the r6700 as netgear has done three different variants of it. so as of writing, here are the specs of the three versions:r6700v1:chipset: broadcomcpu: bcm4709a0 – 1ghz dual core – arm cortex-a9wifi adapter #1: bcm4360 – an+acwifi adapter #2: bcm4360 – bgnethernet: bcm4709a0switch: bcm4709a0 – 10/100/1000flash storage: 128mb – samsung k9f1g08u0dmemory: 256mb – samsung k4b2g1646e-bck0manufacter: chinar6700v2:chipset: mediatekcpu: mt7621at – 880mhz dual core – mips basedwifi adapter #1: mt7615n – an+acwifi adapter #2: mt7615n – bgnethernet: mt7621atswitch: mt7621at – 10/100/1000flash storage: 128mb – macronix mx30uf1g18ac-timemory: 256mb – nanya nt5cc128m16ip-dimanufacter: chinar6700v3:chipset: broadcomcpu: bcm4708c0 – 1ghz dual core – arm cortex-a9wifi adapter #1: bcm4360 – an+acwifi adapter #2: bcm4331 – bgnethernet: bcm4708c0switch: bcm4708c0 – 10/100/1000flash storage: 128mb – spansion s34ml01g200tfi00memory: 256mb – samsung k4b2g1646f-bck0manufacter: Vietnamr6700v2 was a step down in performance. mediatek mips based 880mhz was not only slower than the arm cortex-a9 based 1ghz processor by frequency terms, but also by clock for clock single threaded performance as well. the broadcom chipset is also more stable and feature rich than mediatek’s. luckily in the same year as the release of the v2, netgear released v3 which brought back the broadcom chipset and arm based processor. but there are still a lot of v2 units still out there on store shelves. I purchased mine back in sept. 18′ and received a version 3 but there is still a chance of getting v2. if you walk into a brick and motor store the easiest way to tell is that the v2 box just lists “dual core” while v1 and v3 lists “1ghz dual core.”overall I love my v3 r6700. been rock solid stable. has all the features you want without the bloat. interface is simple to use. also supports dd-wrt which v2 does not.
Katkiller13 –
I had an old tplink wireless router, and after it would disconnect a lot I needed to get another one. I did a lot of research and after looking into my max speeds and range needed this one was the best choice for me. It maximizes all my speeds on 2ghz and 5ghz never fails, strong connections, has great protection, and I got it with a $20 coupon! Remember if ur looking at the higher models, check out wether ur internet speed is fulfilled with the right one. Don’t buy one that has a capacity u can’t touch.
Matt Sayar –
When I moved in with my wife, she brought with her a router that was better than mine, so we kept hers. After a while, more and more of our house became smarter. Smart devices were chatting across our house more and more every month. So I decided to upgrade to a
TP-Link Router
. I grew to regret that mistake every day over the course of a month.Over the course of the next month, the smart devices grew angry. They couldn’t chat freely and with reckless abandon. Sometimes they wouldn’t ever hear each other. The Chromecast cried in solace. The smart lightbulbs faded to dark. Our guests grew angry with our unreliable network as Game of Thrones struggled to stream. We lost friends. Made enemies. At a certain point we decided enough is enough: it is time to throw more money at this problem.That’s how we ended up with this spaceship. I spent twenty minutes going through all the advanced settings to make sure it was set up well enough to satisfy my inner geek, then I unleashed it upon the internet. Game of Thrones streamed quickly. Netflix couldn’t feed my router fast enough. My smart devices snapped to attention. The Chromecast wept, this time with tears of joy.I am a hero. And all it took was a lot of money.
Walter Thompson –
This router works great for my home since it pretty open spaced. It’s easy to setup using the 192.168.1.1 login but not so great using Netgear Genie. Genie is ok checking on router but a pain using to setup. Be sure both 2.4 and 5 G or turned on. 5 G is twice the speed of 2.4 but not as strong a signal. I don’t fight a losing battle getting a Wireless connection to the rear of the house. I used Netgear Powerline adapters XAVB 2501 since 2011 and never had any problems with connection, speed or powerline adapter failure. Couldn’t say that if I was using 2.4G wireless.Note: Both ac outlets on the router and powerline adapters must be on the same circuit breaker panel to use Powerline adapters.
Adicus –
I received a R6700v3 unit. Which, according to wikidevi.com and filings with FCC, has switched back to Broadcom chips. R6700v2 used MediaTek per the same source.CPU1: Broadcom BCM4708C0 (1 GHz, 2 cores)FLA1: 128 MiB (Spansion S34ML01G200TFI00)RAM1: 256 MiB (Samsung K4B2G1646F-BCK0)WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4360WI2 chip1: Broadcom BCM4331ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4708C0Switch: Broadcom BCM4708C0I am in IT, so I didn’t use the phone app to set it up. I logged on and configured it myself. The only thing that was annoying was how long it took to apply some changes. However, since finishing, and letting it work, I haven’t experienced any issues (knock on wood). Internet speeds, both directly connected and over wifi have increased dramatically.Hope this helps some people’s concerns.Best of Luck to you all!!
rkruz –
I installed 2 of these routers to upgrade my home network. 1st unit as a Router and the 2nd as an Access Point. My research said the R6700 was one of the best access points also.WIRED PERFORMANCE: — Ive installed the R6700 router with 4ea D-Link unmanaged 1G switches to reach all the locations in my home and sometimes cascaded the switches and everything works great. (I mention cascading switches because in the past I have had issue when cascading switches but not issues with this setup) — BETTER WIRED PERFORMANCE: I have a 8 wireless camera security system that uses its own wireless Network Video Recorder and some of the cameras have poor signal so now switched them over to the wired 1G backbone. A marked improvement in the video update and even the control on the Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) cameras is instantly responsive — GREAT STATUS LIGHTS: The Ethernet port activity lights are great because they have different colors depending on the speed of the network connection. This is really handy when installed a mix of 100M and 1G links so you can tell if things are connected as you planned.WiFi PERFORMANCE: — The Nighthawk replaced a 13 year old wireless router (D-Link 605L) using only a 2.4Ghz wireless network. — SAME 2.4G PERFORMANCE: When comparing speeds from my normal laptop wireless location I have not noticed any real improvement in the signal strength nor the connection speed for the old router to the new R6700 at 2.4G. — GREAT 5G Performance. When comparing 2.4G to 5G there was typically at 70% improvement in throughput speed from the same laptop. — FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATION: Once can turn off the wireless totally or just the 2.4G or the 5G. This is just a nice feature to lower your wireless risk footprint say if you only use 2.4G.ROUTER CONFIGURATION: — EASY SETUP: It was easy to setup the router. In my case I set up the R6700 to match the configuration of the D-link it replaced so I did not have any issues with all the other devices in the house connecting. — It went fairly smoothly, but on my laptop I did have to delete the original connection and reconnect to get it to work. — VERY SOPHISTICATED: It has some very sophisticated configuration possibilities all of which I will never use. — There are 3 levels of configuration with each level allowing more and more complex and detailed setups. — I was surprised that to turn off the 5G wireless I had to drill down to the 3rd level to find that config. Seems like that would be a very basic config setting. — I really love the display that provides several indicators to give one an instant view of the health and operation of the unit.COULD BE BETTER: — NEEDS MOUNTING TABS: I do wish it had some mechanical mounting capability to secure to a shelf or mount vertically on a wall but its simply a shelf item. With all the cables hanging off the back there is some weight there that wants to pull the Nighthawk off the shelf. — STATUS LIGHT ORIENTATION: The status lights are best viewed when looking down on the R6700. When straight its difficult. It would have been better if the lights were mounting at a 45 degree so they could easily be viewed straight on as well.UPDATE: I purchased a 2nd R6700 and installed in the same network above as an access point. It was easy to set up using a fixed IP and the 5G performance was better than 2X the 2.4G network. And of course the 1G Ethernets are great as I have several security cameras running over the network.