NETGEAR Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500 Wi-Fi Router with 4 Ethernet Ports and Wireless speeds up to 2.6 Gbps, AC2600, Optimized for Low Ping

This network engineer is very impressed
I’m a network engineer and I wanted to replace my enterprise gear at home with something simple to manage, yet powerful. I’m getting old and I’d rather not troubleshoot network problems at home. Not that it happens often, but it’s been a nightmare when the wife calls saying that the Internet isn’t working. Time to downgrade. Enter the Netgear XR500.The XR500 ticks off the boxes I was looking for:-It does not need to be rebooted for silly wireless issues. It’s rock-solid stable.-Never needs a reboot to change a setting.-The WiFi range goes well into my yard, past my neighbors home and into the street. How?? It blows away a multiple AP setup it replaced.-My iPhone X is speed testing at 91/5.5 on a 100/5 Internet connection. My computers test at 110+/5.5.-AirPlay runs flawessly to my Apple TV 4K.-Initial setup is simple. My dog could have done it.-VPN is simple to configure and has detailed instructions accompanying the menu options.-Dynamic DNS is insanely easy to turn on. It even configured an account for me.While there are very few drawbacks:-Remote admin can only be secured to one IP or a range. I can’t input a list of IP’s I’d like to have access from.-There’s no mobile app for DumaOS. The web view works pretty well on mobile though, so I’d say that 75% makes up for it. (UPDATE 10/27/18: The Nigthawk app works great with this router; I highly recommend it.)-I could not get the Internet to work in “manual setup” mode. The router would proxy any DNS address to itself: 192.168.1.1. There might be a bug that caused the proxy not to turn off, or maybe there’s a setting I simply couldn’t locate. When I used the automatic setup, Internet started working in one click.Overall I’m very happy with my XR500 and I’m excited to have my home network all under one box again. My “issues” with the router are all “fussy network engineer-problems” that most users would *never ever* encounter. Since my number one concern was stability, I would go as far to say that there is no other home-class router on the market that could satisfy me. I’m a demanding user and the XR500 delivers in spades. In the network world, this thing is the equivalent to an indestructible tank. Congratulations to the Netgear and DumaOS teams who developed this product. You absolutely outdid yourselves.UPDATE 10/27/18: I’m still absolutely loving this router, and I can’t recommend it enough. I recently updated my XR500 to the latest firmware, and believe it or not, it didn’t require a reboot! This thing NEVER needs to reboot. You may be able to tell that I’m the kind of techie that gets excited about servers with up-times measured in decades. The XR500 definitely gives off that feel! I hadn’t thought about it until today, but we never have network problems at home anymore. Not even one- The last time the Internet stopped working, it was because the power was out during a storm. This device is amazing, and I have ZERO regrets in my purchase decision.

Excelente producto, facil de instalar, gran velocidad, muy buena señal.El empaque venia dañado con un corte de navaja que llego hasta el router.

******** Quick Rating ********Pros:- Does help to keep pings consistent for the most part.- For basic use, it’s easy to set up; but more advanced users will appreciate some of the under the hood settings.- Fixed my bufferbloat issues.- UI in the admin panel is practical on desktop, but useless on mobile.- Bandwidth control on a per-device level is really nice.- Looks amazing.- Encrypted guest access.Cons:- Can cause some games to simply not connect if servers are outside of the geofenced area.- No mobile admin UI; Netgear app is very limited and doesn’t make use of any of the features this router has to offer.- Ironically, I’m not getting the best pings I’ve ever had with this router, but the connection is stable.- Weak content filtering.*****************************Let me start by saying that I’ve tried several high-end routers before settling on this one. We have several gamers in the home, but also have a lot of streaming and high-volume data transfers happening throughout the day, so the network and internet at home take a beating.Previously, I was constantly having bufferbloat issues no matter what I did – this made it impossible to game unless it was after 11pm and forget about live streaming during the day – it didn’t happen.My internet is a 150/10 cable connection and it’s usually always stable.The XR500 has several features that I really wanted to take advantage of:- Geo-filtering connections while gaming online.- Granular control over bandwidth used by each device.- Bufferbloat protection.- Guest networks with encrypted connections (it’s shocking that other high-end routers don’t offer this…).All of these needs were met, although there were a few caveats.Most games do fine with the geofilter – I set mine to 2000km as it gets a good part of the east coast from where I am. Certain games like Rocket league (which have previously been notorious for me when it comes to lag) will often kick me out when looking for a server because the host or another player was outside of the geofilter. I would say this can happen maybe 3 out of 10 times when looking for a host. But when it does connect, the pings are STABLE – not the lowest I’ve ever seen – but stable!Using this with my Xbox One has been very simple. When gaming on a PC, the geofence works a little differently because it can’t auto-detect games as easily. When you add a PC, it basically gives you an option to select a geo filter by game (some like battlefield, COD, Overwatch are listed, but others like CS:GO and DOTA 2 are listed as “Source engine). You have to select one of those and it will set a distance for the geo filter for you. But you will automatically be put into “spectating mode” when selecting a PC, which means it’s not using geo filtering. The idea is that PC games are good enough when deciding which server to connect to, while consoles aren’t… at least that’s what I’ve been reading about this feature. That said, I only use geofiltering on my console.This router does have features like secure remote management, VPN, content filtering, guest access, and many other features you’d expect on a router of this calibre.I will note that content filtering isn’t nearly as good as it is on the Netgear R7000 I was using previously, which worked via opendns to filter categories of websites and not only keywords.Regarding guest mode, this is as good as it gets. You can set up both a 2.4GHz (b/g/n) and 5GHz 802.11 (a/n/ac) guest SSID and can set whether each guest can see another on the network. Guest access can also be encrypted.Overall, I’m happy with this router. My connection is as stable as it’s ever been and my son no longer yells at me because of lag ;)I wish that a mobile admin UI would be available, but this router is great as a set-and-forget unit.

Instalación muy fácil, viene en varios idiomas, mi casa es de dos pisos y la señal llega a toda la casa. Puedes seleccionar equipos para darle prioridad y dar todo el ancho de banda a ese equipo, puedes seleccionar los servidores al que te quieras conectar ( para juegos COD WZ)