Netgear AC750 R6020

Absolute rubbish!! - you get what you pay for – I switches over to the netgear R6020 when i changed NBN providers and the new provider did not support my all in one modem/wifi router. For the following 6months we were plagued with wireless issues, smart home devices dropping out, not being able to stream to phones, and just general slow interrupted internet. It wasnt until i finally bit the… Read more

bullet and upgraded to a UniFi WIFI AP that we finally got good wireless speeds.

I work in Technology and spent hours trying to troubleshoot this including upgrading fireware, checking for 2.4/5gHz channel interference, restarts and different location placements but to no avail.

DO NOT BUY THIS. It is a rubbish product., I only got it as a I didnt want to spend big bucks on a new AP when i had switched providers to save money :P

Purchased from JBHIFI

Easy to set up – I bought this Dual Band Wifi Router from my local officeworks when I have my NBN installed. It's easily set up. I couldn't set up by myself so I called the NBN service provider and the told me to press the reset button, and only 5 minutes it's connected, and works quite well and reliable for months. It's quite reliable, the WIFI is available at… Read more

all bedrooms, although I have it set up in the study room. All devices at home including TV, tablets, cell phones can access the WIFI at the same time without any problem. The price is resonable, happy about this product.

Complicated to set up – I found this router to be complicated to set up, it took me 40 minutes over the phone with my very helpful NBN provider customer service to manage to get it to work... Show details

Still unsure – This is my second one (first one had to be exchanged), am using it with a satellite connection and it does seem to drop in and out quite regularly sadly. But still provides a signal. Show details

It appears to be extremely good value for money but – The touted saving of energy through turning off the wifi may not be achieved due to defective software. Most notably the limited drop-down selection of times lacks 24:00 so that turning off overnight is not possible. Isn’t this the most likely scenario? Scheduling is further compromised by lack of control of the clock/time zone. For example; on… Read more

satellite your timezone can be different from the ISP. You may have to offset a schedule and readjust every six months for summertime!

This highlights the dubious value of this facility. Using a timer on the power over would also turn off the modem and the LAN connection.

Finally, there is the highly misleading claims of the WiFi speed of up to 750 Mbps. Clearly this is intended over the network named on the router sticker. But this network does not exist!

What you get is two WiFi networks one 300 Mbps (b/g/n) the other 433 Mbps (a/n/ac), and your device must select one or the other.

So currently this maximum speed requires multiple devices connected to different networks. The best maximum for a single device would be to connect to the LAN port.

From the ambiguity of marketing; it seems that Netgear may upgrade their software to provide the maximum speed that they imply, but don’t hold your breath! They are aware of timezone problem stated above but a fix is only being considered for more expensive models.

And the free Netgear support for three months? In two months they have struggled to answer simple questions. They don’t seem to have access to a version of the Netgenie software so that they can experience the most simple issue. I had one clown suggest that I buy a new router!

There are cheaper AC routers, and the additional features provided by this router seem to be more marketing spiel than practical benefits.