Not a Review but a Rant about the NETGEAR AC2300

[@sashi_88]

I was about to buy this router In India selling price USD 140. You saved me 🙏

[@Woopnik]

You are very welcome Sashi. 😀👍

[@theprolightingindia]

So sorry you had to go through this. I bought R7000 2 weeks ago and it's been giving me disconnection issues from day 1. Netgear guys tried all the trouble shooting and even replaced it 2 times but the new one also has the same damn issue. So pissed off and don't know what to do further.

[@Woopnik]

Thanks for your comment. I guess I was lucky that I was able to return it for a full refund.

[@standup3686]

About to return mine after 1 day. Disconnecting LAN connection (mid game on playstation) multiple times in less than 24 hours. Old, weaker router I called myself upgrading never did this once.

[@danielfatfingahs5649]

I have an older R7000 AC1900 and get 300mbps on my xfinity

[@GamingWithAce85]

Mine works perfectly! High download and upload speeds! Had it for months now and works so good!

[@starkness65]

I know this video is old, but this only happens like 10% of the time and probably less than that. This is a really nice router. I went through so many router until I went with the Netgear Nighthawk and all have been working great for many years. I have one at home the AC1900, bought another one for business AC2100. Never even once I have drop connection or problem. You should have return it and get a new one.

[@plaisted01]

To reset the router you need to hold the reset for about 15 seconds. This does not explain why suddenly you will be blocked out of your router .

[@plaisted01]

Mine worked fine for about six moths. I got an email from NETGEAR saying that I needed to update FIRMWARE. I tried to access the router and could not get in. It will not accept the password or the security questions. I tried to reset and it will not reset. I called NETGEAR and they said in order for them to help I needed to purchase a yearly service program. My router works but I have no access to it and you can not reset it.

[@Woopnik]

Hello Norman. Thank you for letting me know about your difficulties. I returned mine. I don’t think it is the customers responsibility to troubleshoot their product.

[@standup3686]

Looking for someone as upset as I was about this router. You did not disappoint. 👍🏽

[@Woopnik]

Lol ... 😀

[@saviorgoodhart]

I have a question, can you control how much bandwidth/speed you can give to the guests? And also how many guests are allowed? Thank you!

[@Woopnik]

Hello and Good Morning Savior. I am sorry, but I don’t know the answer to your question. I hope that someone else on here can answer that. Have a good day. 😇

[@plaisted01]

This is was the second router which after about a year I could not access. The two routers LINKSYSAC1900, and NETGEAR AC2300.

[@mscanza]

I've had a netgear nighthawk for about 5 years and it's been flawless.. It's too bad the quality is going down..

[@Woopnik]

I bet that this is a great router, especially when it works. But the manufacturing process is geared towards to produce the cheapest devices, quality goes out of the window. 😴

[@bitTorrenter]

Just bought this to replace my R7000. Looks identical to it but supposedly has better 5GHz performance, with MIMO.

[@phillanderdatsons4625]

Now I know why my local wal mart is selling them on clearance for $37.50 Good video....than kyou

[@Woopnik]

Good Morning phillander. Thank you for your comment and have a great weekend 😀👍

[@robertsalyers1351]

Got mine last night...working Great Very fast for Down loads and Up loads...it's made in Vietnam

[@malalma6172]

I bought it and it’s pretty bad if there’s more than 5 devices attached to it. Can even play online without it lagging too much

[@TheUniversalEyes]

They are junk, I have the same exact model and version of this router, it works great until it reaches a certain point, then it will lose all internet connectivity from the router. If I try to log into the router, it's very slow, then if I reboot it, everything works fine again. My older ASUS router works flawlessly, it can go an entire year without a reboot. ASUS also updates their firmware constantly, the Nighthawk rarely. The cheaper ASUS router has better features too, it also cost half the price.

[@Woopnik]

Thank you for your comment. Really appreciated. Have a good weekend. 😀👍

[@ericdw5678]

Omg, hell anything man made can go bad and after 3 days it's covered under warranty, shit happens, you'll be ok. Night Hawks are good routers

[@ericdw5678]

@sbjkd still on my Nighthawk, tried the band steering mode, works great, tried Linksys and tplink and both of them put streaming devices on 2.4ghz, my Nighthawk puts everything on 5g unless my device is unable to see it.

[@BrimChilling]

did he even consider reseting it?

[@Woopnik]

Hello. Yes, I reset it. No change. Have a good night 😴💤🌙

[@Dmal2301]

I'm glad I saw this. I was about to buy this

[@Woopnik]

I am glad that I was of any help. Some of my viewers reported similar problems. Have a good night 😴💤

[@Voltaire1966]

Did reset the router? Just asking

[@Woopnik]

Hello Walter. Thanks for your comment. Yes, I did reset the router. To no avail. Have a great weekend. 😀👍

[@TriWaZe]

Rip. I was looking into this router too. Not promising at all.

[@rxny_2315]

JCGUGS I just bought it and it’s great

[@Woopnik]

Good for you. 😀

[@Juangomez9186]

Most likely the router updated to a buggy firmware, or it’s corrupted.

[@Woopnik]

You might be right. 🤓

[@Mark-qk2km]

MY R9000P hasn't missed a beat..97mbps Ethernet and WiFi 5GHZ. That must be a dud or the settings are causing a confict within the house..WiFi channel? Just unlucky I suppose.

[@Luckyyddog]

Had nothing but great response out of ours we have several I’ve gotten them for other family members even but setting them up is key also spectrum will update which can cause issues with routers which you have to reset and set back up also I use an ARRIS routers which is what spectrum and Xfinity use for their equipment but sometimes you get a bad router it happens especially from Amazon happens in all electronics

[@Wnytrains44]

Just bought one and it’s horrendous it says it can hold up to 30 devices but we have 8 on and it won’t even connect to the Xbox...false advertisement and I am definitely returning this...agree won’t eh rant 100%

[@Woopnik]

Thanks for your comment. I. Really appreciate it. 😀👍

[@paullaws7248]

Cant get 5ghz working on mine 😫

[@Woopnik]

Have you tried to reset it?

[@paullaws7248]

@@Woopnik Yeah tried resetting it , the 5gh came on but when trying to connect it says authentication error

[@nascar0509]

Evidence that it is broken...? Settings....

[@SeasonalGFilms]

Netgear screwed up my WiFi! >:(

[@HiHi-qm2jk]

It’s because you it’s a booster

[@stevejosrph6065]

You are so very Angry calm down you are also misleading mine works GREAT

[@Woopnik]

You are right. At the time I made the video I was very angry. As I said at the beginning of the video that it is a rant and not a review.

[@vinsondelrio4401]

This router is a complete failure, the last Firmware update crippled it just like he indicated and hopefully yours does not automatically update or you'll experience the same issues. I went to purchase this same router from Best Buy and the sales tech steered immediately steered me away from this model and confirmed there are major issues with it but indicated that the Netgear R7000 AC1900 has had zero issues.

[@Woopnik]

Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate it.