C6300 16x4 AC1750 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem Router

A little bit larger (taller) than I expected but it has a very small footprint especially considering it has replaced two pieces of old equipment. I have one computer wired to it via ethernet cable and another connected wireless. Getting the computers set up and on the internet was very easy. (My internet provider is cox. Was able to set up the new modem with Cox on-line. I set up the modem/router; Connected the wired computer; Computer immediately recognized the internet connection; When I went online, I was automatically taken to the Cox website and set up the new modem with them.) However I did have a problem with getting the modem/router to recognize my network printer that is also wired to the modem/router via ethernet. I went to Netgear's chat support and a wonderful woman spent an hour and a half helping me to get the printer working. Turns out it wasn't a problem at all with the router/modem. It was a setting on my printer that needed to be changed. The fact that she helped me resolve the situation when it had nothing to do with their equipment was way above and beyond the call of duty that I normally expect with customer service now-a-days. My phone (Samsung S5) and tablet (Samsung) connected easily. My phone is actually able to connect using the 5G capability of this modem/router. My tablet apparently doesn't have the 5G capability but connects with 2.4G. The computer that is connected via wifi also doesn't support 5G. I have to go buy a new wifi card if I want the 5G. However, I don't think I will. I'm getting plenty of download speed with the 2.4G. I went from a download speed of 11.90 Mb/s to 31.94 Mb/s. This is a huge increase and I can feel it. The speed of the computer that is wired to the modem/router didn't change (download speed right around 33 Mb/s). This leads me to believe that Cox has limited my download speed to about 33 Mb/s with my current plan despite them saying I should be getting 50 Mb/s (but that's an issue I have to work out with Cox). In any event, I don't see any point in buying a 5G wifi card for my computer to only possibly get an extra 2 Mb/s more speed. All in all... Very satisfied and I highly recommend!

Best home router I ever owned by leaps and bounds and then some! I had my hesitations buying this: what if the router part is good but the modem part is bad, no external antenna etc. I like to limit the ways something can go wrong because I've seen every problem a router can have but let me tell you I cannot come up with anything negative to say about this one and that's saying something. I am signed up for 300Mbps Internet with TWC and my main desktop speed tests at 353Mbps on a CAT6 cable with this modem/router and the wifi means business too. Even my galaxy S6 phone clocks in at 168Mbps and that's a phone! 4K Netflix on wifi upstairs? No problem! This is very exciting and I can't tell you how thrilled I am to put wifi problems behind me for what looks to be a long time to come. I should note that I got these results after configuring the router to the optimal channel which was easy to do with the built in software. I like it that they give me extra control with advanced options but they also include everything other users really need in a basic options panel to which it is defaulted. Aside from the blazing fast and consistent speed results which is what a modem/router is really all about it also includes the most effective parental control software I have ever used. I would highly recommend this to any parent because you get the unrestricted power on your own devices with a relatively safe environment on anything your kid can access and they could completely format/reinstall the OS on their PC or phone without losing the protection. Edit: Okay so I did come up with one negative thing and that is it seems to be incompatible with my old black widow (external hard drive interface) but that is not all too suprising. I will get a new external drive interface to try it with then update.

Just a little background, I work in IT and I am very familiar with how routers, modems, and network services work. I purchased the Netgear AC1750 since it was under $200 and wanted a router that supported IEEE 802.11ac while also getting rid of Time Warner's modem to get rid of the monthly modem charge (which I find ridiculous in the first place but that's besides the point). Both the AC1750 and AC1900 but the AC1900 was quite pricey and didn't think I needed the latest and greatest (boy would I regret that decision). I purchased this on December 2015 so had the device for almost a year. Day 1-Received the device and had issues activating it. It took me almost an hour to get the device up and running without even getting to the settings of the device to get it the way I wanted to. After that I setup my devices to reserve specific IP addresses because I use an app called Simple Control where I control most of my home theater setup. Once I started getting more devices connected to it I wasn't able to get internet anymore. I factory reset it and tried it again but of course after the factory reset for some reason it wasn't activated again so I went through the process again but this time took 30 minutes. Once that was done I started setting it up again and then when most of my devices were connected AGAIN I was seeing issues. I did it again and connected only devices that I needed to have connected. It was stable so I went to add some port forwarding options which then I ran into it not working. It would just connection timeout which I then looked up and saw it was an issue with that firmware. Now comes the fun part of reaching out to Netgear and trying to find a solution. After troubleshooting they finally put me to a Tier3 technician which they tried to punt me to Time Warner saying it was something on their side which I knew wasn't the case but I went along with it. Time Warner did their changes on the backend (spoke to their Tier3 technicians as well) and they did notice abnormalities as there was a newer firmware but my device wasn't getting it. They sent a tech over and no problems were found and tech even combed through the hallway to see all the wiring to see if that could be it but everything was clean. Went back to Netgear and said everything was clear but was still seeing issues so they sent a replacement. Received the replacement and of course the same exact issues were happening and couldn't get a firmware update. Netgear then sent another replacement but with the newest firmware which was much better. I could add port forwarding rules, adding all my devices didn't cause the router to quit working, and initial activation took 20 minutes. Even with those fixes I was still seeing errors in the event logs and the device would act very abnormal. Accessing Netgear Genie was very slow, couldn't update applications while connected to wifi on my Android and iPhone, and when I rebooted the device it would take 2-3 reboots to get all my devices to reconnect and my devices would try multiple times to reconnect and stay connected. Also after a week or 2 I had to reboot because the router would just stop functioning properly. I couldn't keep a stable wifi connection, transferring files over the network would be extremely slow, and I couldn't keep a stable network speed externally. I told Netgear about it again (I was troubleshooting the device for over 9 months with Netgear at this point) and told them if they could give me the AC1900 (I actually asked before they sent the 2nd replacement) and I would pay the price difference which they came back to me with a no and to do a factory reset again. At that point I just stopped responding and gave up with them since rebooting the device every 2 weeks didn't seem so bad. The reason I wrote this review is because Black Friday/Cyber Monday rolled around and I had the AC1900 saved in my cart. I noticed it was $180 and having not purchased anything figured I would buy it, try it out, and if I see the same issues I would just return it with no troubleshooting. All I have to say is WOW it's a huge difference. Activating the modem took less then 5 minutes, I was able to set it up almost entirely the way I wanted to right from the get go (for some reason when I was adding port forwarding rules they would not appear but that resolved itself after 24 hours), no errors in the event log, and rebooting had all my devices connected in 1-2 minutes. I regret not getting the AC1900 right off the bat since it was only about $100 difference but with purchasing both devices instead of being out just $280 I am not out almost $500 just to get the $7.99 monthly charge out of my bill so will take me 5 years to catch up on that cost for it to have been viable. Lesson learned and hope this helps other people.

Once we solved the wifi dropping (solution included below), this product worked great. I bought this to replace a smaller Netgear modem router that just couldn't handle all the devices in a large house with teenagers. The set up was easy and immediately we noticed faster download speeds. HOWEVER, the wifi kept turning off every 15 minutes or few hours with seemingly no consistency. Turning the router off and on again would solve it until the signal cut out again. I called my internet provider who told me there was nothing wrong on their end. They told me to call Netgear. I did that. Netgear's service is out of India. The "anaylst" was extremely rude and told me that my wifi had been hacked and there were other people piggybacking on the line. This was possible for him to fix, but he would have to transfer me to someone else and I would need to pay money. Right. I did panic a little after I hung up and ran all kinds of anti virus stuff which all came up with nothing. And considering that I just plugged in the new router with new password, etc the day before, I find it hard to believe that his story was correct. Then I started troubleshooting from forums on the internet... Netgear's forums had lots of suggestions about how to check cable line speed, change the MTU packets and about five other things, all of which I did, and NONE of which the Netgear guy did. I hardwired the ethernet from the modem/router to my desktop (Acer Aspire All-In-One Z3-710) which worked great but the wifi was still off. I also shut everything down and tried again with brand new coax cable. At that point, two days and about 7 hours of work time lost, I got frustrated and done. I called Amazon and talked with their expert who, by the way, was the NICEST, MOST INFORMATIVE person that I talked to between the cable provider and Netgear. He said I could return the product and I went through the process to get a shipping label intending to return it the next day. That night I was putting my garbage out and complaining about the whole situation to my neighbor who told me that there might be a little check box in the properties section of the wifi driver which allows the computer to turn off the wifi to "power save". (Windows 10) Right away I came in and looked. Sure enough, in both the wifi driver and the wired internet driver on my desktop, the boxes were checked to have the computer turn off internet to save power. I unchecked them, pressed apply, restarted my computer and now everything works just fine. Better than fine because the speed and range is great. I waited a few days to make sure it wasn't an anomaly and I cancelled the return on the product through Amazon. I give it 4 stars because this problem and its solution should have been easily solved by A, my cable provider, B Netgear (seriously), and any internet forum. (There were a LOT of forums with people having problems with this router dropping wifi in the last year or so, none mentioned this simple solution. I hope they read this review and go to their drivers' properties and uncheck those little boxes.) Just FYI, we have a 4000 sq ft home on three levels. This thing is pushing good, fast signal everywhere.

Annoyed that my ISP, a leading national cable company, began charging me $8/month+taxes for a cable modem they had GIVEN me to use 9 years ago, I decided to find a cable modem that I could pay for ONCE and not on a life-long installment plan. While searching, I decided it might be time to go state-of-the-art with my router too. Initially, I winced at the price of the AC1750 but soon realized that in less than 2-1/2 years of modem rental fees, I would save back the entire price. When I installed this new NETGEAR AC1750 cable modem router for my Linux system, I was impressed by several benefits: 1) Footprint on crowded desk is less than 1/3 of the space previously used & LEDs are fewer & more intuitive 2) No software to install, so the setup was fast and painless as was the browser-based configuration & security settings 3) Wi-Fi connectivity to printer, Blue-ray player, tablet, & 2 android smart-phones was simple with WPS push & connect 4) Wi-Fi is amazingly fast; there's no detectable latency even when the router is being hammered by several devices at once 5) Wi-Fi sensitivity is better, too; now I can see 12-13 of my neighbors' Wi-Fi signals instead of the 7-8 previously 6) This AC1750 automatically draws/prints a Network Map...a handy tool to verify everything is working as expected 7) My speed tests show robust download & upload speeds of 16.1 Mbps and 1.1 Mbps (http://www.att.com/speedtest/) and 15.7 Mbps and 1.6 Mbps (http://www.speedtest.org/) 8) Cable clutter is greatly reduced; there's a NETGEAR power cable, a coaxial cable (ISP) to the modem router, a network cable to the PC, and a network cable to my magicJack VOIP phone module...4 wires; that's all. Very nice to be free of the tangled cables. 9) Two former annoyances with previous router, NETFLIX dropping out and having to be restarted every 1-2 hours and the need to restart the old router 6-9 times/week to re-establish my ISP connection...are now both COMPLETELY solved. Having had 4-5 routers over the past 10 years, would I choose this one again? In a heartbeat!

Love this device! Backstory: I just moved into an apartment in Chicago. I pay for Comcast Xfinity's 75 Mbps for a great rate of $39.99/month. After much research, I decided to buy this unit instead of renting Comcast's modem for $10/month. Since this is a modem/router combo, I'm able to use this one device to send the wifi throughout my apartment. I have a large-ish and LONG apartment with at least 3 large rooms (and one long hallway), so I keep this modem/router in the middle room. According to Speedtest.net, with my PC connected with an ethernet cable, I get 90 Mbps (much more than I even pay for-- when does that even happen?). The wifi in the other rooms is about 20-40 Mbps, depending on how far away I am from the center of the apartment. The box comes with VERY easy instructions and even specifically had a section talking about Xfinity... It told me how to startup my internet using a comcast special website, instead of having to call the company and give any MAC addresses to the technicians. The setup took about 5 minutes, if that. I have had no issues with it since, but I've only had it for a week. Inside the box: An ethernet cable about 6 feet long, power cord, and the device itself. Please note that this box DOES NOT include a "coax" cable, which is the cable that connects this modem/router to your wall. So be sure you buy one! I highly recommend this device for the quality of the equipment, wifi speeds it emits, and the almost too-easy setup. Thanks

I got this to replace my 8 channel Motorola/Arris SBG6580, the modem is about twice as tall as the SBG6580, however it doesnt run nearly as hot. I miss not having the "root" user to log into the SBG6580 which would let me be a geek and see the exact BPI+ config file loaded on the Motorola, but other than that, the modem works about the same as the Arris. I feel like the signal to noise ratio is more solid on the new netgear, as it dropped a couple DB on all channels, however as noted by other reviewers, the user interface and boot up time on the netgear are slow. I feel like the logging options are better, and so are the stats monitoring features which show you bits per second on the interfaces, etc. This modem/router has some other features which the Motorola was missing like the ability to attach USB printers and hard drives to it. I'm not using those features, but I may opt to in the future and its nice to know they are there. I am using this time Time warner Maxx in Manhattan, NY, I am reliably getting 320Mbps down and 22Mbps up on speed tests using both the internal TWC internet speed test on their website, and some external ones on ookla. It binds all 16 channels in QAM 256 down and 4 channels upstream. I did notice on the 4 upstream channels that the first two stay at lower speed TDMA and ATDMA at 2560 Ksymbols/sec, and the next two channels run ATDMA at 5120 Ksymbols/sec. At first I thought this was a problem, but later it was explained to me that the first two channels are configured this way in my area to support older DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 modems which cannot recognize the increased speed rates, channels 3 and 4 are reserved for the newest models of DOCSIS 3.0 <a href="http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3887681314"></a>

2014-12-17 Update: I was finally contacted by Netgear and had another 2.5 hour session with them. Here is the bottom line, and final update before any firmware fixes: 1. NetGear admitted that they have issues with ReadyShare and they basically told me there is nothing else they can do except 'collect information'. I have to wait for a new firmware, have the firmware approved by my internet provider, then have them push it to my C6300! (Who knows when!) 2. For future daredevil users: Do not mess with the DHCP reservation values or table. Doing so seems to affect the ftp readyshare abilities and the ability to have the genie app login to the router. If I get an updated firmware, I will update this review. -------------------------------------------- Hm... maybe this WILL be a great modem/router combo when NetGear gets to fix the serious firmware bugs and upgrade their software to a reasonably solid working state. For now three stars just due to the time I spent on the phone with them vs the price I paid for a device that has serious flaws. I've spent about 6 hours on the phone with their technical support and have already replaced one of these devices. During our last session, they kept me on hold for 30 minutes (after an already two hour call) to tell me that they couldn't find a technical expert because it was the weekend. They were supposed to call me back a day later, but not only they didn't, I can no longer see any updates on my ticket! With the above having been said, here is the good, the bad and the ugly: Pros: 1. Good router / modem combo. Gives you fairly good control over most of the parameters of your network. 2. Supports 802.11ac as well as guest networks on both 2.4 and 5Ghz bands. 3. I particularly like the button for switching the wireless network on/off at the front of the device. 4. Supports IPV6 5. Fast internet - with 12x4 channels bonded, I get ~60-70Mb downstream; 10+ upstream on middle tier package. 6. Provides Media server and USB drive sharing features (however -- see below -- they don't exactly work, yet!) 7. Cool looking! :-) Cons (of lesser importance) 1. Some features are not there which would normally be there on a regular router (that is probably to be expected.) For example, no ability to declare static routes / see the routing table. 2. The 'Genie' application is buggy and sometimes it communicates with the device, sometimes it doesnt. 3. When it does, some features don't reflect what the router perceives as present (Readyshare - more about this at the 'ugly' section.) 4. So I -- finally -- found a usb thumb drive that the device DID like (2 older devices I had, the C6300 wouldn't see no matter how I formatted them.) When the device is rebooted, the USB LED at the front remains off, although a device is actually connected and active (!) 5. The 2.4Ghz wireless LED stays firmly on even during activity; the 5.0Ghz LED blinks, even when there is NO activity on this band (!) 6. Expensive. The ugly (things that need to get fixed:) 1. The firmware V1.12.20 is NOT user upgradeable - good luck getting upgrades from your provider. And I'm sure that there needs to be an upgrade fairly quickly. 2. The FTP server and HTTPS access to your USB drive is simply not working, WHEN ACCESSED FROM THE INTERNET (locally, within your network, they appear to be working just fine.) This was a key feature in my decision to buy this model. After hours on the phone and a factory reset we managed to get the ftp going; but today for no reason whatsoever, it stopped working! 3. The https interface to the USB drives, NEVER worked. However, when tested through other methods (telnet to 443), it is clear that the port is accessible and the C6300 simply doesn't properly negotiate SSL (therefore, you get a 'cannot connect to site'). 4. No separate username/password for USB share access! You'll need to share the admin username/password to this device if you'd like some basic security to your ftp files. Not ideal if you need to enable remote management or a good security practice. 5. The user interface is very slow at some screens, sometimes tricking you into believing that the router simply went away! But if you wait long enough, you'll get the updated screen. Haven't tested DLNA yet or 802.11ac access. But I'll update my review if things get better or am able to test more features. Hope this helps you.

WIFI cuts out every 1 to 3 days.