It seems people's internet setup and connections are so varied that the very negative reviews can be counted as bad luck or incompetence,but shouldn't put the rest of us of giving a product a whirl.So from my perspective this is very easily setup,all recent Netgear's are.The modem appears strong,my max theoretically speed is 16Mbps this gives me 14.9Mbps consistently.About 2 weeks have gone by with no dropped connection and the traffic meter says about 170GB have passed through in streaming,downloads etc.
Having used many routers,mostly Netgear,last one being DGND4000 I would say wired connections and the brilliant Readyshare on this are very strong,best I have thus far used.I don't think the wireless side of things is so strong however.The distance both the 2.4ghz and ac travel appear a little weak,also the ac speeds don't seem that mind blowing.Infact if I didn't know I had my Samsung Tab on the ac band I am sure I would have noticed no difference between it and n 5ghz.At a distance of 17 feet, round a corner,up a flight of stairs,stone walls and two oak doors this is down to 11 to 18 Mbps on my laptop,just enough to watch 720p YouTube,not that great and ac isn't even available,even though I have tried using my Netgear ac dongle.However 9 wireless devices and 10 wired all running simultaneously with no slowdowns is impressive.So bandwidth management is excellent as is QoS.Certainly gaming(Call of Duty) and streaming Amazon Instant have proved very strong,even when 2 TVs are streaming and another is gaming all has remained completely lag and buffer free.
For me it's difficult to find a modem router with ac other than this one or the D6300,which for a small ac speed boost is £50 more(not worth it).There aren't many option if you want a built in modem.Netgear give free openDNS integration to protect children,this gives the best I have seen in site blocking.
So 4 stars for looking nice and smart,running cool,handling multiple intensive tasks easily,rock like adsl2+ modem and excellent blocking/safety controls.Loses a star for long distance 2.4ghz wireless strength.Overall though for less than £100 it's a top quality piece of equipment and definitely worth buying.
| Brand | NETGEAR |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 16.7 x 5.9 x 17.9 cm; 362 Grams |
| Item model number | D6100-100UKS |
| Manufacturer | Netgear |
| Series | D6100-100UKS |
| Color | Black |
| Wireless Type | 802.11n, 802.11b, 802.11g |
| Operating System | Windows |
| Item Weight | 362 g |
