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hmmm, just bought the Nighthawk X6 AC3200 and it is still unopened. I think I will keep it and wait for another rev on this. Anybody has any opinions on the X6

hmmm, just bought the Nighthawk X6 AC3200 and it is still unopened. I think I will keep it and wait for another rev on this. Anybody has any opinions on the X6 AC3200? Bought it for $399 based on "I don't want to have Wi-Fi problems at home" (tons of devices, works from home, etc. etc.)

wlesieutre 11y ago
No specific knowledge of the AC3200, but I bought an AirPort Extreme as a fairly pricey "I'm sick of having network problems" fix. Couldn't tell you when the last time I had to reboot it was, and I consider it money well spent. I'm glad DD-WRT/Tomato existed for my string of Linksys/Asus/Belkin type consumer routers in college, and I'm even more glad to not be tinkering with it anymore. You might read through the AC3200 reviews on Newegg so you at least know what you're getting in to. Reception is mixed (28% 1-star reviews), with complaints mainly about dropped connections. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320218 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320...
dangrossman 11y ago
There are 237 critical reviews of the Nighthawk on Amazon, with problems like needing daily reboots and the 2.4GHz network maxing out at under 15mbps repeated across reviews, where the cheaper router it's replacing had no such problems. All of the consumer AC3200 products have similar high percentages of negative reviews, probably because they largely share the same chipset. I wouldn't spend $300 on something that'll create more problems than my current $20 N router, and it appears there's a high probability of that being the case with that product.