Price: $449.99 - $199.00
(as of Nov 30, 2024 17:29:11 UTC - Details)

Nighthawk AX6000 12-stream Wi-Fi router is powered by the industry's latest Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard with 4 times increased data capacity to handle today's and tomorrow's growing home network. Blazing-fast combined Wi-Fi speeds up to 6Gbps and ax optimized 64 bit 2.2GHz quad-core processor powers Smart home applications, ultra-smooth 4K UHD streaming, online gaming, and more. Ax Wi-Fi features orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (of DMA) that dramatically increases network capacity. Plus, eight high-performance antennas on the router amplify Wi-Fi signals for maximized range and Reliable coverage. Nighthawk AX6000 12-stream router is also the first home router to have a 5G Multi-Gig port.
UNLEASH FASTER SPEED, EVEN MORE POWER: Optimal for devices built to support WiFi 6: Playstation 5, iPhone 11 & 12, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro 13 & Mac Mini, Ultra Notebooks, Samsung S10 & S20.
WIFI 6 – STREAM EVERYTHING AT FASTER SPEED: Simultaneously stream uninterrupted movies, games, video calls or download/transfer files at 6 Gbps WiFi speed.
WORKS WITH ALL INTERNET PROVIDERS: Replace your existing WiFi Router (separate modem or gateway required). Compatible with any Internet Service Provider up to 2Gbps including cable, satellite, fiber, DSL and more.
EASY TO SET-UP AND MANAGE: Connects to your existing cable modem and sets up & customizes in minutes with the Nighthawk app – easily manage WiFi settings at the device and network level, test your Internet speed, view speed history & monitor data usage.
USB CONNECTIONS: Share a storage drive with any connected device and create a personal cloud storage to access from anywhere using the 2 x 3.0 USB ports.
NETGEAR ARMOR protects your family's WiFi with an automatic shield of security across all your connected devices with a 30-day free trial.
WIRED ETHERNET PORTS: Plug in computers, game consoles, streaming players and other nearby wired devices with 4 x 1G and 1 x 1/2.5/5G Ethernet ports.
LOADED WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY: Designed with a 2.2GHz quad-core processor, OFDMA, MU-MIMO, Dynamic QoS, 1024-QAM, Smart Connect for one WiFi name, Beamforming technologies and Amazon Alexa Voice Control. Supports WPA2/WPA3 wireless security protocols.
Reviewer: Dale Reid
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great hardware, needs some revision of software
Review: Netgear has been my choice for many upgrades and new installations.Until now, the hardware AND software worked great.The FUNCTION of the device is perfect, no glitches and set up within minutes.The complaint I have is the, in my opinion, poorly written software. I used the computer interface to access the setup and monitoring of the router. It fails to list ALL the attached devices, sometimes missing a couple or more in the list, and from looking at the assigned IP address at the connected device, I not only know it is there, but can enter that address into my browser and connect. Yet the router which assigned the address when the device connected, doesn't show it. Free third party IP address software DOES show the complete list, why can't an industry leader in routers and switches hire some programmers who can make it work, rock solid? And yes, I've made sure I'm running the latest firmware version.Again, the HARDWARE works great. No concerns. But who is in charge of defining the software function, supervising those who write the firmware, and certifying it WORKS has certainly dropped the ball. For most users, they'll never worry about such things and will experience a fast and reliable router. For those of us who have always used those functions and want the or need them, this is inexcusable for a top notch company. This is also the opinion of other users who have commented on this problem on various forums, so I'm not an outlier.

Reviewer: Matt
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Reboots spontaneously and drops signal EVERY DAY
Review: There was a little router, Used for a PC browser,Right in the middle of a room. When it was good, It was very good indeed,But when it was bad it was horrid.I had such hopes for this Netgear router. I purchased this about a year ago at the time of this review. I guess this could be considered a "Year-in-Review" from me on this product. I had a previous Netgear router that worked well, though it was 5 or so years old so I wanted to upgrade, being the techie I am, and I chose this router to upgrade to. I really wished I didn't upgrade and I wished I kept the old router, in retrospect.This new router worked amazingly for maybe a month, great utilization of FiOS internet speeds/capacity. Then, the router started rebooting spontaneously and would go offline for a few minutes each time. At first it was one to two times a week, but toward the 2 month mark of ownership it started happening every day. About 3 months and onward it reboots typically 2, maybe 3, times a day. I don't want to spend more money on another router at this time, so I'm just dealing with it especially since I've been lucky and the reboots typically don't happen during my remote work meetings. I've kept a log of when and why the reboots might happen; it seems totally random. I'm actually and ironically writing this review on my cell phone right now via cellular signal because, once again, the router spontaneously rebooted and dropped internet connection.I've reset the firmware, refreshed my IP, tweaked all sorts of settings, cycled through a ton of different solution variations, even called Netgear tech/sales support. Nothing's helped. Netgear support tried to get me to buy their "NETGEAR Armor" subscription for the router, stating that that should help resolve the issue. From what I've read about Netgear's Armor software (and, according to their own website), it's supposed to provide "real-time protection against hackers" and doesn't have anything to do with the actual router equipment operation. The Armor software is pre-installed/embedded by the way. I've never had a problem with hackers, viruses/trojans/malware, or the like and have stuck to safe/verified sites. I've read in multiple forums that apparently if you don't sign up to Netgear's Armor subscription for the router, then your router acts up. Don't know how true that is but it seems to be the case with mine from this past year's empirical evidence and from Netgear support's heavy-handed suggestion.Why should I have to sign up and pay for something I hadn't needed historically? And, why should I need to sign up and pay for an additional service that supposedly, per company advertising, has nothing to do with equipment operation in order to get the equipment to operate correctly? Is this fraud, some kind of bait-and-switch? What's going on with this router (and company's operating model)?We may never know. (Cue mysterious whoosh.)I now have quite the aversion to Netgear and its technology. I'm not angry or sad at Netgear from this experience, I'm just so very disappointed.

Reviewer: math_dude
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best Router I Have Ever Owned
Review: TL;DR - it's a great router with great capability. I was surprised at the ease of use and ease of configuration. It has great range, can handle multiple devices simultaneously, and has no problems with handling access to network storage. There are a ton of bells-and-whistles options that may or may not come in handy for the average user. It is expensive for a reason but the features are well worth it.This is the best router I have ever used, period. I bought one nearly 2 years ago when they first came out and I bought another one, here on Amazon, recently. This particular one was purchased to help set up my sister and brother-in-law's home network.The setup is very easy and quick and the menu's interface is full of options. Using 2x RAX120 routers for an AT&T fiber service of 1000/1000 Mbps at sis's and Spectrum 1000/35 Mbps in my home.The router's Wi-Fi coverage is approximately 3500 ft^2 (square feet) at 100% signal strength with the ability to beam-form to devices. Power adjustment values are 25%, 50%, and 100%. It is a dual band router with 12 streams (when working with 160MHz clients) broken down as 4x4 (4x 1x1 devices) on 2.4GHz band and 8x8 (4x 2x2 devices) on 5Ghz band. It can handle up to 8 simultaneous Wi-Fi streams (again, 4x 1x1 devices and 4x 2x2 devices). I have run tests to see how it handles walls, metal plates, blankets soaking up the waves, etc and the Wi-Fi still manages to beat through most of it even at extended ranges. A direct LoS (line-of-sight) Wi-Fi connection goes to nearly 200 feet (at 100% power value).There are 5x 10/100/1000 RJ-45 ports and a single 5Gbps (5000Mbps) RJ-45 multi-gig port (1x WAN/LAN + 4x LAN @ 1Gbps + 1x WAN/LAN @ 5Gbps). One can use the port labeled "Internet" (the single 1Gbps WAN/LAN RJ-45 port) as an extra 5th LAN port if you use the 5Gbps port, labeled "Multi-Gig", as your internet service connection. There are 2 ports able to link for aggregation. To take advantage of link aggregation, you will need a device that can team 2 ports. Usually, higher-end motherboards and consumer network gear have this ability but it is rapidly dying due to the newer 2.5Gbps NICs in the last couple generations of motherboards that take advantage of AMD and Intel CPUs supporting 2.5Gbps networking. However, if you have a multi bay NAS with link aggregation, those 2 aggregate ports would help balance the load on the NAS.Also, about the single 5Gbps RJ-45 port: this would be useful if we all had 5Gbps service from our ISPs; however, there is another use. Some of the Aquantia (now Marvell owned) and Intel 2.5/5/10Gbps NICs on consumer motherboards could take advantage of that 5Gbps port to improve network traffic speeds to/from the host/client. To clarify and simplify, your home network device-to-device speeds can take advantage of this.As far as networking, this handles video streams from computer-to-device without a hitch. You can use the 2 USB 3.0 (5Gbps) ports on the router to plug and storage device to get access to the contents of the storage device from any network connected device if you are not using a NAS (Network Attached Storage). For the average person, this is probably useful for streaming videos to any client device. Supported file system types (on the storage device) are FAT16, FAT32, NTFS (both with or without compression), Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, HFS, and HFS+. I, somehow, got my 5 bay DAS (Direct Attached Storage, NOT a NAS) to be identified with all 5 hard drives detected with their own drive letters and such after configuring the access from the RAX120's ReadyShare sub-menu in the router's setup/main menu in the Advanced settings tab. Made my day as I won't need to spend more on a 3rd NAS unit. I'm getting off topic though.

Reviewer: muni
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: It’s a good speed WiFi and covers entire house

Reviewer: Fras
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: اعادة التشغيل عدة مرات في الساعة الواحده!!تم الإرجاع بعد استخدام يومين فقط

Reviewer: AE
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Fácil de instalar el doble de velocidad

Reviewer: Dcs
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Was using a wireless router provided by our ISP. Needed something faster, more reliable, and that reached further. This router met all my needs. Also very important because of all the devises we have, including smart lights that each connect to the router. Was an amazon warehouse bargain. Product was great shape, and damage was as disclosed. Would highly recommend the product, and buying an amazon warehouse deal.

Reviewer: Cheshire Paul
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This review is for the Netgear Nighthawk AX12 12 Steam AX WiFi Router (Model Number: RAx120)MY BROADBAND PACKAGE:Virgin Media Fibre Optic Cable. 220MB Download and 20MB upload broadband plan. Using Virgin SuperHub 3.MY HOME SETUP:Large 4 bedroom detached property (very wide) over 2 floors (No brick internal walls). Furthest internal point in house, from the router is approx 15 meters.I have approx 15 devices connecting to the WiFi network.THE VIRGIN SUPER HUB 3:The only time I ever received Virgin’s advertised upload and download speeds was when I connected my MacBook Pro directly to the router using an Ethernet cable. Great - if you don't mind cables running all over your house.The WiFi was horrendously slow 90% of the time - I was often getting download speeds of just 20MB and that was in the same room as the router. In other rooms or upstairs the WiFi signal would degrade further still, to the point that it was often unusable - frequently I would get faster downloads using 4G (on my iPhone Pro Max). I tried all the usual stuff - turning the router off and back on again - turning off the mobile devices and laptops - and resetting the router back to factory settings. Even resorted to tweaking the router settings, to no avail.Occasionally, the router would give me a faster WiFi connection when turned off and back on again (maybe reaching 70MB) and then within minutes or a couple of hours it was back to the usual slow speed connection. I tried WiFi extenders etc.. nothing seemed to work, and as I work from home, I would end up using ethernet cable during the day to ensure I had a fast and constant reliable connection.Fed up with the slow WiFi and having an ethernet cable running over 10 metres to the study I started to research the Virgin Super Hub 3 router online. If only I had done it sooner. The reviews for it are terrible (and that's from official reviewers - not your average lay person). In view of this and already have spent a small fortune on other devices (extenders etc) I started to look at reviews for the NETGEAR Nighthawk router. Initial reaction was expensive, but the reviews for it were generally very good. Having had enough of my current unworkable setup, I decided to purchase the router.THE NIGHTHAWK NETGEAR ROUTER REVIEW:Arrived within a couple of days via Amazon Prime.Downloaded the app to my iPhone, launched it and followed the step-by-step instructions to complete the router setup. It was an absolute breeze. I had the new router up and running within half an hour of getting it out of the box.Note: If you're using the Virgin Super Hub 3, you will need to change the Super Hub 3 from "WiFi Mode" to "Modem Mode", before you start setting up the Nighthawk router, which can easily be done within the router's settings.During the set-up, you're asked if you want to keep your existing Network SSID and Password... Select "YES" as this means all of your existing devices will automatically connect to the new router (once set-up), otherwise you'll have a New SSID and Password, which you’ll have to set-up on every device you wish to connect to the WiFi. This worked perfectly for me.Post setup, all of my existing devices connected perfectly. Note: The 5G network has shorter range but faster connection, whereas the 2G network has further range but slower speed connection. I managed to get all of my smart devices (TV's, mobile phones, iPads) to connect to the 5G Wi-Fi network without any issues or signal drops anywhere in the house. There are 5 ethernet ports on the back of the router, which I also used to connect some devices (e.g Lounge TV, and PS4).Here's THE BEST BIT ... THE SPEED... WOW - this has totally blown my socks off!!! Most of the devices are connecting to the WiFi at almost full speed (220MB download) most of the time. In the furthest corners of the house I can still gets signals as fast as 210MB. I'm totally impressed and wish I'd bought this sooner.The Nighthawk Phone App is great. It allows you to see all of the devices connecting to the network either via WiFi or wired connection. You can 'pause' internet to individual devices if you like. You can also check the internet upload and download speed between your Router and ISP, which is handy. You can also turn on a "Guest WiFi" network if you wish to give house gets access to WiFi but not 'your' personal WiFi. There is also a traffic meter, if you wish to track how much data you're using .IN CONCLUSION:This router isn't cheap, in fact it's one of Netgear's most expensive. It does however have the latest WiFi standard (WiFi 6 aka "AX") which the latest iPhones, Samsung Devices, iPads can make use off. It is also backward compatible with all previous WiFi standards. It is quick and easy to setup and doesn't require any technical knowledge. Most importantly is the WiFi speed which I've been completely amazed with. You might also be able to get great results with other cheaper Netgear Routers (I didn't want to take the chance based on the amount I'd spent cumulatively on other products trying to sort my poor WiFi signal), however, I can wholly recommend this router if you have the budget, want ultra-fast WiFi speeds, and are looking to ensure any new smart device purchases can make use of the very latest and fastest WiFi.