NETGEAR D7000-200UKS Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band 600 + 1300
NETGEAR D7000-200UKS Nighthawk AC1900 Dual Band 600 + 1300 Mbps Wireless (Wifi) VDSL/ADSL Modem Router for Phone Line Connections (BT Infinity, YouView, TalkTalk, EE and Plusnet Fibre)
Streaming and Gaming
– Modem router built for buffer-free streaming and gaming with a powerful dual core processor, Wi-Fi speeds up to 1.9 Gbps, and advanced QoS
– Features like built-in iTunes server and super-speed USB port, allows streaming of personal media throughout home
Stay Connected on The Go
– Improve your connection throughout your home while on mobile devices. Enjoy improved speeds on the 802.11 ac Wi-Fi devices like iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, iPad Air 2, Samsung Galaxy S4, S5 and S6 and more
– Roam farther and maintain your speed and reliability with Beamforming+ and powerful external antennas
Access and Share Your Content
– Sharing across your network is easy, anything from accessing stored photos and music to wireless printing and streaming media
– Ready Share USB lets you wirelessy access and share content on connected USB hard drives and wireless printers. iTunes compatibility means you can play your USB stored music using AirPlay or Apple Remote and find and play your media with DLNA support
Ease of Use
– Start enjoying your device faster than ever. Instalation and management is simple and easy. Browser based from tablets, smartphones or computers with no CD required
– Manage your network with Netgear Genie app – a personal, icon-based dashboard that can control and monitor all your network from home or remotely. Connect devices securely to your Wi-Fi network with the push of a button with push n connect
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| Wireless Standard | AC750 | AC1200 | AC1600 | AC1900 | AC2600 | AC5300 |
| Wi-Fi Speed up to | 300 Mbps + 450 Mbps | 300 Mbps + 900 Mbps | 300 Mbps + 1300 Mbps | 600 Mbps + 1300 Mbps | 600 Mbps + 1733 Mbps | 1000 Mbps + 2133 Mbps + 2133 Mbps |
| Connection Type | ADSL | ADSL / VDSL (Fibre) | ADSL / VDSL (Fibre) | ADSL / VDSL (Fibre) | ADSL / VDSL (Fibre) | ADSL / VDSL (Fibre) |
| Ethernet Ports | Five 10/100/1000 (1 WAN and 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet ports with auto-sensing technology | Five 10/100/1000 (1 WAN and 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet ports with auto-sensing technology | Five 10/100/1000 (1 WAN and 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet ports with auto-sensing technology | Four 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Ports with auto-sensing technology | Four 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Ports with auto-sensing technology | Six 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Ports with auto-sensing technology and port aggregation |
| USB Ports for Storage and Sharing | One (1) USB Port | One (1) USB 2.0 port | Two (2) USB ports | Two (2) USB ports | Two (2) USB 3.0 ports | Two (2) USB ports – one (1) USB 3.0 and one (1) USB 2.0 port |
| Guest Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lag-free Online Gaming | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weight: | 596 g |
| Dimensions: | 28.5 x 18.5 x 5 cm; 596 Grams |
| Brand: | NETGEAR |
| Model: | D7000-200UKS |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | NETGEAR |
| Dimensions: | 28.5 x 18.5 x 5 cm; 596 Grams |
I’m no computer expert, but I’m no dunce either and, having set up other router/ modems was confident this wouldn’t be too tricky. Anyway after spending most of Sunday evening trying to set up the router using my Windows laptop and Google Chrome I just wasn’t having any luck in getting onto the setup page of the router. Firstly it wouldn’t connect to the wifi at all so I plugged in the provided ethernet cable, now I could log onto the router but there was still no setup wizard the instructions promised. After many attempts it tried to load the setup but just kept saying ‘No Data From Router’, so I gave up and re-connected the old router. During the week I did a bit of research and noticed a few people had also had this problem and it was noted that the setup wizard or router control gui wouldn’t load in Chrome. I then went back on using the same laptop but this time was on Microsoft Edge. The router appeared on the wifi list, I connected to it and then typed in the router setup address and Hey Presto I was in. The setup still crashed a few times during the next few processes but eventually it was all up and running. Good wifi coverage to all the rooms in the house and seems to be very stable.
I’ve always used Netgear and haver been very please with the product so when my existing modem/router needed replacing, Netgear was the obvious choice. The unit arrived well within time. Although the unit was literally ‘plug and play’, I could not install the unit onto my server network. I’m not sure what the issue was but the new modem/router would not recognise my network provider. In the end my network provider set up the modem for me. After initial teething problems it is now working satisfactorily.
POSITIVES
Very straightforward to set-up. I looked online in advance to see if this was definitely compatible and got a bit of mixed information. However, the set-up includes a Vodafone profile so it was remarkably straightforward (you’ll need to contact your fibre provider and make sure you get your username and password). The list seemed comprehensive but if your own supplier isn’t there, you can probably find the relevant settings with a bit of digging online.
Over the last few weeks the connection and stability has been rock-solid. The router that was supplied by Vodafone was utterly garbage; we were getting connection issues, router would fall over, struggle with number of devices connected (around 15), and the real-world speeds were not even close to the indicated sync speeds. Speeds much improved now and consistency is great. Hasn’t fallen over or crashed at any point.
Real-world speed tests have shown a 4-5Mbps boost in download speeds and around 2-3Mbps in uploads. Not a huge jump but better than I was getting and, the speeds are now consistent (that is, no drop-offs when you connect more than one device at a time!)
NEGATIVES
Solely down to my lack of research in advance, I didn’t realise that the 5ghz and 2.4ghz wifi frequencies cannot be ‘bridged’. Netgear does do a ‘Smart Connect’ on some other devices but it’s not present here. That means that these frequencies are separate SSIDs (that is, two separate networks). We have quite a few Chromecast devices and smart speakers – unfortunately, this would cause an issue. You can call both networks the same thing (with the same password) but this still causes problems. I’ve opted for disabling the 2.4ghz network and just use 5ghz. This mostly works fine, though WiFi reception does tend to drop a bit as you’d expect from 5ghz.
The guest network didn’t work the first time I tried. Has worked fine since – I actually really value having this and not sure what caused the problem first time around.
The app (both smartphone app and desktop app) are not great. They are usable but the UI looks a touch dated!
Given the WiFi issue above, I probably wouldn’t buy this device again but, apart from that, it’s resolved the issues I was having and it’s been solid – so, I’m chuffed about that at least.
Fairly easy to instal, automatically selected my provider and wireless signal seemed ok. After a week found I was getting a lot of dropping connections although the router did not indicate a loss of broadband connection. Wireless dropping at random times and I could not find the reason, was unimpressed with user interface as there was no way to change anything , then I found that I was able to connect to the router via the IP address and installed a firmware update. Connection dropping has abated and seems more stable but wireless coverage is still patchy and I’m having problems with accessing my wireless printer and NAS drive from within the home network. Overall seemed to work great when first installed then frustrating connections and wireless. Now a month later not very impressed considering returning to old provider router if things do not improve soon. Not much help from user forum but will keep plugging away to see if I can make things bette
I bought this to replace the USP supplied Tg589 after a fibre switch. This is my third Netgear router over about 15 years but this time I am uncertain. My modem has always been located in the middle of the house on a window sill. Initially just to a PC wired then wi-fi 2.4G. Over the years I added a TP link range extender to use a Tab, phone & Fire, TV. Then I bought a Sky Q and Smart TV and it all went Pete Tong. Sky or Skype not both. First I upgraded to Fibre and my old router crashed. New TG589 from USP and Powerline to the TV and Q gave a solid connection but wi-fi was poor. Turned wi-fi OFF on the Sky and all was stable, except Skype. Hence the new Nighthawk.
Set up OK once i found the VLAN ID. The Tv via Powerline was Ok but Sky need a reset. My range extender show red on 5G and 2.4G (was green) but looks to be working well. Speed is not that good, but 4K video streams ok to PC over the the extender via wi-fi. I have yet to find why it is Alexa compatible, or how to turn off the lights I need why USB,but it is early days. It is big and ugly. My old Netgear sat like a book and were unobtrusive, I guess it is only time until it gets relocated to a cupboard out of sight.
An expensive experiment to prove wi-fi does not like solid walls or double glazed windows regardless of makers claims.
I recently changed my home broadband from ADSL to VDSL and bought this router/modem as a replacement for my Netgear DGND3700 which has worked reliably (and almost constantly on) since 2013.
Setting the D7000v2 up has been a very frustrating and time consuming experience. It took hours before it would even let me log into the device which also seemed to take an inordinately long time to reboot.
The automated VDSL setup failed for me every time but worse the device refused to allow me to manually setup. It was only after many reboots and factory resets that I was finally able to log in over LAN and start to manually enter settings.
Once I was finally able to connect the device notified me that a firmware update was available. The update was elective and simple.
The white LEDs on the top are bright but otherwise useless. My master BT socket is located in a dark corner and whereas I could read and understand the status lights of previous modems from across the room, to read the D7000v2 I need to be close and use a torch to read the labels. The D7000v2 housing is ridiculous in that it can only lie flat now (I stood all my previous modems upright, which suited the limited space available and, yes, I liked to see the flashing lights).
The box does have a good number of vents in the sides, but it still gets very warm which is a mild concern given that it will be on 24/7. I’d have expected a low power mode to be available for when there’s no traffic.
None of my WiFi devices would connect initially but this was eventually solved by disabling “Enable 20/40 MHz Coexistence”.
The Readyshare USB drive feature probably caused me the most grief. I use a 1TB USB3 portable drive for Sonos file storage and it worked fine with the DGND3700. However, none of the USB drives I tried seemed to work and the D7000v2 stopped responding whenever I plugged anything in. Worryingly, Windows reported file system errors every time after a drive had been plugged into the D7000v2. The only solution I’ve found so far is to reformat the drive to FAT32 (from NTFS), which rather limits its usefulness in terms of storage capacity.
One of the reasons I selected the D7000v2 (over cheaper alternatives) was the USB3 socket which promised greater transfer speeds. However, LAN transfer speeds via either USB socket are woeful.
Although I am fairly familiar with the eccentricities of the Netgear menu system, I did find it frustrating that this device has no offline help built-in. The pdf manual is quite comprehensive, but when you can’t get an online connection to download a copy it isn’t a lot of use.
Every alteration in the settings results in a long pause while the new settings are applied. There is often a progress bar presented, but this seems to get to 100% long before the device is actually ready to continue. The D7000v2 also seems very slow to re-establish a WAN connection but maybe that’s a VDSL thing.
Attached devices do not always show up on the D7000v2, although the IP address reservations still do appear to be used.
That said, now that I’ve finally set the D7000v2 up the device has performed as well as I could have expected. There have been no unexpected connection interruptions, no lockups and no need to reboot (except where settings changed). Very pleased with WAN and LAN speeds, WiFi signal strong and reliable. Amazon Prime streaming great even at 4K.
Given my horrible experience setting the thing up, at the moment I consider the D7000v2 to be poor value and would definitely not recommend it to anyone lacking experience.
That said, the D7000v2 in use has been reliable and entirely trouble free so far.