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 |
Do not use Google Chrome to set this up
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.
Really good and much better WiFi.
Used to replace a sky router that would only normally get about 26Mbps, this one straight off got 37Mbps, the stated line max speed for us.
The set up wizard was really easy and made light work of setting up. I didn’t have the option 61 info do sky but after a bit of Googling found and tried – abcdefgh@skydsl which worked.
Only confusing bit is the red light when using a 10/100 rather than 1Gb network connection, but easy once I looked at the manual.
faster and better signal than isp uni
virtually no drop in transfer speed between the wall and pc.
If only I could get the nord or express vpn app installed on it. unfortunately these company’s wont hack the operating system of combined modem/routers, so non programmers can access the true power of the interne
Amazing reliable Modem/Route
Had this router since 2017. It covers my entire townhouse. It’s been connected for over 270hrs without needing a reboot many times. Maybe needs a restart once a month. I have it wall mounted and it hardly gets warm. It also works great with Xbox gaming, I get low latency and no lag.
This is a great product. I love it and i recommend. Worth the money
This router is worth the money. Took me less than 5 minutes to configure it manually. Its working perfectly ever since. I am amazed on how good this modem router is although i read so many negative reviews about it. Wifi signal is fantastic , now i can log on the wifi networks on the 2nd floor without using a repeater or an access point. This is a great product better than my previous linksys x6200.
The only problem is on hot days it gets over heated and freezes the connection, i solved that problem by buying a cooling pad with 4 fans, and the job is done. Works perfect again.
This modem router is recommended. I love it.
Finally, I have a proper Modem/Route
Excellent, a Modem for me, reasonable price and much better than the rubbish ISPs give you for free but charge for in the fee. Stronger wifi signal finally gives the wife enough wifi for her puter and with the wifi relay I could retire the distance cable network. Enough flashing lights all at the front to keep one au fey with every station. Great for a home!
You need the ADSL username and password to get this to work without your old router.
I love the Nighthawk series, they are all brilliant bits of kit and offer much better range and stability than most ISP supplied routers. The only issue with this one is that about once every couple of months it requires a reboot as it locks up the occasional device, apart from that, this is a much greater improvement on the old ISP supplied router 🙂
Route
Good product at a good price. Only let down and no criticism of the product or Netgear was the challenge getting all the settings needed to get it to work with my broadband supplier whose useless router I was replacing. . Just why the techies make things so time consumingly complicated for the non techs drives many including me to near mental break down and begging and borrowing help from long suffering techie friends who usually agree. I want to embrace and use modern technology. I do not need to be a mechanic / software engineer to get into my car and drive it. Technology has a long way to go as its ease of use. Am I loan voice in the wilderness of tech bewilderment?
4.0 out of 5 stars Technical knowledge required
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.
Really Good
Was a little big sceptical when reading the reviews on this product. I am NOT technical at all and I managed to set this up very quickly with little assistance. Once set up I was able to link all my devices without any issues. I have about 20 devices running and so far so good, signal is strong and steady. My previous router which was supplied by my provided forever fell off the face of the earth, so this is a massive improvement.
Since moving to Vodafone for our home fibre (VDSL, fibre to the cabinet) we’ve had a range of issues. Delighted to report that this Netgear set-up has resolved nearly all of them. Bit of a mixed bag though, so make sure you do your research first and find out if this meets your needs. I’m using this as a complete replacement for the supplied modem/router provided by my ISP for a FTTC fibre connection.
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.
Worth the little extra for better, faster stable interne
I highly recommend this router. I noticed some reviews here were for slightly different models but I have the Nighthawk D7000 and so far after a week I’m very happy with the purchase.
Physically setting up the router was as easy as installing the one your internet provider gave me. Took less than a minute. The guide then very clearly tells you what to do next. I’d recommend the genie app/program as it makes the rest of the set up haslte free. Definitely also see your internet service providers website to see their views on third party routers. With the combined help from both I had internet up and running within 10 minutes. After that it was a case of firmwear updates and changing the passwords before I was done.
It has increased my broadband strength by 10mbps and has been constantly stable. A few people said they had issues with disconnection and channel changing but I believe those are a couple years old so the new firmwear must have sorted it. Definitely a vast improvement over the default router I had before. Can’t say I notice a difference between the 2.4 and 5ghz bands though.
Looks wise it’s a bit odd to place with all the angles and antenna but I think thats done so you can’t cover the top or sides to stop overheating as some other people mentioned.
Netgear products always have good support and a load of third party advice if you look around so I was confident buying this one. I haven’t used the service recently which I say is a good thing.
I’ve also not used the USB ports to make a network printer or cloud storage but they look easy enough to do from the genie app too. Having the modem built in was definitely convenient to avoid having a separate modem. Worth paying a bit extra for in my opinion. We mainly use it for daily house stuff with about 5 devices connected all the time and then our phones and it has been great. Will never look back. My skill at this sort of thing was probably a 3 out of 5. Not great, not terrible but anyone who can read the manual should have no issue setting this up.
Replaces BT Home Hub 5 and Modem
Suitable to connect to the Openreach box from BT without the modem. The setup was not trivial, it would be nice if it could austodetect the required settings. Once working the Wifi was stronger than the BT modem so I got rid of my old internet over power devices as I can reach the router on Wifi from anywhere in the house. It uses a continuous 11 Watts as measured by an external meter.
You may need to update the software before it will work.
After spending several hours trying to figure out why it would not connect to the internet, I manually updated the software on the product to the latest downloaded from the Netgear website. After that it installed straight away. (Plusnet FTTC)
Great Modem/Router, difficult to set up.
I have the D7000v1, not the v2, and this is a great bit of kit. Much better Wifi signal around the house even in the furthest rooms and the added ability to use it as a media server is very useful. Changes and updates are easy to perform in the user interface and haven’t had a drop out or lack of signal yet. Only downside is it was a bit of a pain to set up as the setup wizard couldn’t do it all, I needed to find some specification settings and identifiers. However, I believe this may have been a problem with the way my ISP sets everything up not the D7000 itself though I can’t say for certain. Overall a good Modem/Router combo and would definitely buy a Netgear product again.
Doesn’t really do what it says it ca
Easy to set up but the 5G WiFi is really poor, with dropped connections and really slow performance. I’ve turned it off and performance is pretty good with no drops.
A couple of times the router has disconnected from the internet and failed to reconnect – only cured by switching off and on again.
It’s a reasonable bit of kit but not outstanding in any way. Useable but I wouldn’t buy another.
Frustrating problems with connections dropping
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
Great speed and value.
Got this to replace an older Netgear product. It has great speed locally and over the internet, whether that be via Ethernet or WiFi. The USB 3 port is nice touch, but I doubt I’ll ever use it. The lights on the unit are a little bright for where I am able to place it. They’re either on or off, no option for a “dim” mode. A minor issue is that like a lot of Netgear products, the inbuilt firmware update mechanism doesn’t actually give the latest version, so for the latest security updates you might need to go to the product’s support page to download it.
Direct high speed replacement for the regular ISP DSL modem/router.
If you’ve got a really slow, congested DSL connection (i.e. only a few Mbits/sec) this super fast modem/router will squeeze every last ounce of speed from your DSL line with it’s dual core processor. It directly replaces (eliminates) the ISP’s modem/router, which in my case was an EE box. I did see some speed improvement when I switched to this Netgear box.
My only complaint is that there should be an OpenVPN Client. An OpenVPN Client is a very common feature of competitive modems like those from Asus. I really hope Netgear will implement an OpenVPN Client soon!
Apart from that, everything else was fine and worked as expected.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! AAA+++
Huge upgrade over sky q route
Replaced my sky q router which was rubbish as get an average of 63mbps to the router but poor speed and coverage. Found myself using 4g on my phone more often than using the Wi-fi. Installed this router which was pretty easy, besides from having to dig out the ID (option 61) for the setup which was on the sky q box the router was delivered in. Had for around a month now and get great coverage around the house and strong speeds even upstairs. Only problem I’ve encountered is a dead spot where my pc is but was due to the location of my route
Easy to set up, superb performance. Good vfm
Superb product. Usual Netgear quality. Upgrade from an earlier Netgear product with separate modem. This increased my download speed from 21 to 36mb and increased upload from 5 to 9.5mb. Totally recommend it.
Controllable WIFI!
Well this is a decent bit of kit. More than I need for my 12 MBs but it future proofs my system while giving a better wifi connection. Should you need it there is MIMO, dual band and a host of features not found in giveaway routers. One very useful feature is that it can act act as a DCHP server and assign IP addresses- these adresses can be set as static to avoid ip conflicts. You can see who is connected, monitor your traffic and enable a password free guest network too which does not compromise the security of your network. One satisfied customer.
Good price of ki
Been using this for 10 days now and can say I’m my case it’s noticeable the difference it makes, while running several devices at the same time that require a fair bit of data it seems to handle it with ease and without lag.
Range isn’t as strong as I thought it would be but plenty enough for my needs in a 3 bed house and the phone socket location being towards the front.
Setup wasn’t as straight forward as it should have been and the router needed to be hard reset e few times before I was able to set it up to work with my isp.
Supper Modem/Rute
I just can imagine what it could do if used with good speed broadband,mine is just 3MB/s and I newer struggled with coverage and signal drop. Netgear Genie is another very goof feature that comes with router, it allows you to set up,monitor and control all your network.
Quality of connection not speed is important.
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.
easy to set up
This modem router was so easy to set up although it took me two days and over 20 attempts. Both manually and letting the genie app sort it for you was proving a problem at first.
I wasn’t going to be beaten I had all the info on what to do with my supplier provided piece of junk so put that in manually, it just wasn’t happening, the light was orange. Yesterday I thought I’ll give it one last go then if it doesn’t work it’s going back. I chose to let genie do it and I got to a screen I had not had before asking me for the VLAN ID so I put in the ID my ISP had said in the set up of their offering. 2 minutes later I was on-line for the first time in two days, without reverting back to the ISP’s router.
Take the time to set it up correctly and don’t bother with the terrible tech support line!
After the initial annoying set up the router seems fine. I do have to keep switching channels though and I’ve had a few overnight drop outs which then require a hard reset. I’m hoping for better things going forward!
Good but so frustrating to setup
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.
I purchased this to use on EE Fibre and it works – took a while to get the password to work but if you can get into the admin part of the EE router and find out the broadband user name that is the first part. The password is HQNPASS followed by the numbers from your username. This worked for me after following guidelines on the EE website. The automated setup then did the rest.
Much better than the free BT ta
Moving from a BT one hub …. just works much better! I don’t consider myself a router expert or someone who gives a damn about the details of what it does … it just connects the myriad of devices in our house without having to endlessly reboot the router ! Money well spent 🙂
Knocks the socks off the rubbish that TalkTalk provided
Wonderful, it knocks the socks off the rubbish that TalkTalk provided. Gone are the frequent dropouts and device conflicts. Easy install. I have the the non-modem version (purchased it to try and right the TALKTALK wrongs previously) piggy backed via Ethernet, in my home office and it has changed my working life.
Does what it says on the box!
Does what it says in the box!
By Rusty
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Since fitting this Netgear Router, signal through the house is much improved even in the garden. Well worth the purchase. Recommend to anyone who has bad WiFi corners in their home.
Great. But could be improved.
Would give 5 star if it supported BT’s flavour of IPV6, this could become a problem in the future. But, as of now no problems with functionality and range (other than the router UI being a bit clunky).