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Reddit mentions of NETGEAR AC750 Dual Band Wi-Fi Gigabit Router (R6050),Black
Sentiment score: 2
Reddit mentions: 4
We found 4 Reddit mentions of NETGEAR AC750 Dual Band Wi-Fi Gigabit Router (R6050),Black. Here are the top ones.
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- AC750 Wi-Fi
- Simultaneous Dual band reduces interference
- External antenna for better range and throughput
- AC Wi-Fi compatible with different Wi-Fi devices
- Gigabit Ethernet for optimal wired performance
- AC750 WiFi-300 + 450 Mbps speeds
- Simultaneous dual band reduces interference
- External 5dBi antenna for better range and throughput
- AC Wi-Fi compatible with current & future Wi-Fi devices
- Gigabit Ethernet for best wired performance
- Wirelessly access and share USB hard drive or printer
- Manage your home network with NETGEAR genie
Features:
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 2.32 Inches |
| Length | 12.83 Inches |
| Weight | 1.82 Pounds |
| Width | 10.04 Inches |
Again, my apologies that you have Comcast.
This is all assuming that Comcast will cooperate, and you will actually be able to turn off the wifi signal and routing on that device, and install your own. They may/may not help you with this. If they do, great! If they don't, I can certainly try to help you, but obviously having the internet go out won't be super helpful.
Anyway...
I've had a great deal of success with Netgear. It's what all of the sites at work use, and that's what I use at home. Like I mentioned before, you really do get what you pay for when it comes to networking devices. Personally, I have this model, and I absolutely love it. Very easy management (even if you have no idea what you're doing), easy setup, good signal, no issues. I know there's a lot of bad reviews on it (I was worried at first as well), but I love it. I got it on the suggestion of a friend, and also suggested it to one of my friends, and none of us have issues.
If that is out of your price range, this one is $10 cheaper, and basically the same thing.
If that's still too much, based on looks/reviews, this would likely be okay. Personally, I have never used that brand, but I have heard of it, and it is pretty popular.
In any event, you'll probably need to call them to work this out, unless (and probably even if) you have someone tech savvy to help you out. If they tell you that you can't do it unless you buy a modem as well, you're looking at a whole 'nother expense (~$100) on top of buying a router to make that happen. If you are renting the modem (you probably are), it will pay for itself over time, but it has a lot of up-front cost.
I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll do what I can to help!
For future reference reddit automatically removes links if they include references.
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-AC750-Gigabit-Router-R6050/dp/B00KFD0O0I/
is the link that reddit wants
Still sticking with that Zoom 5341J in my recommendation, wireless could be handled by any decent router, cost is roughly in line with performance and reliability.
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-AC750-Gigabit-Router-R6050/dp/B00KFD0O0I/ref=sr_1_22?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1412719255&sr=1-22&keywords=wifi+router
Try to keep to a dual band router, this was just a random pulled out of Amazon.
Noone I know likes the performance, range or reliability of the Comcast wireless gateways.
Well if you need a new router (Apple routers are known to be lacking in features, and often times the features they do have don't work very well), this Netgear for $86 looks like a good solution.