If your product is not supported by the Nighthawk or Orbi app, you can continue using the genie app. Advanced remote support tools are used to fix issues on any of your devices. The service includes support for the following:.
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Ask the Community. Need to Contact Support? See Support Options. Contact Support. Oddly, however, you can't use the router's Web interface itself for this job. The R now comes with a new Quality of Service QoS feature that allows you to manage both the upstream and the downstream instead of just upstream in the R However, there are a lot more options you can customize for upstream than for downstream, which you basically can just turn on or off. QoS allows for prioritizing the Internet so that real-time applications, such as online gaming, video chat, or HD streaming get the the bandwidth they need to ensure optimal user experience.
This is generally a major feature of a home router. This is a little awkward; you'll have something sticking out of the front all the time if you want to take advantage of USB 3. It could also support hard drives of top capacities. Once a drive is plugged in, its contents will be immediately shared across the network with everybody having full access to it. But you can also customize the share folders for security or privacy purposes. The router supports the SMB protocol, meaning any computer in the network can browse the shares using a network browser such as Windows Explorer or Finder.
Share folders can also be turned into an FTP site for those who want to access them over the Internet. The new thing about the R's storage capability is the fact that it now supports Time Machine backup, making the router a much better alternative to the new AirPort Extreme, in terms of functionality and also performance, more below.
It also comes with great backup software called ReadyShare Vault for Windows computers. If you choose to store digital content on the connected hard drive, it can also be streamed to DLNA-compliant network media players, and iTunes with AirPlay support.
This feature automatically scans the attached external hard drive for digital content, making it available to devices within the network. The router can also automatically scan for new content when new files are added, or repeatedly over a period of time. The R shares the same Netgear Genie mobile app as that previous models.
In addition to managing the router's settings, you can use this app to stream digital content to a mobile device, such as an iPad. However, you can only do that when the mobile device is within the local network powered by the router. When you're out and about, or if the device connects to different Wi-Fi network, the Netgear Genie app will not work at.
Overall, I found this app rather limited though it has a lot of potential. To sum up, if you have used Netgear router before, you can expect the R to offer all the features and settings you're familiar with, plus a better QoS, Time Machine backup support, and a built-in OpenVPN server.
I had, however, and still I was very impressed by it. Overall, despite higher specs, the R powered by a 1GHz processor is slightly slower than its Asus counterpart powered by a MHz processor , but only within the margin of error. The two routers are by far the fastest on the market.
For This is a very fast speed, about seven times the speed of a regular Ethernet connection. When I increased the range to feet, the speed was reduced to Mbps, still one of the fastest. For this test, the Asus offered Mbps and Mbps for short and long ranges, respectively. Netgear R Apple AirPort Time Capsule. Cisco Linksys EA Amp Wireless RTA D-Link DGL Its long range score was actually faster than that of the Asus, which scored just Mbps.
And finally on the 2. It scored Mbps for short range and 64Mbps for long range, still much faster than most existing routers, but much slower than the Asus. In the Netgear's defense, I used a second R router working in bridge mode as the client for this test, and Netgear doesn't offer many options to make sure that the first and second unit are connected using the fastest standard possible.
D-Link DIR Similar to the Asus RT-AC68U, the Netgear R passed the hour stress test without any hiccups and offered exceptionally long range, with the effective range being some feet away. I was able to pick up its signal much further than that -- up to feet away -- but at over feet, the signal was not strong enough for a reliable Wi-Fi connection.
Generally, walls shorten the reach of a Wi-Fi signal, and other Wi-Fi devices create interference. As with all Wi-Fi routers, your results may vary depending on where you live. Buffalo CloudStor Seagate Central. Corsair Voyager Air. Apple Time Capsule Summer Belkin N DB. Asus RT-N56U. Asus RT-N66U. Netgear WNDR Cisco Linksys E And finally, when coupled with an external hard drive plugged to its USB 3.
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