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NETGEAR Ratchets up Performance of New AC1750 Smart WiFi Router

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NETGEAR, Inc., a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today expanded its portfolio of Smart Routers with the NETGEAR AC1750 Smart WiFi Router (R6400). A new design that includes high power amplifiers, external antennas and Airtime Fairness, combined with implicit and explicit Beamforming, boosts this router's WiFi performance at long range by up to 80 percent over the previous-generation NETGEAR AC1750 Smart WiFi Router, the R6300. Packed with user-friendly features such as new remote network management via the NETGEAR genie app and a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port, it's a high performance, high value solution for large homes with an increasing number of wireless devices.

With AC1750 WiFi, Gigabit Ethernet speeds, and three high-powered external antennas, the NETGEAR AC1750 Smart WiFi Router offers ultimate performance and wireless coverage. It offers up to three times faster access than routers with 802.11n technology and more reliable streaming for home computers and WiFi mobile devices. This router delivers the fast speed and reliability needed for applications such as smooth, lag-free multiple HD video streaming, multi-player gaming, and a secure and reliable connection to the Internet.



Compatible with next-generation WiFi devices and backward compatible with 802.11 a/b/g/n devices, the AC1750 Smart WiFi Router enables HD streaming throughout your home. High-powered amplifiers, three external antennas and Beamforming+ improve range and reliability to extend coverage and reduce dead spots for large homes. With up to 1750 Mbps speeds (450+1300 Mbps) and simultaneous dual band WiFi technology (2.4 GHz for range and 5 GHz for performance), this router avoids wireless interference, ensuring top WiFi speeds and reliable connections for all your mobile devices. Airtime Fairness prevents network lag when slower devices connect. Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) automatically recognizes and prioritizes applications for smoother HD video streaming and low-latency multi-player online gaming.

"Customers who are looking for the best price/performance router with the latest 802.11ac WiFi technology need look no further than our new AC1750 Smart WiFi Router," said Sandeep Harpalani, NETGEAR's senior director of product marketing for Retail Network Products. "With new technical capabilities and a rich feature set, it's not only supremely easy to install on your network, but offers an amazing uptick in terms of performance and range."

NETGEAR has you covered in terms of network security, as the AC1750 Smart WiFi Router offers the highest levels of wireless security, including VPN support for secure access to your home network. You can even customize a free URL to create your personal FTP server. To ensure your family's online safety and privacy, you can also set up guest network access and parental controls that you can tailor to each device.

NETGEAR AC1750 Smart WiFi Router supports the unique capabilities of the NETGEAR genie app. The user-friendly NETGEAR genie, already enjoyed by more than 5 million NETGEAR customers worldwide, is your personal dashboard that makes it easy to install, monitor, control and repair your home network. The new remote capabilities of NETGEAR genie means you'll experience superior visibility and control of your router whether you're at home or away, so you can also enjoy peace of mind. You can easily access your home network, view the real-time network map of all the connected devices on your network, check bandwidth usage, block WiFi devices, set up guest WiFi, and manage parental controls for safer web surfing on a per-device basis, anytime, anywhere, all through the app. The NETGEAR MyMedia feature enables you to find and play your stored media files from anywhere on your network to your Chromecast connected TVs, DLNA-ready TVs and music system. You can also make any printer AirPrint compatible for printing from an iPad or iPhone.

In addition to its four Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports, NETGEAR AC1750 Smart WiFi Router offers two USB ports, one of which is a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port that provides a connection up to ten times faster than USB 2.0. These two built-in USB ports are NETGEAR ReadySHARE-enabled for wirelessly accessing and sharing content on USB hard drives from any device in your home network. ReadySHARE printing capability means you can wirelessly access and share a USB printer, creating the total package for consumer or home office needs.

You can keep your content safe with NETGEAR ReadySHARE Vault, free application software that takes automatic backups of incremental changes on all PCs in your home network and saves them to a USB hard drive connected to the router. The AC1750 Smart WiFi Router is also compatible with Apple Time Machine for automatic Mac backup to a USB hard drive connected to the router.

Pricing and Availability
The NETGEAR AC1750 Smart WiFi Router is available now worldwide from major retailers in stores and online, at an MSRP of $149.99 in the U.S.

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More like ratchets down performance. You can find the R7000 Nighthawk (AC1900) for $169 all day long. Why bring this little guy to market at $150 (only 20 less)? This, I guess, is Netgear's teenage identity crisis model for the market. "AC standard and cost, but with that sleepy N channel you have come to appreciate since 2.4 has the range".

Side note #1, still smitten by my R7000, and with XVortex's port of Asus-Merlin I may never leave until the next wifi standard.

Side note #2, from the picture, looks like they revised the Antennas?
 
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Hmm no processor specs tho
 
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And that would mean it would be a CPU1:Broadcom BCM4709A0(1 GHz, 2 cores)

At least Broadcom's MOAR COARS is better than QCA's 160Mhz channel width that is gonna kill 5Ghz wifi for everyone for some theoretical numbers on a box.. hurr hurr
 
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Actually I don't think it is. Reason I say that, is for #1, it's not plastered on the front of the box like the R7000, and #2, if you look at Newegg's Photos of it, it's using the baby wallwart PSU, not that larger adapter needed for the R7000. I think this will have a weaker CPU........ Might not even be Broadcom at all...... and if that's the case, hmmm, I am looking at you OpenWRT.

EDIT: Oh man, how lame would it be if they took the R6300v2 (model its replacing) and plopped in the same PCB, only adding external Antennas.
 
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It might use whatever the Luxul XWR-1750 I have's it's a 1750 class and has a BC SoC (600 or 800Mhz) as well. Mine uses a sizable wall wart tho, still.
 
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Here is a site I like to use for router and or networking reviews. The following is from the link below.

[...]the R6400 still uses a Broadcom BCM4708 processor vs. the more powerful BCM4709 used by the R7000. RAM and flash capacities remain the same at 256 MB and 128 MB, respectively.[...]

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...-announces-performance-improved-ac1750-router
Yeah, SNB is a great resource. (Seems Tim just uploaded that today)

And to verify my statement/thought earlier, (you shouldn't have truncated the quote), here is the easter egg from the quote:
"Although the form factor is similar, the hardware design is not. Like the R6300v2......" So it is looking like a reboot of the same old 3 out of 5 star R6300v2 just with external antennas....... Lame....
 
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what´s the best ac router to cover a 1937.504ft² house?
 
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Our Ranch style house is bout 1900sqft, and we have full 2.4 coverage in doors, and in the furthest reaches we have about a %75 penetration of 5.0 Ghz (AC) with the Netgear R7000.

Latest Asus routers are good as well, the most bullet proof being the RT-AC68U, which is the rival to the R7000.
 
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I'll Prolly do my own review of the r7000 I got for free from a client lol. They gave me one as payment for a job since they got the r8000.
 
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I'll Prolly do my own review of the r7000 I got for free from a client lol. They gave me one as payment for a job since they got the r8000.
That's cool...... o_O

I am sure you will enjoy it, it's a great router. However, I know you have an odd ball setup (Cisco Meraki Cisco Meraki Cisco Meraki.......), so try and keep it catered towards the normal users there. :toast:
 
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That's cool...... o_O

I am sure you will enjoy it, it's a great router. However, I know you have an odd ball setup (Cisco Meraki Cisco Meraki Cisco Meraki.......), so try and keep it catered towards the normal users there. :toast:


Yeah I will :)
 
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