NETGEAR Nighthawk Tri-Band WiFi 7 Router (RS500) – Security Features, BE12000 Wireless Speed (up to 12Gbps) - Covers up to 3,000 sq. ft., 120 Devices – 2.5 Gig Internet Port (Renewed)

Title: A Perfect Addition Description: My Nighthawk RS500 router was the perfect compliment to the fiber internet that I just had installed. It is fast and has a great range to reach devices all over the house.

The router was listed as being in excellent condition, but had visible signs of use. Physical condition was good, used...no better. Definitely not excellent. Set-up with the mobile app failed repeatedly. I had to manually set up using the web interface. Once router was set up and working, maximum download and streaming speeds were slower than my 5-year-old TP-Link WiFi 6 Router, and WiFi was spotty with too frequent drop-outs. I wasted a day trying to convince myself to keep this but finally gave up at around 2 am. This is just a terrible router, which was also the case with earlier Netgear routers that I owned. I never had one work for longer than two years. Not ever. This refurbished model is already two years old, and by the looks of it, this was used for a while before being returned or traded in, which is probably why the performance was so poor right out of the box. If you spend $400 on a brand new RS500, my personal experience says you will be lucky to get 2 good years out of it before it needs to be replaced. If you get a refurbished model that had extensive use before being returned or traded in, which was clearly the case with mine, you will be lucky if it works at all.

Works great. Relatively easy to set up.

So far works like it says

Set up time went quickly, and I was running 100 more gig in no time. Armor security is a plus. I would recommend this unit for the price and quality!

It was a refurbished router and it worked for about 8 hours and then just quit. Tested the power supply and it was fine but I could never get it powered up. I returned it.

Bought this to replace another netgear router that only lasted one year. Should have known better. This one powered on but nothing else. Couldn't even start the setup process. Returned for an Asus router