NETGEAR Nighthawk Tri-Band WiFi 6 Mesh System Mk83-100nar Black (Renewed)

I used to be a router snob. No more. I had an ultra-expensive router at my home a few years ago when a friend asked me to come help him install this system in his new home. I did and it was easy to install--and it gave him fine speed for his needs, adequately covering a 6000 sq. ft home. My ultra-router has been nothing but a pain in the years since while this Netgear ultra-cheap mesh set has just plugged away, performing reliably well in my friend's house. So when I needed a router for my vacation cottage, this is what I bought--a refurbished mesh set for dirt cheap, and it's working just fine. I like the fact that I can manage the vacation cottage's router from home. But most of all, I like that it's cheap, reliable and sufficiently fast to handle my 300 megabits/second service. Really, this is all most of us will ever need. And in the recent past I've spent over $500 on a single router. The only thing this set seriously lacks is wired ethernet that goes faster than 1gb/sec.

Description: I actually had to add a second group due to the number of connected devices. This works perfectly with the right placement you can have access everywhere inside and outside your home. Easy installation and options for hardwired devices too.

I purchased this in August of 2023 on Wirecutter's recommendation. The first six months were great. Good speeds, setup only moderately frustrating, and a decent price. It's now January 2023 and my router has stopped assigning IP addresses properly. If I try to connect via DHCP, it never finds an IP address. I have power cycled; I have done a factory reset; I have changed the range of IP addresses assigned; I have used my google-fu as best I can. I can only connect to wireless if I assign a static IP. I've looked at the logs and I can't see anything that changed that would cause this problem. It's been on the same firmware since I purchased it, and that's the most recent version. This wouldn't normally be that big of a deal, but: I use a lot of smart switches. I love a cozy room but I don't want to turn 12 lamps on and off manually. Giving each of them a static IP address *once* would be a PITA. Plus, the first advice that Netgear offers for troubleshooting is "do a factory reset". Then I'd have to reassign the static ip's all over again. I haven't even come to the worst part. NETGEAR DOES NOT OFFER CUSTOMER SUPPORT after 3 months unless you pay them. That's right. They want to charge me for troubleshooting a product that has failed within 6 months of purchase. This product has become a waste of money and a source of endless frustration. I don't even feel right giving it away and handing the problem off to someone else. It's literally just trash now. Do yourself a favor and buy literally anything else. And NYT, you might want to update your recommendations.

Title: 100% Satisfaction Description: This product works better than I expected. I struggled getting wifi throughout my entire house, even with extenders. A friend told me about this product so I bought it, hesitant that it would be complicated to set up or even work. I was so wrong! Set up was super easy and I not only have a strong signal throughout my entire house, but even my backyard. This product works.

I bought this to replace my previous single satellite unit. They try band dual satellite with its own ethernet plug is super helpful. The bait station is in the other side of the house and I have this right next to my office plugged into my desktop. I’m getting considerable higher bandwidth, upload and download and neckers and super reliable, especially these nighthawks. I highly recommend recommended and have recommended to friends and family who have bought the same ones. My previous ones lasted six years before I decided to replace like me Wi-Fi devices in the house are getting more and more. I have over 30 devices and it’s been doing a pretty good job. I highly recommend it.

I finally got around to buying a Mesh system after using Wi-Fi extenders which were at best inconsistent with my home and its concrete construction. This was a RENEWED item and it came in a plain brown box, with an inner white box with sections for the units (plastic- protected wrapping) and a tray for the power supplies and Ethernet cable (plastic wrapped and wire twisted) and instruction card so I was happy (my guess is that it was only the Outer packaging was damaged and thus a plain box used -see pic), ... I saved $65 by buying it "renewed". Set-up was easy through the App and so far it seems to be working well, a couple of times whilst setting up my phone dropped the WiFi signal and would not reconnect until I toggled the WiFi on/off on my phone. I have an Android 10 phone - this leads me to .... My only minor gripe and this may not even be the systems fault but maybe my phone?, my understanding is that as you walk from room to room, the system would auto-connect you to whatever node/satellite was the strongest? I have had a couple of times, when testing and walking from different locations in my home, that the WiFi signal loses strength? almost like my phone is hanging on to whatever unit it originally linked to? A quick toggle on/off with my WiFi setting on my phone and it then connects to the closer/stronger satellite/unit.?.... not a deal breaker. It is proving much better than what i had before....I will update if things change.

I have spent 8 hours trying to get this working. I think I will get it working but it has been challenging.