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Support Takes Forever and Gets It Wrong: Hard to figure out why I should stick with them when they apparently don't have enough staff to handle basic customer service tasks. I just want to transfer my paid membership subscription to my new Orbi system that I factory reset. They claim they have no record of it, but I have the receipt showing I paid for a year of service just five months ago. They want me to send them a copy of my receipt even though I'm using the same email account connected to my purchase. This is ridiculous and unhelpful.

Unprofessional Conduct on a Major Project: I worked as a subcontractor and created the network design for a significant client. I had all the proper documentation and brought Netgear into the project with 70 M4300 switches. The main contractor then went straight to the regional office and purchased the same switches, ignoring our established arrangement. When I complained, their team said they'd support the other buyer more than they'd support me. I had months of emails proving our original agreement, but they basically took my designs and cut me out. After repeated attempts to resolve it, they ignored me completely. I also contacted their US office with the same results. After buying their switches for years, I'm switching to other brands like TPLINK or Planet because at least those companies have integrity and ethics.

Never Again With This Brand: Won't be buying another Netgear device ever. Spent six hundred dollars on their top model router and it's complete junk. The tech support people hang up on you and never call back. Anyone looking to buy should think twice.

Can't Get Software Updates to Install: Picked up a Netgear extender back in 2014. Still works okay but every six months they email me about a software update. I've spent about half a day multiple times trying to update it through both my computer and phone, and nothing has worked in six years. They won't give me helpful guidance and charging for support would cost more than a brand new unit. Got a different brand for the other side of the house instead.

Dishonest Support Response: Bought an R6000 two years back. The thing failed just ten days after the warranty expired from a hardware defect, and it sure feels intentional. Netgear should know that consumer protection law requires them to fix or replace products with hardware failures for years after purchase. Called support, they acknowledged this and promised to call back with replacement details. Never heard from them again. My case notes haven't been updated and now their call center in another country just hangs up on me. I'm taking this to the consumer protection agency and Amazon.

All the Negative Reviews Are Right: I completely agree with every bad review out there. The support team is absolutely terrible. I spent three hours total on calls trying to get a warranty replacement and still haven't gotten anywhere. Stay away from Netgear products.

Watch Out for Hidden Charges After Warranty: Be warned that if your modem or router breaks after the tech support window ends, you'll pay extra fees even though hardware coverage lasts a year. Should have been suspicious when I had to contact support just to ask about my one year hardware warranty. When I finally reached them, the first person just asked how many lights were on and decided everything was fine based on that. All lights were on, so he ruled out hardware failure. Then they basically told me I'd have to buy a support plan to go further. Dropped a hundred twenty five dollars on a year of support. They transferred me to a technician who just had me reset everything on their website, and suddenly it worked. That's the fix they wanted a hundred twenty five bucks for. The first guy could have suggested that before charging me. This whole setup feels like a scam.

Worked Great Until It Suddenly Didn't: Ran perfectly for a while, then one day I tried logging into an online game that requires internet and couldn't connect. Thought that was weird, so I checked the connection. Internet was completely down. Never happened before in all my time using it. Performance had been rock solid, no random drops or anything. But this one day the connection went out for hours and we never figured out why. We ended up switching providers after that.

Two Year Old CM600 Now Unusable: Purchased a CM600 modem just over two years back for my Comcast internet setup, no phone or TV included. Service quality has been really bad, and after the pandemic started, it became almost impossible to use most of the time. Rebooting temporarily helps, and my ISP says the modem's gone bad. It still looks fairly new to me though. Tried asking Netgear for help through their website, but they only support products within the first ninety days of purchase. I really wanted to give them a chance to check if their product had actually failed, but they clearly aren't interested in anything past the ninety day mark. Thinking an Arris modem might be worth a try instead.

No Help on Out of Warranty Equipment: Bought a CM600 modem over two years ago for my Comcast internet service. Performance has been really disappointing, and once the pandemic hit, the connection became nearly unusable at times. Rebooting helps temporarily, and Comcast says the modem might be failing. I tried reaching out to Netgear through their website to see if they could help diagnose the problem, but they only offer support within the first ninety days of purchase. Frustrating because I wanted to give them a chance to tell me if their hardware had actually failed, but apparently they don't care about products older than three months. Looks like I'll be trying an Arris modem instead.

Possible Fake Support Site Scam: Bought a WiFi extender and couldn't get it connected. Following the manual, I visited what seemed to be the support site and started a chat. At first it looked legitimate, then the technician claimed they'd call me. I thought it was official. The person on the phone said my computer had been hacked and wanted money to fix it. I contacted the real Netgear to report what happened, and they just blocked me without helping sort it out. I still don't know if I fell for a clone website or if it was actually them. Either way, Netgear was zero help. Be careful out there.

RAX80 Underperforming and Unhelpful Support: Got a RAX80 in November 2019 and everything seemed fine at first. Switched my broadband service in February 2020 to a faster provider. Their equipment gets download speeds of one hundred forty megabits per second, but my four month old expensive RAX80 maxes out at ninety four. After a long call with Netgear, they insisted nothing was wrong with the router and blamed my ISP, even though the ISP equipment was clearly working fine just minutes away from the Netgear unit. The support person offered more diagnostics, including another reset which I'd already tried, but would charge me a hundred dollars if they found and fixed the problem. For a brand new expensive product, they didn't care. When I pointed out the hardware clearly had the issue, not the internet provider, they hung up on me. Rude and worthless customer service. Don't buy Netgear products.

USB Compatibility Issues on D7000v2: Got a D7000v2 in spring of 2018. Set it up as a modem and router combo and it worked great. Wanted to use the USB ports to connect external storage drives that could be accessed across my network devices for media and files. Almost every USB drive I tried wasn't recognized properly. Only managed to get two old one gigabyte USB 2.0 sticks to work and show up on the network, which is only good enough for storing ten albums. Attempted using the following with no luck in either USB 2 or USB 3 ports: a thirty two gigabyte Transcend USB 3 stick formatted FAT 32, a sixteen gigabyte Transcend USB 3 stick formatted FAT 32, a five hundred gigabyte Seagate USB 2 external drive formatted FAT 32, a one terabyte Samsung USB 3 portable drive formatted NTFS, and a two terabyte Samsung USB 3 portable drive formatted NTFS. None were recognized, but all of them worked perfectly on my Windows computers, my Huawei router, Raspberry Pi, and Nexus tablet. Then I learned Netgear only gives ninety days of free support. The D7000v2 seems to like ancient USB gear but struggles with anything modern. If anyone at Netgear knows how to fix this, let me know.

Great Equipment Ruined by Software and Poor Service: The hardware is excellent but the firmware and customer service really let you down. Look at their gaming routers like the XR500, which are pricey but only got one update since late 2018, and that took eight months to show up while fixing almost nothing. Still no IPv6 support, which even budget routers have nowadays. You get ninety days of tech support and then you're abandoned, though honestly support isn't much help anyway. Some of their firmware is literally a decade old in brand new routers costing hundreds of dollars, which explains why people write custom software for these devices. They don't respond to emails properly, support sends generic replies, and you go in circles. The routers are well built, but unless you're willing to void your warranty to run better third party firmware, I'd look elsewhere. That's really disappointing.

Got a Nighthawk Router but It Caused Issues: Picked up a Nighthawk and started having my computer freeze constantly. Called my cable company and they said the issue wasn't on their end, maybe the router needed an update. Reached out to Netgear and immediately hit a paywall since my warranty had expired. First they wanted a hundred dollar service plan, then they mentioned six months of service, then settled on a fifty dollar one-time fee. At my age and income level, I couldn't justify spending that much. Eventually the support person emailed me some instructions, which were confusing, but I remembered a prior software update for security and managed to do this one without issues. Their product won't get my money again.