Verizon 5G Home Internet Router Firmware Upgrade Failed

Had to upgrade the cable modem for home internet service. Got this because I already have a BlackHawk Router and these two work great together. Set-up was super easy and everything was working within minutes.

Excellent router, provides 4G LTE-5G speed backup internet service Highly recommended!!!

Huge upgrade over my previous router which was a Netgear XR1000. The two 5G bands are a game changer. There are also no longer any dead zones in my house. Just fyi, this is a beast of a router in size as well. So make sure you have adequate space wherever you intend on placing it.

I already had one of these outdoors but needed to do a point-to-point link to allow my 5G internet device to serve my home network. I found that they work great for point-to-point links too, serving up more than the 5g device will support. You do need to use the Ubiquiti config server but that does make it fairly easy to standardize your config across all your APs. Supports VLANs to for extra fun. Includes the PoE injector in case you need one.

You can upgrade the firmware and see who/what is attached.

This router is what I waited for when I wired my entire home with CAT6A cable in every room including the garage. The garage was one area that my previous AX-11000 struggled to get reception to. I was initially going to buy just one but thought having a wired mesh would be ideal and oh boy I was right. Now I get almost full bars even OUTSIDE of my garage/home in a 2 story townhome with concrete walls! One thing to note here is that the stock firmware would not connect the AI mesh node at 10 GBPS but only 10/100 when using the 10 GIG ports. Would work fine on the 2.5GBPS. This was fixed with the latest firmware. I am using this router with multiple TP link 10 gig 8 port and 5 port switches around my home and it is an absolute beast. WIfi 6E with my samsung S21 + S22 ultra work actually really great. The reception thru walls is not bad actually. The magic is the 5Ghz-2 band that seems to perform the best using DFS + 160 mhz channel. I am using WPA3-Personal on all bands with stock wifi settings and manually selecting ideal channels. The router also boots up and scans DFS channels much faster than my AX11000 did. I am glad I did not buy the AXE11000 as I read rumors months ago of this beast possibly coming out middle of the year. I can't wait to see how the firmware matures and see this router get even better with improvements asus will make. There was a month delay but honestly the wait was so worth it. I can't wait until Merlin releases the firmware for this beast!!

This router is great. With the latest firmware there is a wizard that sets it up just like your typical all-in-one home router with a WAN port, 4 switched LAN ports, a stateful firewall that blocks all incoming connections, and a dhcp server for serving IPs to the lan. I run a Unifi UAP-AC-Lite off of the passthrough POE port with great success as well. I have a 100mbit down / 10mbit up cable connection and 1gbit lan devices. The router never leaves single digit cpu usage and my packet loss is zero. The edge router x is also tiny. It's literally the size of two smart phones stacked on top of each-other.

I upgraded to the Gigablast internet and so I needed to upgrade my modem (Netgear CM700) and my router (Nighthawk X4s) I trust Netgear products because I have NEVER had an issue with modems or routers from Netgear. The New Modem (CM2000) works perfectly with the Nighthawk AX12/12. Super fast internet and streaming. I am happy with our upgrade.

My internet provider is Xfinity. Once I upgraded my internet to 1 GB, l have to upgrade my router too. This router much faster than my old one.

Got tired of using the router/WAP that Verizon gave me a few years ago. This thing is blazing!