This is a great router. I'm currently in Belgium and using the OpenVPN functionality to allow my kids to watch iPlayer in Europe and access films/music/UK Netflix on the network at home over a public KPN hotspot.

This router/modem never crashes, is fast, rock solid, looks nice, excellent range, guest networks and parental controls. I use with PlusNet with 20Mbps upload (you'll need a decent upload speed for VPN if that interests you). Has a web app too.

I first started working in tech in 1985 in the days of acoustic couplers, 74 logic and 8" floppies and this is the best router I've ever used and the only router/modem where I haven't wished for a firmware update for years. I can't recommend highly enough. It hasn't got lots of fake aerials, etc. but it is superb.

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I've just ordered the SSE fibre deal. Would this literally just be plug and play?

Does anyone know if I can use this with BT tv or whether I need to stick to a home hub? Many thanks

Yes, it is a straight swap. All you'll need to do is enter your BT credentials when setting it up. This is

user: [email protected]
password: BT

for all standard domestic ADSL broadband users.

will this require much setting up for talk talk fibre?

I would quite like to replace th HH5 but one question. With HH5, BT will occasionally update the firmware or, for all I know, log in and do some necessary maintainance. Will Netgear do the same?

fwiw, D6400 appears to support Sky MER.
Link to Netgear user forum

You will need to extract the hidden username & password from your existing Sky router, as you will need it when setting up the D6400.

Just ordered one of these to see how it compares to my HomeHub5 which is pretty unreliable

Hey guys, would be interested in your feedback on using these in a large house (~4000sqft 4 storey)

At the moment there is a BT Home hub 5 in the front reception room, the family usually sit in the dining room/lounge at the rear of the house so I connected up another router using ethernet and a hole that was conveniently in the wall used for Sky Digital. There are also two wifi extenders (not powerline) in order to get a signal at the end of the garden and also in the upstairs bedrooms. I am thinking of buying two of these to replace the two routers I already have, using one just as a wireless access point and the other as a modem / wireless access point. I think there is a reason I didn't use powerline for the extenders (perhaps wiring, I don't remember)

The problem at the moment is that in the front reception room you get around 40Mbps over WiFi but in the dining room you get approx 12-15Mbps, obviously with the number of devices in the house and also due to the fact that we are paying for BT Infinity I would like to improve the speed in the dining room.

This is a great router. I'm currently in Belgium and using the OpenVPN functionality to allow my kids to watch iPlayer in Europe and access films/music/UK Netflix on the network at home over a public KPN hotspot.

This router/modem never crashes, is fast, rock solid, looks nice, excellent range, guest networks and parental controls. I use with PlusNet with 20Mbps upload (you'll need a decent upload speed for VPN if that interests you). Has a web app too.

I first started working in tech in 1985 in the days of acoustic couplers, 74 logic and 8" floppies and this is the best router I've ever used and the only router/modem where I haven't wished for a firmware update for years. I can't recommend highly enough. It hasn't got lots of fake aerials, etc. but it is superb.

You could get any of the non-modem routers if you have the white box. They are actually very reliable and it is the hubs that are poor in my experience

Tempted by this for our small business, where I'm responsible for tech matters, amongst other things. We're on BT Fibreoptic broadband.

Currently we have a white modem box with a black sort-of-dish-shaped business hub router connected to it. Then from there it's a combo of wifi & ethernet cables. I have to reboot these gadgets at least once a week to keep a connection, haven't established if it's the modem or router (or both) at fault.

Looks like this Netgear device would replace both at a stroke - could I expect it to be better than the combo of 2 BT-provided boxes that I'm currently using? Thanks for any advice!

Anyone know if this will work with Sky Fibre? I currently have an old sky supplied router paired with a bt openreach modem.

Anything is better than a home hub !

I replaced my BT home hub with this a year ago and it's brilliant! Highly recommended!

Hi forgive my lack of tech know how... but is this a straight swap get rid of the HH5 and plug+play this nothing further needed. Any instructions would be appreciated

Not true at all; I'd always go for a better router over a repeater (unless of course the router has already been upgraded).

can the fifth internet port be used as normal gigabit port

You'd be better off with a repeater if it's a range issue.

would be nice to get rid of the bt modem!

Can anyone recommend me a router for my Virgin broadband? my one hasn't dropped connection for a long time but occasionally signal is weak in garden when it shouldn't be since the router is on a shelf near the edge of the house. Settings don't change much and plus it looks pretty ugly.

Netgear website states usb 2.0 ports and amazon usb 3.0?

Yes this will be much better than the HH5. Recently replaced mine with the Nighthawk X6 and it is fast, but more importantly, hasn't crashed or lost the connection once in over 3 months.
This having the built in modem just makes it easier for you, plug into the wall and phone line, and away you go.

Haven't looked at the home hub 5 but I'd say yes, this is a very high spec router for the price!

Is this better than a home hub 5?