It is powered by an extremely powerful 1.4GHz dual core processor for faster connections the industry's first, patent-pending Active Antennas to boost range and three WiFi bands with quad-streams, 1024 QAM, and MU-MIMO capable for the fastest WiFi speeds.
NETGEAR R8500 NIGHTHAWK X8 AC5300 DOWNLOAD
This quad-stream, tri-band router provides more Internet bandwidth for all the devices in your home, so everyone in the family can stream movies and music, download files, surf the web, share photos, and enjoy online gaming - simultaneously and without lag.Įngineered from the ground up with a stylish modern design, the Nighthawk X8 is performance perfected with the new Wave 2 AC WiFi. NETGEAR makes quality routers, and this should last you many years.The Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Smart WiFi Router (R8500) delivers WiFi speeds up to a blistering 5.3 Gbps (1000 Mbps + 2166 Mbps + 2166 Mbps), a new record for a home router. With that said, if you have a large family that saturates your network with devices, you cannot put a price on a fast and reliable connection. The MSRP is $399, making it more expensive than some consumers' home PCs. If you want to buy it, you can get it now from many major retailers. The router also features two USB ports - one is 2.0 and the other 3.0 - for connecting storage drives and printers.
Six wired gigabit Ethernet ports are impressive, making Google's OnHub router, with its single port, look downright pathetic. Hardware specs aside, it looks attractive too, so you will have no problem putting this in your living room or office. Active Antennas are super cool, and should prove useful for very spacious homes or small businesses. Sure, it is overkill for many, but NETGEAR deserves major kudos for pushing the envelope and improving home networking technology overall. This is the type of hardware that makes tech geeks like me giddy. Active Antennas effectively compensate for the low power of Wi-Fi devices to provide a more symmetrical connection for both receiving and sending wireless signals, which contributes to improving overall range and speed at long range".īe still, my heart. They eliminate loss in signal strength and avoid any additional noise during transmission. Unlike typical antennas that simply relay the Wi-Fi signal received from your devices to the router, Active Antennas amplify the Wi-Fi signal within the external antenna itself. The popular networking company further explains, "Nighthawk X8 boasts a total of eight antennas, four internal and four patent-pending external Active Antennas - the industry's first - that boost the wireless range of the Nighthawk X8.
All told, the Nighthawk X8 pushes wireless performance and range to an extreme that is required for enabling your increasingly always-on networked life", says NETGEAR. It also supports more wired connections with six Gigabit Ethernet ports including two that can be aggregated for faster file transfers. It is powered by an extremely powerful 1.4GHz dual core processor for faster connections the industry's first, patent-pending Active Antennas to boost range and three Wi-Fi bands with quad-streams, 1024 QAM, and MU-MIMO capable for the fastest Wi-Fi speeds. "Engineered from the ground up with a stylish modern design, the Nighthawk X8 is performance perfected with the new Wave 2 AC Wi-Fi.
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