Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500
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9 years ago
Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500
The Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500 is the current flagship 802.11ac router in Netgear's lineup. Packing in three Wi-Fi bands, plus the latest MU-MIMO and quad-stream technology, it's the fastest AC router the company has ever made.
Pros:
- Very fast Wi-Fi
- More Ethernet ports than most
- Smart Connect for 5GHz bands
Cons:
- Smart Connect doesn't cover all three bands
- USB ports hidden under flap
- Very large
8 years ago
Cant really vouch for how good this is or isn't, I've not noticed any real improvement over the stock router provided by my ISP, and at times i still have connectivity issues, but it's got great LED's and looks the part!
10 years ago
The router game is heating up once again, after being dormant for what seemed like an eternity, thanks to new iterations of the Broadcom platform. We first examined this platform for 802.11 AC routers back in October when from Netgear, D-Link, TrendNet, and Asus.
9 years ago
Netgear Nighthawk X8 Review: Killer Performance
Big and bruising, Netgear's Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router is a networking behemoth that has it all, with a price tag to match. The router has everything from built-in amplified antennas and the latest MU-MIMO technology for more efficient traffic management to six high-speed wired LAN...
Pros:
- Many LAN ports
- with support for data aggregation
- Active amplified antennas
- Triband operations produce impressive speeds
- Lots of customization options
Cons:
- Expensive
- Bigger than most routers
- Sometimes sluggish interface
10 years ago
Netgear is one of the very few companies that continue to churn out high-quality products time after time. Since I have been reviewing routers, we have gone from seeing the launch of consumer 802.11ac with the first Nighthawk R7000, to several Nighthawk routers later the biggest and possibly best of...
9 years ago
Top of the line
Incredibly easy to set up. It significantly improved the coverage at my place. True, it's more expensive... but I bought it to support a NAS. Definitely worth the extra cost if you're in the market for digitizing your media.
9 years ago
This product has great features
I am on Virgin media 200 meg service , I use to get an average of 206 meg now I get around 226 .. But it`s the interface I like , and the speed of access , uploading files to the usb.3 interface .. I also can share files on the cloud easily with no fuss ..
9 years ago
No complaints with family of 10!
Going on 6 months and never had to reboot from a failure. My 13 son games all the time on 5g frequency with no issues. Running 7 voip phones, 6 being at&t wireless. 23 devices on my network. Not sure how you'd have a problem with this unless your technically incompetent.
8 years ago
Perfect Router
Nighthawk X8 R8500-100PES Tri-Band Quad-Stream Wi-Fi Router Is really boon for me as it is easy to set up.It giving me very good quality & good wifi speed.Even my brother brought seeing it's qualities.
8 years ago
Great coverage
Works great it cover the entire house and most of my yard !
Pros:
- Coverage
Cons:
- None yet
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