If there were one area we had to fault it, it would be on the lacksidasical addition of Netgear's ubiquitious Genie software configuration tools. This isn't a slight on the X8 as much as it is on Netgear as a whole, and if there's anything we would change about the X8 it would be that it's bound to...

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!

I have Suddenlink internet and I wanted to upgrade my internet to 1000 mbs plan. I went out and purchased this router and I haven't had any issues with it what so ever. It is easily able to put out those speeds.

Design; Easy to Use; Features; Performance; Quiet; value

First power outage, the unit fried. Replaced it with an Apple WiFi router, which has survived a power outage since installation and done fine. While it is difficult to gauge spikes in power when an outage occurs, this is the first unit that died at the first strike, and the last time I purchase a...

I've had this modem/router for a year and I've had none of the issues that others are reporting. I did have a bit of trouble with Comcast when I was activating it but I had the same problem when I activated my previous modem so I believe the issue is with my account and/ or with Comcast.

Optimium told me that I needed to restart my router so often is because of all of the items attached to it. They suggested I purchase a Nighthawk router to alleviate this problem.

Big difference traffic wise in my house compared to the isp provided wifi/router. no more collisions or dropouts so far. still exploring some of the features for future use.

I installed it the evening I got it, it worked perfectly. Next morning it kept flicking on and off and was totally useless. Doesn't help that they don't even provide you with a diagram for the various lights, let alone a something to enable trouble shooting. Perhaps that would be too many pages!

Works great it cover the entire house and most of my yard !

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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.