Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500
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7 years ago
Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Wireless Router Review
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...
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!
8 years ago
Great Mode/Router
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.
Product details
Networks
5GHz
Yes
2.4GHz
Yes
General
Active cooling fan
No
Number units
1 pc
Connectors
Number LAN ports
6
Number WAN ports
1
Communication mode
Full-Duplex, Half-Duplex
USB
Yes
USB ports
2 pc
Features
Built-in DSL modem
No
Rack mounting supported
No
Management Interface
Web/network
Communication
Wireless network
Yes
VoIP (SIP)
No
Data transfer rate
5300 Mbit/s
Communication protocols
IPv6, Quality of Service (QoS), Virtual LAN (VLAN), Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WMM)
6to4
Yes
Data link layer
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n
Number active connections
38,424 pc
Standards
IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ad (LACP), IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11n
Mobile broadband
No
Throughput WAN-LAN
761 Mbit/s
External antenna
Yes
MIMO
Yes
Number antennas
4
Wireless security
TKIPWPA-Enterprise, WPA-PSK, WPA, WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-PSK, WPA2, WPS
Compatibility
DynDNS
Yes
Routing protocol
RIP-1, RIP-2
Memory
Flash memory
128 MB
RAM memory
512 MB
Power
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
No
Security
VPN
Yes
DMZ
Yes
