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NETGEAR Nighthawk X8 - AC5300 Tri-Band Quad-Stream Wi-Fi Router (R8500)
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31st May 2016, 13:27
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| [M] Reviewer  Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania
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 |  NETGEAR Nighthawk X8 - AC5300 Tri-Band Quad-Stream Wi-Fi Router (R8500) NETGEAR touts the Nighthawk X8 AC5300 (R8500) Smart Wi-Fi router as "the next wave in Wi-Fi". Generally, I am inclined to dismiss this sort of hyperbole, but the $350/£350 802.11AC includes features that are a reasonable step up from other models including: quad-streams, two 802.11AC radios, Wave 2 enhancements , and six Gigabit Ethernet ports, with two 802.3ad (link aggregation) enabled. Alongside this, it also includes a feature that should have a tangible benefit for all clients – active antennas. By moving the amplifiers from the mainboard to the tops of the antennas, there should be a clear benefit in signal strength and clarity. I am not sure that is enough to count as a "next wave", but it has got me very interested in testing out the R8500. http://missingremote.com/review/netg...i-router-r8500 |
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