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Simply plug your USB hard drive into your NETGEAR NETGEAR R8500 Nighthawk X8 Smart WiFi Router to create secure personal cloud storage.
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Even if everyone and everything in the home that’s connected to the Internet is streaming, gaming, working, playing, socialising or updating at the same time, the NETGEAR R8500 Nighthawk X8 won’t miss a beat-you’ll enjoy seamless clarity and zero lag.Īccess and share your files stored on a USB Drive through NETGEAR Read圜LOUD USB Access. Load Balancing distributes WiFi devices ensuring usage of both the 5GHz WiFi bands. X8 uses Smart Connect to optimise WiFi performance by intelligently assigning every device to the fastest WiFi band possible and doing so allows devices to connect at their maximum speed. The NETGEAR R8500 Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Smart WiFi Router with breakthrough Tri-Band WiFi technology delivers a massive combined wireless speed of up to 5.3Gbps. The NETGEAR R8500 Nighthawk X8 is performance perfected. Six gigabit Ethernet ports means even more wired devices can connect and with port aggregation 2 ports can combine to double maximum wired speeds.
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Four external Active Antennas plus four internal antennas amplify WiFi range. Tri-Band WiFi and Quad Stream performance boosts this NETGEAR R8500 Nighthawk X8's combined wireless speeds to up to 5.3Gbps. But keep in mind the extreme limitation on range before diving in and spending $450 on a router that needs to be very close to devices.The NETGEAR R8500 Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Simultaneous Tri-Band WiFi Broadband Router is the next wave in ultra performance WiFi. If you want to be ready for the next wave of technology you may want to consider picking up a router with the 60GHz frequency. This router is more than enough if you have mediocre to above average needs and arguably enough for any single home application for the near future. This router has other features I have yet to dive into but I will mention 2 Ethernet ports that are given priority when bandwidth is needed for high demand gaming.
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I have two laptops, one desktop and 4 tv connected as well as several home automation devices ( video doorbell, cameras, sprinkler system, lights, blinds and vacuum) plus standard phone usage on wifi. There are plenty of Ethernet ports for most applications as well as usb 3.0. I have really enjoyed the router so far, I have it paired with a surfboard 6190 modem with 150 connection from xfinity. I have had no issue connecting anywhere in my home on the 5GHz (single story 1900sq/ft) The x8 has one 2.4GHz and two 5GHz bands so there is plenty of devices that are able to connect at higher speeds and the 2.4GHz gives great range. Not to mention the 60GHz needs to be very close to the devices connecting to it, 10 feet away and a wall are enough to drop the connection. There will be plenty soon but in my near future I don't plan to invest in devices that can operate this frequency. One is bank for my buck, the new x10 and d-link have a 60GHz band but most devices can't use this band yet. And I went with the x8 instead of the hot new x10 for a few reasons. I am a big fan of netgear and decided to stick with them even though there are other tempting options from asus and d-link at the moment. Wireless-Wisconsin-Fi 802.11b, Wireless-Wisconsin-Fi 802.11A, Wireless-Wisconsin-Fi 802.11n, Wireless-Wisconsin-Fi 802.11ac, Wireless-Wisconsin-Fi 802.11g In addition, this router features seven Gigabit Ethernet ports for a quick transfer of data. With its 5.3 Gbps wireless AC connectivity, this router allows multiple bandwidth-consuming applications to run seamlessly at the same time.
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The NETGEAR AC5300 Nighthawk X8 R8500 Tri-Band is a wireless router that enables you to easily create your own network.