This is the first time that we are actually seeing active antennae being deployed - the Wi-Fi amplifiers are moved from their usual location in the router's motherboard to the top of the antennae. Physical appearances aside, the four external antennae are all active ones. Netgear has opted to go for four external and four internal ones. The most striking aspect of the R8500 when compared to the other XStream Gen 2 routers is the presence of only four external antennae instead of eight. Instead, the focus of this piece will be on the differentiating aspects in the Nighthawk X8. Wi-Fi aspects have been covered in our D-Link and Asus router launch articles, and I won't go into detail here. The setup is capable of using 1024 QAM (Broadcom-proprietary NitroQAM, works only with clients having Broadcom Wi-Fi receiver chipsets) to boost performance. Unlike the announcements from other vendors, the R8500 is available for purchase today.Īs a recap, the tri-band Wave 2 XStream platform integrates two 4x4 5 GHz radios (at 2.1 Gbps each) and one 4x4 2.4 GHz radio (at 1 Gbps). Today, Netgear is announcing the Nighthawk X8 (R8500) based on the second generation XStream platform. Posted: Thu 19:09 Post subject: Nighthawk X8 R8500 AC5300 router available $400 msrp.
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