![]() ![]() Seven (7) 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet ports: 1 WAN & 6 LAN Implicit & Explicit Beamforming for 2.4 & 5GHz bands Simultaneous Tri-Band WiFi - Tx/Rx 4x4 (2.4GHz) + 4x4 (5GHz) + 4x4 (5GHz) This theoretically allows multiple clients to transmit from the router at speeds beyond Gigabit, but only in certain scenarios and for multiple users. The “extra” LAN port can be used for Link Aggregation if you have a switch or NAS that supports it, like the new Netgear ReadyNAS RN212 or RN214. One other cool feature of the R8500 is the presence of six LAN ports as well as the standard WAN port. Unfortunately, at the time we went to press here Netgear had not "officially" implemented functionality for this feature, but there is a beta firmware available on their website, if you're daring and want to play with it. This is essentially the same technology we saw in 80211.N routers (MIMO) but with multiple channels of data at once, instead of just a single channel. ![]() ![]() When you take both 5GHz channels at 2,100Mbps and add it to the 1000Mbps on the 2.4GHz channel, you end up with a number around 5,300Mbps, hence the branding.Īnother big feature of routers like the Nighthawk X8 is support for MU-MIMO, which stands for Multi-User Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output. Each 5GHz radio is able to broadcast at 2.1Gbps compared to 1.3Gbps on Gen 1 devices, and the bandwidth on the 2.4GHz channel is also increased from 600Mbps on Gen 1 devices to 1Gbps. This means the amplifiers for the antennae are on the antennae itself rather than down on the main board, helping to boost the signal without crosstalk or signal loss associated with modern PCB circuitry. Instead of using a 3x3 configuration with six antennae, this router takes it to the next level with a 4x4 configuration, with four internal antennae and four active external antennae, each with their own blue LEDs to signal their active state. The first router out of the gate (for us at least) is the Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300. With the first generation of wireless AC routers in our rearview, we now turn to the second generation, which is dubbed "Wave 2" and carries the AC5300 moniker. ![]()
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