NETGEARR8500-100NAS - Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Wireless Router Tri Band

802.11ac Tri-Band Quad Stream Gigabit The Next Wave in WiFi The Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Smart WiFi Router is the next wave in WiFi. Tri-Band WiFi and Quad Stream performance boosts X8's combined wireless speeds to up to 5.3Gbps. Four external Active Antennas plus four internal antennas amplify WiFi range. Six gigabit Ethernet ports means even more wired devices can connect and with port aggregation 2 ports can combine to double maximum wired speeds. Nighthawk X8 is the next wave in WiFi.

The Next Wave in WiFi Nighthawk X8 is the next wave in WiFi with combined speeds up to 5.3Gbps industry's first Active Antennas and 2x wired speeds with port aggregation.

Nighthawk X8 Blazing speed broadened range and best-in-class technology features make the Nighthawk X8 the ultimate in WiFi. Learn more in this product tour. Fastest Tri-Band WiFi Router The Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Smart WiFi Router with breakthrough Tri-Band WiFi technology delivers a massive combined wireless speed of up to 5.3Gbps. X8 uses Smart Connect to optimize WiFi performance by intelligently assigning every device to the fastest WiFi band possible and doing so allows devices to connect at their maximum speed. Load Balancing distributes WiFi devices ensuring usage of both the 5GHz WiFi bands. Even if everyone and everything in the home that's connected to the Internet is streaming gaming working playing socializing or updating at the same time the X8 won't miss a beat-you'll enjoy seamless clarity and zero lag. Dynamic Quality of Service If you like gaming and streaming videos then you'll benefit from Dynamic Quality of Service (QoS). Dynamic QoS resolves Internet traffic congestion when you have competing Internet demands at home. Dynamic QoS identifies your online activities by application and device and then utilizes bandwidth allocation and traffic prioritization techniques to automatically allocate more bandwidth to latency sensitive applications like online gaming and video streaming while ensuring that lower priority applications continue to work. Industry's First Active Antennas Each new generation of routers grows more powerful than the last delivering stronger WiFi signals with greater range. At the same time the WiFi signals on mobile devices are not getting more powerful. This difference in WiFi performance reduces overall WiFi range and speed.

To meet this challenge NETGEAR developed the industry's first Active Antennas technology. NETGEAR moved the WiFi amplifiers from their usual location on the router's motherboard to the top of the antennas. These Active Antennas help improve WiFi performance by amplifying signal in the antenna itself. This allows the router to receive cleaner and stronger signals from your mobile devices avoiding signal degradation between the antennas and motherboard.