Testseek.com have collected 67 expert reviews of the Netgear R8500 Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Smart WiFi Router and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Netgear R8500 Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Smart WiFi Router.
May 2016
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Published: 2016-06-28, Author: Jay , review by: gadgetynews.com
Port aggregation, Triband performance, WiFi range and stability, Connectivity, Looks awesome
Size, Overkill for some households
Let's get the elephant in the room front and centre right now. The Nighthawk X8 is not a budget router. The R8500 costs between £380-£400 depending where you buy from.This means that the X8 isn't for everyone – but I don't think it's pretending to be.Do y...
The Netgear R8500 Nighthawk X8 Router supports the latest Wi-Fi speed standard, AC5300. It mostly delivers fast Wi-Fi performance and has outstanding signal stability. The router has six LAN ports (as opposed to four seen in most routers) and has a super-
The X8 is crazy expensive and doesn't necessarily deliver a better Wi-Fi experience than much cheaper routers. Currently there are no clients on the market that can take advantage of the AC5300 speed standard and at launch the MU-MIMO feature is not activ
Only savvy users with a high-end server in their network should consider the Netgear R8500; for everyone else, there are many other router options that deliver as good or better performance for less...
Published: 2015-12-16, Author: Vincent , review by: straitstimes.com
Abstract: The Asus RT-AC5300 and the Netgear Nighthawk X8 are two of the most advanced consumer routers on the market.Both are tri-band 802.11ac routers, which means they support two 5GHz wireless bands over the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard and a single 2.4GHz band on t...
Abstract: Routers are getting faster than ever, and that's progress for you. In fact, they are getting ludicrously fast. Just two years ago, we had the first AC1900 class routers hit the shelves. And then in the past 12 months we saw the first AC2400 and AC3200 rou...
