Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500 AC5300 WiFi Router Review: Amplified AC

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With the first generation of wireless AC routers in our rearview, we now turn to the second generation, which is dubbed "Wave 2" with the AC5300 moniker, and the first router out of the gate (for us at least) is the Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300. 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. 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. Each 5GHz radio is able to broadcast at 2.1Gbps compared to 1,300Gbps on Gen 1 devices, and the bandwidth on the 2.4GHz channel is also increased from 600Mb/s on Gen 1 devices to 1GB/s. When you take both 5GHz channels at 2,100Gb/s and add it to the 1000Gb/s on the 2.4GHz channel, you end up

with a number around 5,300Gb/s, hence the branding...

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