Product Description:

The Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Smart Wi-Fi Router is the next wave in Wi-Fi. With Tri-Band Quad Stream performance, delivers combined wireless speeds of up to 5.3 Gbps. Four external Active Antennas combined with four internal antennas amplify and maximize Wi-Fi range. X8's Powerful 1.4GHz Dual Core Processor gives you a high-performance networking engine for faster connections. Aggregate 2 of the 6 Gigabit ports to double your wired speeds to network attached storage. Quad-Stream with MU-MIMO support allows you to enjoy simultaneous streaming to your devices for speeds up to 4x faster than traditional Wi-Fi.

Product Details:

Get speed available up to 5.3 Gbps. Up to 1,000 Mbps at 2.4 GHz 1024QAM and up to 2,166 Mbps at 5 GHz 11ac 1024QAM
Tri-band Wi-Fi delivers more Wi-Fi to more devices, Quad stream delivers up to four data streams per Wi-Fi band and Smart connect intelligently selects the fast Wi-Fi band for every device
Four active antennas and four internal antennas to amplify and maximise range. 6 GB
Ethernet ports aggregate two for faster file transfers and MU-MIMO capable for simultaneous streaming of data to multiple devices
Dynamic QoS prioritises bandwidth by application and device plus open source support

Nighthawk X8 – fast tri-band Wi-Fi router

The next wave in Wi-Fi
The Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Router is the next wave in Wi-Fi. Tri-Band Wi-Fi and Quad Stream performance boosts X8’s combined wireless speeds to up to 5.3 Gbps. Four external Active Antennas plus four internal antennas amplify Wi-Fi range. Six gigabit ethernet ports means even more wired devices can connect.

Traditional Wi-Fi

Applications have same priority.

Dynamic quality of service

Automatically recognises and prioritises applications.

Traditional Wi-Fi

Data sent to one device at a time.

Mu-Mimo Wi-Fi

Data sent to multiple devices at the same time.

One of the first active antennas

NETGEAR an active antennas technology improves Wi-Fi performance by amplifying signal in the antenna itself.

NETGEAR moved the Wi-Fi amplifiers from their usual location on the motherboard to the top of antennas for a cleaner and stronger receive signal from mobile devices.

Powerful dual core 1.4 HGz router processor
Nighthawk X8 delivers Tri-band Wi-Fi, quad-stream performance on each band, Multi-User MIMO capable, has six gigabit LAN ports with port aggregation and dual USB interfaces to connect external USB storage.

Using a single core processor would cause severe performance issues as various processes compete for CPU power.

Simple and secure cloud storage via USB

Access and share your files stored on a USB Drive through NETGEAR ReadyCLOUD USB Access.

Simply plug your USB hard drive into your NETGEAR Nighthawk X8 Smart Wi-Fi Router to create secure personal cloud storage. Enjoy the convenience and accessibility of google drive and dropbox without the fees, storage limitations or privacy concerns.

NETGEAR genie
NETGEAR genie makes installation almost effortless. Genie allows you to easily monitor, connect and control your home network from a PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad or Android device.