Unfortunately, nothing on the marketplace currently supports that…yet. This means it has a top speed of 5.3Gbps. The Nighthawk X8 supports the newest AC5300 wifi standard. There are some nifty features involved in the Nighthawk X8 Router… There is also a PC application if you want to monitor from there as well. You can also download an app on your iPhone or Android device to help monitor your network remotely! This free app can help you see if something is high on bandwidth usage or you need to reboot your router remotely. Some on the market are rather complicated and never seem to go quite the way you want it to be, but I find that setting up Netgear is a quick and painless setup every time. I really enjoy how easy Netgear routers are to configure. Within 15 minutes we were up and running and connected all of our various devices with ease. After logging in with the default credentials, you follow a straight forward wizard that helps you set up, configure, and change the required features. Simply power up, add your modem, connect a computer, and then go to “ ” to login. One of my favorite parts of the Netgear routers, is how quick, fast, and easy they are to setup. Unboxing of the Netgear Nighthawk X8 RouterĬheck out this detailed video Unboxing from my associate Benedict Corpuz, to find out everything that is included in the box and how it all looks. I have good solid signal all the way to the street and definitely in all the rooms. The antenna can be spread out and angle in different directions to help with range of the signal. It has sleak lines and curves and I think looks a lot better than the previous Nighthawk router. Visually this is a very nice looking router. The Nighthawk X8 is targeting those markets. With Internet Of Things(IoT) wifi enabled households not too far off in our distant future also, the router needs to be capable of determining what traffic gets priority and what can be put on less important slower speeds. Especially when the children are streaming to Twitch and YouTube, while the parents are watching Netflix. The router then becomes a much more important part of the household than the previous days. Every family member has a cell phone, many also have a tablet, the TV, a computer / laptop or two and I would say that number is pretty accurate. Netgear states that the average household has more than twelve WiFi devices connected to their home network. The latest Nighthawk router has some significant advancements over the previous one, but who is the Nighthawk X8 router for? Who is the Netgear Nighthawk X8 Router for? This is the second Netgear Nighthawk router I have received. I am a Netgear Ambassador and received the Nighthawk X8 to review in exchange for my honest opinions about the product.

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