“Nighthawk X8 is the next wave in WiFi and is for people who crave the absolute best networking experience possible today. Tri-band WiFi helps provide sufficient bandwidth for the increasing number of devices in the home and cutting-edge Wave 2 AC provides the best WiFi performance”
Engineered from the ground up with a stylish modern design, the Nighthawk X8 is performance perfected with the new Wave 2 AC WiFi. It is powered by an extremely powerful 1.4GHz dual core processor for faster connections; the industry’s first, patent-pending Active Antennas to boost range; and three WiFi bands with quad-streams, 1024 QAM, and MU-MIMO** capable for the fastest WiFi speeds. It also supports more wired connections with six Gigabit Ethernet ports including two that can be aggregated for faster file transfers. All told, the Nighthawk X8 pushes wireless performance and range to an extreme that is required for enabling your increasingly always-on networked life.
Due to the recent explosion in popularity of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, the average household today has more than 12 WiFi devices connecting to its network, according to a new survey conducted by market research firm MarketLab. The proliferation of these devices is expected to grow exponentially in the next few years as the “Internet of Things” (IoT) smart home becomes a reality. The next-generation Nighthawk X8 WiFi router from NETGEAR ensures the bandwidth required to support this ever-growing number of networked devices. The Nighthawk X8 delivers the best WiFi speed across all your devices, even when your family members are streaming, gaming, and downloading files at the same time.
“Nighthawk X8 is the next wave in WiFi and is for people who crave the absolute best networking experience possible today. Tri-band WiFi helps provide sufficient bandwidth for the increasing number of devices in the home and cutting-edge Wave 2 AC provides the best WiFi performance,” said Sandeep Harpalani, NETGEAR senior director of product marketing for Retail Network Products.
He added, “Nighthawk X8 has enhancements such as industry-first Active Antennas for the best range and performance, additional Gigabit ports for more wired connections, and even port aggregation for streaming capability from your networked storage device at greater than Gigabit speeds. Simply put, Nighthawk X8 delivers performance that outpaces any other router in the market today.”
Today’s homes combine many new and old WiFi devices that slow down overall performance. The SmartConnect feature of the tri-band Nighthawk X8 is engineered to intelligently segment slower and faster devices into the most appropriate WiFi band so that not only can the fast devices run faster, but even older devices will offer better performance.
You can also use the tri-band capability to segment traffic by devices or application. In a typical older dual-band router, for example, the video streamer and the Internet gamer have to effectively “time-share” bandwidth. However, with a tri-band router such as Nighthawk X8, video streaming and Internet gaming traffic can each operate on separate bands, effectively getting double the speed of a dual-band router.
Moreover, Nighthawk X8 offers a unique Dynamic QoS prioritization capability. Instead of treating all devices and applications as the same, Dynamic QoS recognizes each individual application and the device it is running on, and prioritizes their network traffic accordingly. Whether you are using your smartphone, tablet or laptop computer for gaming, streaming, transferring files or web browsing, Nighthawk X8 ensures that you are getting the most effective network connection for the best possible experience.
Nighthawk X8 boasts a total of eight antennas, four internal and four patent-pending external Active Antennas — the industry’s first — that boost the wireless range of the Nighthawk X8. Unlike typical antennas that simply relay the WiFi signal received from your devices to the router, Active Antennas amplify the WiFi signal within the external antenna itself. They eliminate loss in signal strength and avoid any additional noise during transmission. Active Antennas effectively compensate for the low power of WiFi devices to provide a more symmetrical connection for both receiving and sending wireless signals, which contributes to improving overall range and speed at long range.
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