&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk™ X8—AC5300 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;R8500&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PAGE 1 OF 11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Next Wave in WiFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Smart WiFi Router is the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;next wave in WiFi. Tri-Band WiFi and Quad Stream&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;performance boosts X8's combined wireless speeds&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;to up to 5.3Gbps. Four external Active Antennas plus&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;four internal antennas amplify WiFi range. Six gigabit&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ethernet ports means even more wired devices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;can connect and with port aggregation 2 ports can&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;combine to double maximum wired speeds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dynamic Quality of Service (QoS)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reduce buffering and lag while gaming or streaming. Dynamic QoS automatically recognizes different&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;applications and devices and intelligently allocates bandwidth to the most important activities in your home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fastest Tri-Band WiFi Router&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk X8 not only delivers the fastest total WiFi speeds of up to 5.3Gbps, but also uses Smart Connect&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;to ensure all of your WiFi devices like smart phones, tablets, and laptops connect at the fastest possible&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;speed. Load Balancing distributes WiFi devices amongst the WiFi bands for the most effective use of the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5GHz WiFi bands.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Industry’s First Active Antennas&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk X8 is the first to introduce Active Antennas. With four internal antennas and four external&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;antennas, the X8 will enhance weak signals and reduce interference. Active Antennas help improve WiFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;performance by amplifying WiFi signals in the antenna itself, this avoids signal loss during transmission and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;noise insertion from the router board. Enjoy better WiFi range, performance and fewer dead-spots with this&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;patent pending Active Antenna technology.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Twice the Wired Speed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Six Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports allows you to connect even more wired devices. Two of six Gigabit Ethernet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ports can be aggregated to double the connection speed to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device for&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4K HD streaming or fast backups of multiple WiFi devices simultaneously.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quad Stream WiFi with Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fastest WiFi for all devices! Quad Stream on all three WiFi bands gives you the fastest WiFi speeds combined&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;with MU-MIMO capability allows you to simultaneously stream to multiple devices at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5.3Gbps&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WiFi Speeds&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Industry’s First&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Active Antennas&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk™ X8—AC5300 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;R8500&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PAGE 2 OF 11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get the fastest combined WiFi currently available&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp; enjoy a blazing-fast, lag-free WiFi experience&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;for gaming, video streaming or surfing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Speed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TRI-BAND WIFI—Up to 1000 + 2166 + 2166†&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;QUAD STREAM—Up to four data streams per WiFi band&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;maximizes connection speed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;GIGABIT WIFI—Next-generation WiFi now at Gigabit speeds&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SMART CONNECT—Designates slower and faster devices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;to separate WiFi bands for best wireless speed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;GIGABIT WIRED—Six Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports with the ability to&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;aggregate two ports for faster file transfers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MU-MIMO CAPABLE‡—Go faster by simultaneously streaming&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;to multiple devices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DYNAMIC QoS—Intelligently prioritizes video streaming &amp;amp; gaming&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5.3Gbps—The fastest combined WiFi speed for&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;uninterrupted streaming&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WiFi Range&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ULTIMATE RANGE—WiFi coverage throughout very large homes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FOUR ACTIVE ANTENNAS—Enhance weak signal and reduce&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;interference with a patent pending design&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Got range? Homes come in all shapes and sizes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and Nighthawk X8 Smart WiFi Router's 4 external&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and 4 internal antennas provide WiFi coverage no&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;matter where you connect in your home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5.3Gbps&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With NETGEAR, sharing across your network is&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;fun and easy, anything from accessing stored data,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;media, photos &amp;amp; music to wireless printing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sharing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DLNA®—Find &amp;amp; play your media on DLNA TVs &amp;amp; game consoles&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;READYSHARE PRINTER—Wirelessly access &amp;amp; share a USB printer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;READYSHARE VAULT—Free software for automatic PC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;backup to a USB hard drive connected to the router&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;READYSHARE® USB ACCESS—Wirelessly access &amp;amp; share USB hard drive&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp; printer via two (2) USB ports: 1 USB 3.0 &amp;amp; 1 USB 2.0 port&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ONE SUPERSPEED USB 3.0 PORT—Up to 10x faster than USB 2.0 USB 3.0&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;READYCLOUD® USB ACCESS—Enjoy personal &amp;amp; secure cloud access&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;to USB storage anytime, anywhere&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TRI-BAND&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk™ X8—AC5300 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;R8500&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PAGE 3 OF 11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Start enjoying your new device faster than ever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NETGEAR wants to make sure installation and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;management is simple &amp;amp; easy, so you can connect&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;quickly &amp;amp; make sure you stay that way!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ease Of Use&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;EASY INSTALL—Easy setup for iPad®, tablets, smartphones&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp; computers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NETGEAR GENIE® APP—Personal dashboard to monitor, control&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp; repair your home network. Now includes remote access to&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;manage your network away from home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PUSH ‘N’ CONNECT—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Easy push button WiFi connections (WPS)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WIFI &amp;amp; POWER ON/OFF—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Convenient power savings&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;VPN SUPPORT—Secure access to your home network&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;when away from home&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;VPN SUPPORT—Secure access to your home network&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;when away from home&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maintain high security across your network to help&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ensure your privacy &amp;amp; family is safe while online.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whether it’s preventing phishing &amp;amp; spyware or just&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;limiting access for kids &amp;amp; guests, NETGEAR has you&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;covered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Security&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ENHANCED PARENTAL CONTROLS—Manage web site access by&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;family member &amp;amp; device&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;OPEN SOURCE SUPPORT—Download open source firmware from&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;www.myopenrouter.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;my open&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;router&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;GUEST NETWORK ACCESS—Separate &amp;amp; secure access for guests&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SECURE WIFI CONNECTIONS—High level wireless security&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;with WPA/WPA2&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PERSONAL FTP SERVER—Customized free URL to create FTP server FTP&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There’s nothing more frustrating than lost&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;connections! With NETGEAR’s advanced features &amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;best-in-class technology, you’ll reduce interference&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp; enjoy more reliable WiFi connectivity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reliable Connections&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SIMULTANEOUS TRI-BAND—More &amp;amp; faster WiFi connections&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;for all devices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BEAMFORMING+—Boosts speed, reliability, &amp;amp; range of WiFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;connections for 2.4 &amp;amp; 5GHz&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;TRI-BAND&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;LED ON/OFF Button—Easily turn LEDs on or off&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk™ X8—AC5300 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;R8500&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PAGE 4 OF 11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO‡)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using Multi-User MIMO technology, NETGEAR routers can stream data to multiple devices simultaneously. With MU-MIMO, your WiFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;network can deliver faster throughput to every MU-MIMO connected device. That means faster downloads and smoother streaming&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;for your devices.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;‡MU-MIMO feature requires firmware upgrade. MU-MIMO firmware upgrade not currently available for this product, but currently anticipated to be released before the end of 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MU-MIMO capability requires both router and client device to support MU-MIMO. Please see www.netgear.com/mumimo for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tri-Band WiFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Smart WiFi Router with breakthrough Tri-Band WiFi technology delivers a massive combined wireless&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;speed of up to 5.3Gbps. X8 optimizes WiFi performance by intelligently assigning every device to the fastest WiFi band possible and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;doing so allows devices to connect at their maximum speed. Load Balancing distributes WiFi devices ensuring usage of both the 5GHz&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WiFi bands. Even if everyone and everything in the home that’s connected to the Internet is streaming, gaming, working, playing,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;socializing or updating at the same time, the X8 won’t miss a beat—you’ll enjoy seamless clarity and zero lag.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tri-Band WiFi provides 3 dedicated WiFi Bands&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WiFi Band 1&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2.4GHz - Up to 1000Mbps&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All Legacy WiFi Devices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WiFi Band 2&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5GHz - Up to 2.2Gbps&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dual Band WiFi Devices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WiFi Band 3&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5GHz - Up to 2.2Gbps&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newer Dual Band AC WiFi Devices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FAST FASTER FASTEST&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Traditional WiFi MU-MIMO WiFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Data sent to one device at-a-time Data sent to multiple devices simultaneously&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy simultaneous streaming with MU-MIMO&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk™ X8—AC5300 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;R8500&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PAGE 5 OF 11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Powerful Dual Core 1.4GHz processor for faster processing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Basic WiFi routers use simple single core processors to connect WiFi devices to the Internet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk X8 delivers Tri-band WiFi, quad-stream performance on each band, Multi-User MIMO capable, has 6 Gigabit LAN ports&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;with Port Aggregation, and dual USB interfaces to connect external USB storage. Using a single core processor would cause severe&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;performance issues as various processes compete for CPU power.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That's why the X8 utilizes a powerful 1.4GHz dual-core processor to separate processes and prioritize high performance WiFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;connections to get maximum combined WiFi speeds of up to 5.3Gbps.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dynamic Quality of Service (QoS)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you like gaming and streaming videos, then you can benefit from Dynamic Quality of Service (QoS).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dynamic QoS automatically prioritizes bandwidth to latency sensitive applications like online gaming and video streaming by&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;recognizing application and device information as well as bandwidth needs. Dynamic QoS will also ensure that lower priority&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;applications like file downloads will never get completely stopped.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Traditional WiFi Dynamic QoS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Applications have same priority Automatically recognizes &amp;amp; prioritizes applications&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Netflix Download Facebook Spotify Game Game Netflix Spotify Facebook Download&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;High Priority Medium Priority Low Priority&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Single Core Processor Dual Core 1.4GHz Processor&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;XX&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WiFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;USB&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wired&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;600Mbps 1.4GHz 1.4GHz&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://ctgstall.com/image/catalog/NetGear/Screenshot_9.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Typical Router Nighthawk X8&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk™ X8—AC5300 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;R8500&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PAGE 6 OF 11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Active Antennas&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each new generation of routers grows more powerful than the last, delivering&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;stronger WiFi signals with greater range. At the same time, the WiFi signals&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;on mobile devices are not getting more powerful. This difference in WiFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;performance – a strong WiFi signal from the router and weaker ones from&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;mobile devices – reduces overall WiFi range and speed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To meet this challenge, NETGEAR developed the industry’s first Active&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Antennas technology. NETGEAR moved the WiFi amplifiers from their usual&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;location, on the router’s motherboard, up to the top of the antennas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Active antennas help improve WiFi performance by amplifying signals in the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;antenna itself. Thereby avoiding any signal loss during transmission between&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;antenna and router board, as well as avoiding any noise insertion from the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;router board components. This provides cleaner and stronger receive signals&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;for amplification from your mobile devices.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Traditional WiFi router has harder time receiving weaker mobile device signals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk X8 Active antennas compensate for weaker mobile device signals&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and eectively improve signal strength.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Weak signal strength&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Eective signal strength&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nighthawk™ X8—AC5300 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;R8500&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PAGE 7 OF 11&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BEAMFORMING+—FOR MORE RELIABLE CONNECTIONS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NETGEAR genie®—HOME NETWORKING SIMPLIFIED&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unlike typical WiFi routers that just blast the WiFi signals in all directions, with&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beamforming+ the router &amp;amp; device communicate with each other, so the router&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;can directly beam the WiFi signal to the device. The result is a stronger, faster,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;more reliable connection that is locked in even when the device is moved&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;around the home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Focuses WiFi signals from the wireless router to WiFi devices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;like smartphones, tablets &amp;amp; laptops&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Automatic signal management checks with your device to keep&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WiFi signal at its optimal strength&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Designed for home environments to support multiple WiFi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;device connections for highest quality&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Extends WiFi coverage, reduces deadpots, &amp;amp; boosts signal strength&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Implicit &amp;amp; Explicit Beamforming boosts speed, reliability &amp;amp; range&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;for both 2.4 &amp;amp; 5GHz WiFi devices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NETGEAR genie makes getting the most out of your home network fun &amp;amp; easy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Installation is almost effortless - just by opening a browser, genie helps you&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;setup your NETGEAR WiFi Router &amp;amp; connect all of your WiFi devices. Genie also&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;allows you to easily monitor, connect &amp;amp; control your home network from a PC,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mac, tablet or smartphone. With NETGEAR genie you can share &amp;amp; stream music&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;or videos, diagnose &amp;amp; repair network issues, set up parental controls &amp;amp; more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Home network manager&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Makes any printer AirPrint® compatible to print from an iPad® or iPhone®&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• MyMedia™—Find &amp;amp; play media files in your network&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• EZ Mobile Connect—Scan QR code to connect to your home network&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Turbo Transfer—Quickly transfer files within your home network&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;across various devices 40% faster than normal file transfers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• For PC, Mac®, iPhone®, iPad®, &amp;amp; Android™ devices&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;• Now with remote access to manage your network away from&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;home. View the network map, block WiFi devices, set up guest&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WiFi &amp;amp; manage Parental Controls—anytime, anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;