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Netgear R8300

details: Nighthawk X8 AC5000 Smart WiFi Router
hardware type: Wireless Router
date added: 2016-12-25
updated: 2020-02-16
The Nighthawk X8 AC5000 Smart WiFi Router's Tri-Band WiFi and Quad Stream performance boosts its combined wireless speeds to up to 5 Gbps (600Mbps + 2166Mbps + 2166Mbps).

Load Balancing distributes WiFi devices amongst the WiFi bands for the most effective use of the 5GHz WiFi bands.

Using Multi-User MIMO technology, R8300 can stream data to multiple devices simultaneously.

Four external Active Antennas plus four internal antennas amplify WiFi range. Active Antennas help improve WiFi performance by amplifying WiFi signals in the antenna itself, this avoids signal loss during transmission and noise insertion from the router board.

Six Gigabit Ethernet ports means even more wired devices can connect. Two of six Gigabit Ethernet ports can be aggregated to double the connection speed to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device for 4K HD streaming or fast backups of multiple WiFi devices simultaneously.

Dynamic QoS automatically recognizes different applications and devices and intelligently allocates bandwidth to the most important activities in your home.
 
 
 
 R8300 Features
 General
 Availability: currently available
 LAN / WAN Connectivity
 WAN ports: 1
 WAN port(s) type: Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45)
 WAN port auto cross-over: yes
 LAN ports: 6
 LAN ports type: Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45)
 LAN ports auto cross-over: yes
 USB port(s): 1
for storage devices
 USB port type: USB 3.0
 Router
 NAT routing: yes
 Multihomed: yes
 Port forwarding: yes
 DHCP server: yes
 DHCP client: yes
 QoS: yes
 Wireless
 Maximum Wireless Speed: 5300 Mbps (Wi-Fi 5)
 WiFi standards supported: 802.11b (Wi-Fi 1)
802.11a (Wi-Fi 2)
802.11g (Wi-Fi 3)
802.11n (Wi-Fi 4)
802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5)
 Wifi security/authentication: WEP
WPA (TKIP)
WPA2 (AES)
802.1X (EAP-MD5/TLS/TTLS/PEAP)
Wireless MAC Address filtering
SSID Broadcast disable
 WiFi modes: Access point
 external antenna(s): 4
 WMM (QoS): yes
 MU-MIMO: yes
 Beamforming: yes
 Dual Band (2.4GHz/5GHz): yes
 Simultaneous Dual Band (2.4GHz/5GHz): yes
 Firewall
 SPI firewall: yes
 DoS / DDoS protection: yes
 Device Management
 Alternate Admin URL: http://www.routerlogin.net
 Default admin username: admin
 Default admin password: password
 Administration: Web-based (LAN)
Quick Setup Wizard
 Firmware upgradeable: yes
 Configuration backup/restore: yes
 Event log: yes
 Usage Statistics: yes
 Misc hardware info
 RAM: 512 Mb
 Flash Memory: 128 Mb
 Links
 Product page: http://netgear.com/home/products/network...
 Datasheet: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/G...
 Manual: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/G...
 Quick Install Guide: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/G...

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