Wednesday, November 7th 2018
NETGEAR Introduces the Nighthawk AX8 WiFi Router - The New Era of WiFi
NETGEAR is leading the New Era of WiFi with our new Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi Router! The Nighthawk AX8 is NETGEAR's first WiFi Router to support Wi-Fi 6, the latest generation of Wi-Fi technology. With AX WiFi you will get a smoother and more enjoyable experience in your hyperconnected home. By supporting 802.11ax, the Nighthawk AX8 is engineered to deliver up to four times more data capacity than today's AC WiFi.
Whether you're looking for strong and reliable smart home connectivity for your IoT devices, smoother UHD 4K/8K streaming, or faster and farther coverage, the Nighthawk AX8 is here to take WiFi to the next level! With advanced features like OFDMA, MU-MIMO, 160MHz channel support and 1024 QAM, the 802.11ax supported Nighthawk AX8 promises to deliver the fastest and most reliable WiFi yet!
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Whether you're looking for strong and reliable smart home connectivity for your IoT devices, smoother UHD 4K/8K streaming, or faster and farther coverage, the Nighthawk AX8 is here to take WiFi to the next level! With advanced features like OFDMA, MU-MIMO, 160MHz channel support and 1024 QAM, the 802.11ax supported Nighthawk AX8 promises to deliver the fastest and most reliable WiFi yet!
- Ultra-fast Wireless Speeds-8-Stream WiFi with up to 1.2 + 4.8Gbps†
- More WiFi for More Devices-Uplink and downlink OFDMA substantially improves network capacity and efficiency, particularly when that traffic is created simultaneously.
- Up to Four Simultaneous WiFi Streams-4-stream MU-MIMO enables streaming on up to four 1x1 devices at the same time.
- 160MHz Channel Support-Gigabit speeds for compatible mobile devices and laptops.
- Additional DFS Channels-For an interference-free experience.
- Powerful Processor-64bit 1.8GHz quad-core processor ensures smooth 4K UHD streaming and gaming.
- Multi-Gig Internet Support-Aggregate two gigabit Ethernet ports to get multi-gig Internet speeds, where supported.
- Six Gigabit Ports-Connect more wired devices for faster file transfer and uninterrupted connections.
- Support All Current WiFi Devices-Backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac client devices.
- Dynamic QoS- Prioritizes internet traffic by application and device for smoother streaming
- Nighthawk App-Easily set up your router and get more out of your WiFi. Includes remote access to manage your network when away from home.
- Automatic Firmware Updates-Delivers the latest security patches to the router.
- Works with Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant-Control your WiFi using voice commands.
26 Comments on NETGEAR Introduces the Nighthawk AX8 WiFi Router - The New Era of WiFi
I do like this design better than the spider-router design but I'll stick with PFSense routers and UBNT AP's thanks. :toast:
NO. NO. NONONONONONONONO.
That aside, AX is still a draft. So I wouldn't really go for it. And no WPA3 yet, even more reason to hold back.
And controlling it with voice commands? Hell no.
Yeah we all know it's a cut and pasted press release but as such shouldn't it be indentified as such ... or at least in quotes ?
".... leading the New Era of WiFi with ***our*** new ..." Is this a TPU / Netgear partnership ? Yeah, it's nitpicky but with Purch using their web sites for product placement, TPU would be well served by beating their chests a little and making empahasizing their independence
I was thinking it was more a feminine touch.
I am wondering if they are going to do a Flexi vversion.
The AX12 will come with WPA3 out of the box and the AX8 will apparently get it via a firmware update.
As for it being draft, remember how long 802.11n was in draft? It might be a non issue, but who knows.
Personally I'm more disappointed by the poor wired options on both devices, especially as link aggregation is likely to offer zero performance increase for most users. A single 5Gbps port is hardly exciting either.
Another weird thing is that it seems like QCA only supports OFDMA for downlink, but not uplink, whereas Broadcom does. Nor does the QCA model support DFS at launch, nor 160MHz channels, which they can do with some of their current hardware (such as the R7800). So it seems like a lot of this stuff, draft or not, isn't really quite ready for prime time and there's no real commitment that there will be feature parity between the two models in the future.
internes is now dangeroes. if you haw job you cant use it but if dont haw job you cant pay for it.
We’ve seen claims like that before
Obviously a small performance improvement to 802.11ac devices is not the same as what you should see with real 802.11ax devices, especially when you have multiple devices connected to the same AP at the same time.