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I think the best way to extend coverage is to add more AP’s. I had the Netgear R8500 with active antennas and while it was a good consumer router it didn’t have any more range than my ASUS AC66R. I use Ubiquiti gear now with multiple AP’s and have the coverage needed. Hope this helps... Sent...

Great marketing for sure... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Interesting. I would say ubiquiti requires quite a bit more tuning but overall will provide better performance, reliability and control over your network infrastructure. However to stay on topic, the X8 is a very good consumer router with dual 5Ghz radios and LACP support are nice features if...

I had an X8 and it was an excellent consumer router. Purchased it for the ability to aggregate ports and the dual 5Ghz radios. Coverage and speed were great, but I only used it in AP mode behind a FiOS gateway. I don’t think you can go wrong with the X8 and unless you go enterprise or prosumer...

I have FiOS gig and a netgear x8 R8500 and have no issues. I get well above 400 even on WiFi. Wired in the 800+ if I recall. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Any chance of a new review with Mu-MIMO enabled?

Since installing this release and resetting I have no disconnects with my iPad. This was the device that I was tracking the 5GHz disconnects for the most part with earlier firmware including beta. No MU-MIMO option like the previous beta but who really cares...

From the Netgear forum: R8500 NEW firmware just released: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/R8500/R8500-V1.0.2.54_1.0.56.zip Report back findings, this is a more recent release than the Beta I was using. R8500 Firmware Version 1.0.2.54 New Features & Enhancements: Supports...

Thanks for the feedback!

Looks like it's back on the download site which states "European Release" Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Yes I updated. Was on the beta before which had MU-MIMO enabled. Only thing I see is MU-MIMO is not in this new firmware. Seems stable so far. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Yes US based. Strange it was offered as an update via the router GUI.. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I see as as an available update from the router GUI but not on the web site. Any release notes?

New beta out with MU-MIMO support...Merry Christmas! Uploaded on: 2015-12-25 File name: R8500-V1.0.2.28_1.0.42.chk File size: 26.6 MB New features or enhancements: Improves general WiFi performance and stability for both 2.4G and 5G Supports MU-MIMO (Setting in Advanced Tab > Advanced Setup...

Great news! Prob too soon to try it but very promising.