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    Nighthawk X8- R8500 Tri Band Quad Stream WiFi Router

    Previously had Nighthawk R7000 and R7500, just got rid of the R7500, now using the R7000 as a wireless bridge. Both were on their latest official firmwares (.30 for the R7000 and .94 for the R7500), and I didn't have much problems using them as access points, except for the ping delay issue on...
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    Nighthawk X8- R8500 Tri Band Quad Stream WiFi Router

    Got one of these from Best Buy. Using it as basic access point running three separate SSIDs, so far seems pretty speedy and stable. First thing I did was apply the 42 firmware from Netgear's website, didn't use it at all on factory firmware. Setup menus are pretty much the same as the R7000 and...
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    NETGEAR R8000 Nighthawk X6 Review

    Does this mean the lower 5ghz channels are transmitting at the same power as the higher channels, and if so did your testing confirm that on the R8000?
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