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Wired vs Wireless: The answer may surprise you!
Wired vs Wireless.
The Debate.
This has been the debate of gamers since the beginning of wireless computing... and wired has traditionally won. Let’s take a couple minutes to exami...
Not sure what you mean? The numbers on wired vs wireless were based on a survey we conducted with XR500 owners. There are a lot more gamers moving to wireless solutions than wired.
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The move to wireless is for commodity, not for performance reasons. Not interested in a war here. Weigthing Gigabit Ethernet vs. ACxxxxx or ADyyyyy and trying to sell this as better ... tsk tsk tsk.
We have always said if you want to most stable connection, you should use wired connection. BUT, some people don't want wires or have limitations in their installation and wireless is the solution for them. No war here. We are presenting solutions for both camps.
"The XR500 has 4 ports each at 1 gigabit speed. It moves 2.6 Gb/per second wirelessly with a fantastic range. The XR700 has 8 ports, with the capability to go up to 10 Gb with an adapter on one port, allowing you to connect at incredible speeds wired. It also throws an insane 7.2 Gb/per second wirelessly. "
Both insane marketing lies.
This started with whoever started adding the maximum theoretical link rates of all radio interfaces.
802.11ad was and is brilliant for those having such a client and a direct line of sight to the router - for all others it's obsolete. People who understand wireless mentioned several times that Netgear should give much less marketing push to AD and the hype numbers. Does Netgerar have 0.1% of XR700 users actively using 802.11ad interface at all?
I just had to calm down an up set RAX120 test user who nagged that the performance is the same as for his old AC1900.
Don't take my word for it:
T3
https://www.t3.com/reviews/netgear-nighthawk-pro-gaming-xr500-router
IGN
https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/02/05/netgear-nighthawk-xr500-pro-gaming-router-review
PC Gamer
https://www.pcgamer.com/we-tried-netgears-first-gaming-router-and-its-the-fastest-weve-tested/
Tom's Guide:
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/netgear-nighthawk-xr500,review-5589.html
There's plenty of reviews to back up the performance.