Netgear Nighthawk R8500

[jamesroy]

What replaces the Netgear Nighthawk R8500

[JasonN]

Hi jamesroy,

I will be moving your post to the right location of the community so you can get further assistance on this. :]

- Jason N

[JasonN]

Hi jamesroy,

I wanted to check back in and see if anyone has assisted you.

Before we can figure what a good replacement is, we would need to know what do you use your router for.

Please let us know. :]

- Jason N

[jamesroy]

Music server and graphic design

[JasonN]

Hi jamesroy,

If you want to stick with the nighthawk series then here are the specs for the R9000 & XR500 so you can compare:

R8500:

http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/R8500.pdf

R9000:

https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/networking/wifirouter/R9000.pdf

XR500:

https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/networking/wifirouter/XR500.pdf

Please let me know if you have any other questions. :]

- Jason N

[avtella]

Take a look at the R7800 it’s pretty much the same as the XR500 minus the NetDuma software additions to the OS. It’s IMHO the best performing unit on 5Ghz and its CPU is much more powerful than the R8500 (VPN performance), also it has a proper MU-MIMO implementation.

[JasonN]

Here is the data sheet for the R7800.

http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/R7800.pdf

- Jason N