Netgear R8500

Overview

 * • 2x 2165 Mbps - 2x 4-stream 802.11ac device (80MHz wide 5GHz channel),
 * • 1x 1000 Mbps - max. PHY rate for the 40MHz wide 2.4GHz channel = 5300 Mbps class



Product features

 * Get fastest speeds available up to 5.3 Gbps
 * Tri-band Wi-Fi delivers more Wi-Fi to more devices
 * Quad Stream delivers up to four data streams per Wi-Fi band
 * 4 active and 4 internal antennas to amplify and maximize range
 * 6 Gigabit Ethernet ports, aggregate two for fast file transfers
 * Smart Connect intelligently selects Wi-Fi band for every device
 * MU-MIMO for simultaneous streaming of data to multiple devices
 * Dynamic QoS prioritizes bandwidth by application and device

Specifications

 * CPU: Broadcom BCM47094 @1.4 GHz (DualCore ARM Cortex A9)
 * Memory: 128 MB Flash (NAND) and 512 MB RAM (DDR3)
 * WLAN: 2x 4T4R AC BCM4366 + 1x 4T4R N BCM4366
 * DualBand, NitroQAM, 5 GHz (2x 2165Mbps), 2.4 GHz (1000Mbps)
 * Seven (7x GbE) 10/100/1000 Mbps ports: 1x WAN & 6x LAN
 * LACP: Dual Gigabit Ethernet Port Aggregation (LAN1 + LAN2)


 * Two (2x USB) USB ports: 1x USB 3.0 & 1x USB 2.0 port
 * Dimension:: Dimensions::316 mm x 264 mm x 61 mm (WxHxD)
 * Weight: Weight::1680 g

Reviews

 * On SmallNetBuilder
 * On HardwareZone
 * On OpenITforum (PL)
 * Gallery on OpenITforum

Forum threads

 * On SNB forums

News

 * PR on Broadcom
 * PR on AnandTech

Pictures
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GPL Info

 * On DD-WRT GitHub