Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10: Is It World's Fastest WiFI Router?

Today we are talking about the new Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10. This router is powerful, it has many features, and it comes at a high price.

Of course, we must say that the price justifies the powerful specs that in has inside. This is a needy Wi-Fi router.

Customers who are willing to experience its superfast Wi-Fi speed need to know that they first have to buy a laptop that has 802.11ad-eanble and a high-end 10Gbps server.

Users will have to be careful, because they could find laptops that have neither of these specs. But, when they find the most suitable laptop, customers will have to place it near the Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10 at all times for the fast connection to work.

This is very important, because when they will move the laptop a few feet away, its speed will be reduced to a regular quad-stream 802.11ac router, for example the Asus RT-AC87U or the Netgear R7500.

However, people should know that this new router is like a race car. It comes with powerful and exciting features, but its performance won’t necessarily fit in people’s daily habits.

Moreover, customers will have to pay 500 dollars in order to buy the new Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10.

So, it seems that it comes with a huge price, more than people usually pay for a router.

So, the question is if the new Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10 is worth the money and is it world’s fastest WiFI Router as promoted? 

And if people will need a powerful router like this?

Let’s talk a little bit about the 802.11ad feature. The new Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10 is the second router on the market that works with 802.11ad. The first router is the TP-Link Talon, which was released last October.

 It is important for customers to not confuse the 802.11ad with the 802.1ax. The first one operates on the 60GHz frequency band, and it is a supplement to regular Wi-Fi rather than a replacement for it for two reasons.

The first reason is that it has extremely short range, we are talking about approximately 20 feet and even shorter in case we are talking about the new Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10 router. The second reason is that it doesn’t function with existing Wi-Fi clients.

So, the 802.11ad router is considered to be more like a replacement for wireless USB 3.0 than a fully functional Wi-Fi standard.

Moreover, the 802.11ad router doesn’t have the power to go through walls with its signal, which means that clients will have to place the laptop nearby the router. But, to compensate these issues, we must say that the 802.11ad comes with ultrafast Wi-Fi speed.

This is why the new Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10 can support up to 4.500 megabits per second in a single 802.11ad Wi-Fi connection. This is huge, because the 802.11ac supports only 1.733Mbps top speed.

But, we must say that the new Netgear R9000 Nighthawk X10 works great with 802.11ac, as well. On the 5GHz band, this router offers a top speed of 533Mbps at close range.