Nighthawk R8500 or XR500

The Flash · March 31, 2018

Hey guys i plan on getting a new wireless router as my current router is the typical horrendous one your ISP provides you. I live in a 3 story apartment with several layers of brick in between and unfortunately my PC and gaming setup is on the other side of the apartment. I'm looking to move to house in the future so i'd like to get something that can work well in a house. I'm currently looking at the Netgear XR500 however the R8500 is about $20 cheaper. I have a lot of devices and there are 3 other people in my apartment. If someone can point out which one i should get over the other it would help a lot.

Thanks in advanced

DogKnight · April 1, 2018

The XR500 will be good if you will benefit from the NetDumo OS for the gaming features.

I went with the R8500 mainly because it offers two ports for port aggregation. Had it in place for a couple of weeks now. Great speed and coverage. I am also more familiar with the regular Netgear config screens so I knew it would have the functionality I needed.