NETGEAR Nighthawk Pro Gaming 6-Stream WiFi 6 Router (XR1000) – AX5400 Wireless Speed (up to 5.4Gbps) | DumaOS 3.0 Optimizes Lag-free Server Connections | Compatible with Playstation® 5

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Price: £149.99
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WiFi 6 Performance at AX5400 Speed

WiFi 6 provides greater throughput by allowing more devices to use the larger WiFi bandwidth. The AX5400 speed, coupled with MU-MIMO and OFDMA, reliably minimizes network congestion.

Powerful Triple Core 1.5Ghz Processor

All the processing power to handle the heavy demands of VR gaming, 4K streaming, and more.

Advanced Cyber Security for Gaming Networks

All-encompassing protection of your privacy, online family safety, and network security from cyber-threats is provided by WPA3 encryption, Traffic Controller firewall, and NETGEAR Armor (powered by BitDefender) anti-virus, anti-malware, and data protection technology.

Four Wired Ethernet Ports

Connect your PC, gaming consoles, and other devices at up to 1 Gbps wired speeds.

Reduced Ping Rates up to 93%

Discover and track server quality using the ping heatmap and ping history to ensure you play with only the best lag-free servers.

Prioritize Your Gaming Traffic

With Application QoS you can balance your network by allocating bandwidth to exactly the applications and devices that matter to you most. Control maximum upload and download speeds to minimize lag spikes.

Geo-fencing Captures the Best Servers

Reduce lag times by filtering and locking in the most reliable servers for the best gaming experience. Total control to whitelist your friends and block laggy opponents.

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Customer Reviews

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WiFi Speed
WiFi 5 – AC1750 (up to 1.75Gbps) WiFi 5 – AC2600 (up to 2.6Gbps) WiFi 6 – AX5400 (up to 5.4Gbps)
Wireless Bands
Dual-Band Dual-Band Dual-Band
Gaming Router OS
DumaOS 2.0 DumaOS 2.0 DumaOS 3.0
Customizable Gaming Dashboard

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Processor Speed
1.0Ghz Dual-core 1.7Ghz Dual-core 1.5Ghz Triple-core
Wired Ethernet Ports
4 x 1G 4 x 1G 4 x 1G
USB ports – For Shared Storage + Printer
1 x USB 3.0 1 x USB 3.0 1 x USB 3.0
Network Security
WPA2, VPN, double firewall, DoS WPA2, VPN, double firewall, DoS WPA2/WPA3, Armor by BitDefender, VPN, double firewall, DoS
Game Console Compatibility
PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and mobile devices PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and mobile devices PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and mobile devices
Advanced Technology
Beamforming+ Beamforming+, MU-MIMO Beamforming+, Smart connect (One SSID), MU-MIMO, OFDMA

Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20 x 29.5 x 6.4 cm; 600 g
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ 1 Sept. 2020
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Netgear
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MY96ENS
Item model number ‏ : ‎ XR1000-100EUS
Guaranteed software updates until ‏ : ‎ unknown

ULTIMATE GAMING EXPERIENCE FOR PLAYSTATION 5: XR1000 brings incredible speed, lower latency and smoother streaming to your PS5 by leveraging all WiFi 6 benefits to always beat the competition
FAST WIFI 6 PERFORMANCE: High WiFi coverage with AX5400 speed via dual band and 6 simultaneous streams offers up to 4x higher device capacity than AC routers
Full compatibility: works at maximum speed and WiFi 6 performance with all LAN and Wi-Fi devices such as PCs, game consoles such as Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PS4 & PS5
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Customers say

Customers like the range, appearance and ease of use of the networking router. They mention that it has a great range, looks good and has s a clean and simple dashboard. They appreciate the features, ease of usage, and quality. That said, opinions are mixed on performance, stability and value.

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Reviewer: Meow!
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: XR500 and XR1000 Are they really worth the money?
Review: XR500 and XR1000Three years ago I bought the XR500. After a few weeks I sent it back. My conclusion then was that it had huge potential but it just wasnâ€™t ready. Features had not matured and there were just too many bugs. Not enough preset games, VPN was fixed to a terrible non-gaming vpn and bugs meant that features either just failed to do what they were supposed to do or worse, crashed. Having said all that, the incredible graphical interface of the router felt like it was definitely had tons of potential given a bit of time. With that in mind, here I am three years later trying again with the XR1000. So this review is based on a disastrous experience with the XR500 and the â€œnewlyâ€ bought XR1000.Packing is uninspired but the product although very light is good quality. Plugging it in it goes through a ridiculous setup process that completely fails if your internet requires a login and password like mine does. Five minutes completely wasted while it is trying to connect when there is absolutely no hope that it can, lol. If you need a login then you go to the internet page and enter the details, and wait another few minutes while the router resets. This has to be the slowest router reset I have ever encountered, lol. There is plenty of time to grab a coffee while it resets. Finally it will come back with an internet connection and you can start setting up the router. You can manually go through all the junk it tried to do automatically without and internet connection, this time with one! Itâ€™s a really slow process because each time you apply a setting it takes forever to update it. The router is very slow loading pages, but I guess thatâ€™s to be expected given the complicated graphical interface.The DumaOS has an amazingly good user interface. It is intuitive and just so easy. Everything is logically laid out and there is exactly what you want to know. There is comprehensive performance monitoring so you can see what the router is up to when you play games. You can tweak settings to avoid situations that may cause lag, and you can set priorities and bandwidth for games and gaming machines. And of course there is Geo Location, which I am sure you have heard of.The router software is already biased towards gaming without the need for any game specific configuration. Just plug it in and go and it instantly favours games. Mine certainly seemed to know when I was gaming and whatever other things I was doing. If you take a look at a the Traffic Prioritisation page a little icon lights up when someone is playing a game. As long as that lights up then really you don’t need to do anything else. If it doesn’t then you need to fiddle with the settings so it detects your game. But there are more settings aimed towards improving matters if you are having trouble. Reducing lag when your home network is very busy and helping you to select game servers that are closer to you.The router has far less features than a traditional router, like an Asus, say, but presents them in a way that is just great. Overall if you want features then buy an Asus, but if you want gaming specific monitoring, graphs and solutions then buy one of the Netgear DumaOS. After I sent the XR500 back I bought an Asus but over the following year really came to the conclusion that I wasnâ€™t using any of the features. The problem with the Asus is that it’s not really a gaming router – it’s a normal router with some gaming functions. The Netgear on the other hand is built around gaming functions. Also, with the Asus, if you do almost anything you have to agree to Trend Micro collecting all your data and browsing histories. Trend can even take your emails and those of your family. What? Seriously? It’s one of those agreements you really need to read!!One of the things you will do, is check the Connection Benchmark. This is a detailed test of your broadband and gives you a ton of very useful information you can then use in QOS to optimise your connection. In my case I discovered that my upload ping became very erratic when other people were using the broadband at the same time I was playing game. My upload ping would wander about from 11ms all the way up to 220ms. I enabled Congestion Control or anti-buffer-bloat. The Connection Benchmark showed me what figures I needed to set and moments later my ping was stable and never went above 12ms. Success!The device map is really useful. It shows your network in graphical form. You do need to fill in some information for devices it canâ€™t identify and also it took a reboot of my switch to get it to full organise the graphic correctly. Oddly it has no enter-able information for the modem. The device map can also take a little while to update. One thing you need to know for that is that “Apply Settings” buttons found on other pages forces the table to update.The XR1000 has vpn settings where you can enter your own vpn. This is a great improvement on the XR500 which were hard-wired to just one useless vpn â€“ HMA. There are also rumours of the new Hybrid vpn being a future update for the XR1000. That is a vpn that allows you to choose what traffic goes through the vpn, which is ideal for gaming vpn’s.And of course there is the mighty Geo-Filter. This is a slam dunk for console owners.I guess it all comes down to features. If you want a huge array of features then you should be buying an Asus. But if, like me, you never actually use all the features, then the information provided by the XR routers is probably more useful. Certainly console owners should be buying the an XR because of Geo-Filter. Donâ€™t forget, though, that all this niceness is costing money. The XRâ€™s are a lot more expensive than the competition but then you are paying for a regular router with a custom design and interface so itâ€™s not too surprising.When it comes to reliability, alas the Netgear is not up there with the best. Unfortunately, they tend to keep on releasing the software with bugs. Left to run for a few weeks the Netgear does tend to fall over with some obscure error. There are routers I have never reset during the years I have owned them, but this is not one of those! Having said that, I would still buy one again. The fact is that the gaming features and information this router provides is streets ahead of any other router other than perhaps an Asus, and as I already mentioned the Asus has some pretty nasty downsides too.Are they really worth the money? Originally I said no, but three years later the answer is yes. It is without doubt the best Gaming router there is.

Reviewer: Rupert
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works a treat. Tech support is excellent. Though not trivial to set up the XR1000 delivers.
Review: Works a treat. Tech support is excellent. Though not trivial to set up the XR1000 delivers.Bought as a replacement for my previous Netgear which finally failed after 7 years of 27/7 use.I would buy again.

Reviewer: Stephen White
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of the best
Review: One of the best routers out there. So much functionality and options. Highly recommended and well worth the money.

Reviewer: Beattiesmash
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: XR1000 It just works!
Review: Pros:Ridiculously easy installation. I think even my parents could manage it!Very intuitive and easy interfaceSimple QoS configurationFirewall featureAdditional security feature (additional cost but worth it)DashboardsEasy phone app for IOS and AndroidAccess anywhere abilityTest your ISP speed directly from the XR1000 itselfDevice managerGeofilter (allows you to select your preferred servers for gaming)Network monitorCons:A lot of â€œunknownâ€ and â€œuncategorisedâ€ traffic, with no way to see what it is to try and label it.We have 6 people in this house, 4 of us are gamers (WoW, CoD, Fifa, Fortnite etc). We are also schooling and WFH. So as you can imagine, there is a LOT going on. Prior to getting this, there was constant complaining about WiFi strength, drops, unable to sustain Teams calls, file transfer issues and heaven forbid more than one person tries to play a game online.Iâ€™m a network engineer, and did think about maybe getting a 5508, but, after a bit of research I got a DreyTek as it offered me all of the features I was looking for (VPN, port forwarding, QoS, Firewall) at a fraction of the cost. Not sure I could justify the Cisco price tag to my husband for a home device! The DreyTek worked great with our BT Hub3 and did fix a lot of the issues, but, still couldnâ€™t have all of us online at one time. If someone tried to download, it would kill everything. I configured QoS as per so many recommendations and it would fix something marginally, then make something else worse. You would think as a Network Engineer I would just get this to work huh? Well, embarrassingly for me, I couldnâ€™t. So, I was back to looking at Cisco kit, what was I thinking with a DreyTek?! Surely Iâ€™m not the issue……?After more investigation, this XR1000 router was coming up trumps in all reviews. Could it really be that good? In short, yes. I do love a good dashboard, and I love the dashboards on the DUMAOS. The QoS facility is just really simple (no faffing about with protocols, class groups etc), just drag and drop what you want! As per my con, the unknown traffic is a bit of a bummer, as Iâ€™d quite like to have the facility to allow me to identify and classify myself. Perhaps this will be something that comes in time.Currently set up with the Virgin Hub3, amended DNS to use our free OpenDNS, smart connect WiFi (combines 2.4ghz and 5ghz WiFi into one SSID), QoS set to (Gaming 25, Uncategorised 15, VoIP 5, VPN 9, Chat/Messenger 9, File Share 15, Web 5, live stream 5 and media 12), congestion control is set auto enable so that no one can monopolies more than 80% of up/download and under advanced MU-MIMO is turned on. Since setting this up, there has been not a single grumble. Everyone can do their thing, whether itâ€™s gaming, downloading, on Teams calls, and no issues! We use BitDefender Antivirus and this works with this router. It sends me notifications for all blocked URLs.All in all, 4/5.

Reviewer: AA81600
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Superbe produite extrement puissant mais il a fallu que je contacte la plateforme Netgear pour qu’il m’aident Ã parfaitement configurer mon routeur.Depuis c’est un rÃ©gal avec une puissance de connexion impressionnante selon les besoins.Il s’adapte automatiquement de 2.4Ghz Ã 5 Ghz selon le besoin de consommation internetJe recommande vivement

Reviewer: Caratriste
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Lo compre para mejorar mi latencia dado que el router de mi compaÃ±ia me daba muchos problemas y sin duda alguna es la mejor inversion que he hecho

Reviewer: GameOver1600
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Tenendo in considerazione che non sono un esperto in questo campo dell’informatica, cercherÃ² di fare una recensione da utente medio senza entrare nei dettagli tecnici. La mia situazione con internet era alquanto instabile (provider:Eolo), da 60 di ping in gioco schizzavo spesso (ogni 5 min) a cifre vicine al 2000…inutile dire che non riuscivo a concludere una partita. Da qui Ã¨ iniziata la mia curiositÃ verso un qualsiasi tipo di upgrade che migliorasse la mia connessione. Dopo GIORNI di “rimuginamento” ho ordinato contemporaneamente il nuovo contratto con altro provider e questo router. Il router Ã¨ arrivato 1 giorno dopo, quindi non ho esitato a provarlo. E qui iniziano le meraviglie di questo router: l’installazione Ã¨ stata cosÃ¬ semplice che ero certo di essermi dimenticato qualcosa…in realtÃ si tratta veramente di montare 4 antenne, collegare il router al modem con un filo, il pc al router con un altro filo e alimentarlo. Arrivati a questo punto sono andato sul pc fisso (giÃ acceso) collegato fisicamente al router e si Ã¨ automaticamente aperta la pagina di configurazione. Un altra volta devo dire che Ã¨ stato estremamente facile. Nel giro di 10 minuti ero online con il nuovo router. Ora viene il bello, DumaOS Ã¨ estremamente semplice, intuitivo, chiaro, funzionale. Per me, principiante in materia, sono riuscito a gestire in semplicitÃ larghezze di banda, flusso dati di ogni dispositivo, monitorare il carico della CPU…un sacco di cose su cui prima non avrei mai messo mano. Ma veniamo al punto, sto ping…mentre prima di sera era ingiocabile con questo router finalmente sono riuscito a godermi delle partite decenti con un ping medio di 60 nonostante tv, telefoni, potatili e tablet, prima con queste condizioni il ping medio girava attorno ai 200… Per quanto riguarda il Wifi sembrerebbe andare bene, ora ho copertura fino in giardino, cosa mai vista prima… C’Ã¨ da dire che il mio Note 9 non ha mai visto la banda 5GHz… ripeto, non mi ritengo competente in materia…solo che mio papÃ con l’S8 si Ã¨ connesso immediatamente. Il design personalmente mi piace, tutte le specifiche sono giÃ scritte sulla pagina del prodotto, una cosa invece che vorrei puntualizzare sono le luci, si vedono tutte anche sotto luce intensa, infatti sono molto luminose, per fortuna c’Ã¨ il bottone per spegnerle, nonostante tutto non sono riuscito a trovare un manuale che mi spiegasse a cosa consistono i vari tipi di colore nei led (bianchi o arancioni)… faccio questo esempio perchÃ© durante il cambio del provider…dopo il resert e il collegamento al nuovo modem la luce d’accensione rimaneva color arancio…nell’ignoranza del significato (e dopo aver cercato online) ho eseguito un altro reset e tutto Ã¨ tornato alla norma. Ho fatto un test con il nuovo provider senza router ma solo il loro modem-router in dotazione ed effettivamente Ã¨ un disastro: di sera, durante il picco di utilizzi si raggiungono tranquillamente i 100 di ping (senza picchi stellari)…con router si oscilla dai 30 ai 50. I miei confermano un miglior wifi e una fluiditÃ maggiore su netflix e sui loro cellulari (soprattutto Instangram). Globalmente ha migliorato la mia connessione con entrambi i provider e mi ha reso la gestione del traffico una barzelletta. Consiglio qualsiasi router con DumaOS a chiunque ed in particolare mi sento di consigliare questo modello dopo 1 mese di prova. Ps: ho provato pure le porte USB, la configurazione sembra semplice, sono riuscito a accedere da remoto alla chiavetta, sta di fatto che per ora non ne sento la necessitÃ quindi oltre ad un semplice test non ho altre informazione.

Reviewer: Victor
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Antes de nada, quiero despreocupar a los que no ven claro que puedan hacerlo funcionar. Me explico: el modem/router que nos da la compaÃ±ia de internet debe mantenerse en caso de que tengamos un telÃ©fono fijo asociado o televisiÃ³n digital. Si simplemente lo sustituimos, eso lo perdemos y tal como es mi caso, no nos interesa. Debemos estar seguros pues que el trasto de nuestro proveedor acepta hacer bridge mode, cosa que me consta que en algunos casos de fibra simÃ©trica no estÃ¡ aÃºn disponible por no sÃ© que razÃ³n. Si tenenos todos estos puntos bien, lo que viene es pan comido: se pone el primer modem/router en bridge mode dejando el cable de telÃ©fono puesto, y conectamos este al Netgear a su puerto WAN (de WAN a WAN o de LAN 1 a WAN de Netgear). Seguimos los pasos del asistente de Netgear y este se ocupa solito de clonar la MAC para que coincida con la de nuestro PC y, listos, ya tenemos conexiÃ³n gestionada totalmente por el Netgear a nuestro gusto.Para mi este producto es una maravilla. Nos da ya de entrada unos DNS que van como un tiro de rÃ¡pidos, ambos igual de eficientes y podemos poner un tercero incluso. Podemos trastear con mil y una opciones para asignar IPs a dispositivos, NAT abierta, MTU…oh, y el geofiltro (bendito sea). Con este nos aseguramos un espacio de conexiÃ³n del que no queremos salir para obtener el mejor PING posible. Podemos permitir lo que nos da buena conexiÃ³n o denegar cuando sea mala para que jamÃ¡s nos vincule a eso ni se metan esos individuos en nuestras partidas por mÃ¡s que pertenezcan al rango. La mediciÃ³n del PING es acurada cada vez que estamos conectados a servidor u otro usuario, ya que por ejemplo Battlefield nos da los datos de PING y he contrastado que coinciden. Parece ser que en este juego sÃ³lo hay un servidor por Alemania o asÃ, y no habrÃ¡ para nosotros nunca ningÃºn cambio de PING. A mi me toca por ejemplo un PING de 40 y es lo que hay (no estÃ¡ mal), pero en COD juego tranquilamente a 16 o 17 muchas veces. En el peor de los casos a 30 y pico, y los que voy pescando sueltos por ahÃ que reviso el PING por curiosidad y veo barbaridades, los bloqueo por si acaso y santas pascuas. Los PINGs inferiores a 20 le doy a todos permitir por si supone mÃ¡s posibilidades de que me meta en esos servidores o hosts.En resumen, es perfecto para mi y cualquiera que sobretodo juegue en consola, ya que en PC creo que depende del juego no hace diferencia. Decir por Ãºltimo que podemos guardar cÃ³pia de seguridad de nuestra configuraciÃ³n para recuperarla en caso de problemas. Lo dicho, una maravilla.

Reviewer: Fahri
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Bevor ich diesen Router gekauft habe, hatte ich einen von der Konkurrenz gehabt. Diese hatte nach einer Entfernung von nur 8 Meter und ein Wand dazwischen nur einen Balken Wlan Signal an mein Handy. Das GerÃ¤t wurde daraufhin sofort wieder zurÃ¼ckgesendet. Nach weiteren recherche im Internet habe ich mich fÃ¼r diesen Router entschieden. Ich bin sehr sehr froh das ich mich dafÃ¼r entschieden habe. Es lÃ¤uft alles perfekt. Es sind ca. 16 GerÃ¤te angeschlossen. Davon 3 mit Lan-Kabel. Der Rest nur Ã¼ber Wlan-Signalen. Allle GerÃ¤te, ob Handy, Tablet etc. haben Ã¼berall max. bis 3 Balken Wlan Signal. Die Software lÃ¤ÃŸt keine wÃ¼nsche offen. Jedes GerÃ¤t kan man beliebig Internetgeschwindigkeit geben. Guck euch mehrere Videos davon an. Das aussehen erinnert an ein Sportwagen. Die LED’s sehen aus wie die Tagfahrlichter bei den PKW’s. Die LED’s kann man auch komplett abstellen wenn es einem nerven sollte. Im Moment habe ich Ã¼berhaupt keine Kritikpunkte. Ich bin sehr zufrieden und empfehle es meinen Kumpels und werde auch jedem weiter empfehlen der einen schlechten Wlan Empfang in der Wohnung hat oder schlechten Ping beim spielen. TOP Produkt. Netgear hat das Produkt mit den Gamern fÃ¼r die Gamer etnwickelt. Bravo Netgear

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