Data Sheet | EAX80
Nighthawk® 8-Stream
WiFi 6 Mesh Extender
Leading the New Era of WiFi 6
NETGEAR® Nighthawk® 8-Stream
WiFi 6 Mesh Extender (EAX80)
supports the latest generation Wi-Fi
6 (802.11ax) standard. This powerful
Nighthawk Mesh Extender works
with your existing WiFi to create a
powerful whole home mesh WiFi.
Enjoy a better connected home
experience and extend faster
WiFi to the farthest corner of your
home with blazing-fast speeds up
to 6Gbps.
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Data Sheet | EAX80
Nighthawk® 8-Stream
WiFi 6 Mesh Extender
WiFi 6—Ready for Today and Tomorrow’s Smart Home
Introducing WiFi 6—the latest generation of WiFi that delivers up to four times better performance than AC WiFi.
With innovative technologies, such as Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple-Access (OFDMA)§, Multi-User MIMO, and
intelligent scheduling, WiFi 6 delivers a huge boost in speed and total capacity. Rising to the challenges of modern smart home
demands, this new standard of WiFi is ready to support more devices with better reliability and faster speeds.
Capacity
WiFi 6 gives you improved network
capacity for more WiFi devices. Have
more fun with the uninterrupted 4K/8K
streaming, gaming, and the smart
home experience.
Speed
Get ultra-fast wireless speeds with more
connections for all devices with less
congestion. You’ll get some blazing
connection speeds of more than one
Gigabit per second or more, 4K/8K
streaming, & VR/AR gaming.
Range
Experience reliable and stronger WiFi
coverage indoors and outdoors for all your
devices. It enables expansive coverage for
your smart home with wider range to cover
every corner of your home even where
your router WiFi cannot reach.
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8 Stream WiFi 6 —4X Better Performance
Eight WiFi spatial streams - four in the 2.4GHz band and four in the 5GHz band -
offer four times the device capacity as compared to typical 2x2 AC WiFi. This
results in a signicantly improved network capacity and benets the performance
of all legacy devices.
Expansive Coverage for Your Smart Home
Wider range to cover every corner of your home even where your router WiFi
cannot reach. Get better coverage for your outdoor wireless security cameras
or the garage.
Data Sheet | EAX80
Nighthawk® 8-Stream
WiFi 6 Mesh Extender
8
Up to 6Gbps Ultra-fast WiFi Speeds
AX6000 WiFi with combined speeds up to 6Gbps (4.8+1.2Gbps)† extend Gigabit
speeds throughout your home. The 160MHz Channel Support provides Gigabit
WiFi connectivity speeds for compatible mobile devices and laptops**, up to 2
times faster than standard 2x2 AC WiFi with 80MHz.
One WiFi Name & Smart Roaming
Extend coverage of your home's WiFi with same WiFi name and security
password as your router. Smart Roaming automatically connects your mobile
devices to the best available WiFi for superior streaming as you move around
your house.
Built for Gigabit Internet Service & Beyond
Extend Gigabit Wi-Fi connectivity to compatible mobile devices & laptops.
Gigabit Internet provides smoother ultra HD/4K streaming & gaming—wired
or wireless.
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Speed
Data Sheet | EAX80
Nighthawk® 8-Stream
WiFi 6 Mesh Extender
Get ultra-fast wireless speeds for better 4K/8K
UHD streaming, gaming or video conferencing
experience.
Capacity
AX WiFi
UP TO 6GBPS SPEEDS—1.2 + 4.8Gbps† with 8-stream connectivity
**
MU-MIMO‡—Go faster by simultaneously streaming to multiple devices
POWERFUL PROCESSOR—64-bit 1.8GHZ dual-core processor ensures
smooth 4K UHD streaming & gaming
160MHZ CHANNEL SUPPORT
***
—Doubles the speeds as offered by
80MHz channels to provide Gigabit speeds for compatible mobile
devices and laptops
1024-QAM—25% increased data efciency and faster speeds than
%
25
a 256-QAM extender
ONE SUPERSPEED USB 3.0 PORT—Up to 10x faster than USB 2.0
4 GIGABIT PORTS—Connect more wired devices for faster le transfer
and uninterrupted connections
Get better performance for all your smart home
devices even when your family is busy streaming
videos or uploading media les during the
Internet rush hour.
WiFi Range
Faster and expanded coverage throughout your
home and for all your devices.
MORE WIFI FOR MORE DEVICES—OFDMA allows efcient data
transmission up to 8 devices at the same time
§
ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
(OFDMA)— Substantially improves network capacity and efciency.
Facilitates efcient data transmission for more devices and
simultaneously enables Gigabit WiFi speeds for compatible mobile
devices and laptops **
MULTI-USER MIMO (MU-MIMO)—Enables simultaneously streaming to
multiple devices, and improves capacity for wireless connections
ULTIMATE RANGE—WiFi coverage throughout very large homes
HIGH-PERFORMANCE ANTENNAS—Internal antennas
extend strong and reliable WiFi signals over larger area.
Antennas are pre-optimized for best WiFi performance
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