Netgear R7800 User Manual

Nighthawk® X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet

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Advanced Gaming & Streaming

Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router with

1.7GHz

Dual Core Processor

160MHz, MU-MIMO,

& Quad Stream

Wave2 WiFi

GAMING | INTENSIFY YOUR GAME PLAY & REDUCE LAG

Nighthawk X4S oers extreme WiFi speed for gaming—Up to 2.53 Gbps and 160MHz
bandwidth further reduces the lag. The dual-core 1.7GHz processor boosts WiFi,
wired, & WAN-to-LAN performance, while Dynamic QoS prioritizes Internet trac
by application & device for lag-free gaming. Powerful amplifiers and four high­performance external antennas give you extreme WiFi connectivity throughout large
homes & even backyards, while Beamforming+ focuses WiFi signals for better WiFi
range and performance.

160MHz, MU-MIMO, and Quad Stream technology
delivers WiFi to multiple devices simultaneously
for faster speeds. Get ultimate WiFi speeds of up
to 2.53Gbps, with a powerful 1.7GHz dual-core
processor. Enjoy smoother streaming and gaming by
prioritizing application and device with Dynamic QoS.

STREAMING | ENJOY UNINTERRUPTED STREAMING

Stop buering and start enjoying uninterrupted streaming media for everyone in your
home. Nighthawk X4S delivers the single fastest available WiFi connection to any one
device, up to 1.73 Gbps, and a total of 2.53 Gbps. 160MHz support makes it easier to
stream 4K content in pristine quality. With Quad Stream X4S Architecture you’ll enjoy
the ability to stream multiple HD videos at the same time. Dynamic QoS prioritizes
your WiFi bandwidth by application, such as Netflix as well as by device for smoother
streaming. Stream your own media by connecting USB 3.0 or eSATA storage devices
and access it from anywhere.

MOBILE | MAXIMIZE YOUR RANGE FOR ALL MOBILE DEVICES

Double the bandwidth with 160MHz support and dramatically increase WiFi range for
mobile devices with Quad Stream X4S Architecture. MU-MIMO gives you faster speeds
with simultaneously streamed data for multiple devices. Beamforming+ boosts speed
and range, while Dynamic QoS bandwidth prioritization optimizes your Internet speed for
gaming and streaming. Powerful amplifiers and four high-performance external antennas
give you greater WiFi range throughout large homes and even backyards. With EZ Mobile
Connect on NETGEAR genie® app, you can connect to WiFi securely by simply scanning a
QR code.

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Nighthawk® X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet

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Speed

Get the fastest WiFi currently available & enjoy a
blazing-fast, lag-free WiFi experience for gaming,
video streaming or surfing.

WiFi Range

Got range? Homes come in all shapes and sizes
and the Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi
Router provides WiFi coverage no matter where
you connect in your home.

Sharing

2.53Gbps

WORLD’S FASTEST WIFI—Up to 2.53 Gbps

160MHz

160MHz SUPPORT—Doubles the streaming speeds

1.7GHz

DUAL-CORE PROCESSOR—Dual-core 1.7GHz processor boosts

Dual Core
Processor

wireless, wired & WAN-to-LAN performance

†

GIGABIT WIFI—Next-generation WiFi now at Gigabit speeds

GIGABIT WIRED—Ideal for HD gaming & video

ULTIMATE RANGE—WiFi coverage throughout very large homes

ANTENNAS—High-powered amplifiers with 4 external antennas

With NETGEAR, sharing across your network is fun
and easy, anything from accessing stored photos
& music to wireless printing. And make sure you
keep it safe by using the included ReadySHARE Vault
application for backing up Windows-based PCs.

DLNA®—Find & play your media on DLNA TVs & game consoles

READYSHARE® USB ACCESS—Wirelessly access & share
USB hard drive & printer via two (2) USB ports

eSATA—One (1) eSATA port for storing and streaming

TWO SUPERSPEED USB 3.0 PORTS—Up to 10x faster than USB 2.0

USB 3.0

MU-MIMO—Multi-user MIMO enables simultaneous streaming
to mobile devices

READYSHARE PRINTER—Wirelessly access & share a USB printer

READYSHARE® VAULT—PC soware automatically backs up
to USB hard drive connected to the router

READYCLOUD® USB ACCESS—Enjoy personal and secure cloud

access to USB storage, anytime, anywhere

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Nighthawk® X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet

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Reliable Connections

There’s nothing more frustrating than lost
connections! With NETGEAR’s advanced
features & best-in-class technology, you’ll
reduce interference & enjoy more reliable
WiFi connectivity.

Ease Of Use

Start enjoying your new device faster than ever.
NETGEAR wants to make sure installation and
management is simple & easy, so you can connect
quickly & make sure you stay that way!

QUAD STREAM—Quad Stream Wave 2 WiFi increases WiFi
range for mobile devices

DYNAMIC QoS—Delivers bandwidth prioritization by application
& device

BEAMFORMING+—Boosts speed, reliability, & range of
WiFi connections

EASY INSTALL—Easy setup for iPad®, tablets, smartphones

& computers

NETGEAR GENIE® APP—Personal dashboard to monitor, control &
repair your home network. Now with remote access to manage your
network away from home

PUSH ‘N’ CONNECT —Easy push button WiFi connections (WPS)

WIFI & POWER ON/OFF —Convenient power savings

Security

Maintain high security across your network to
ensure your privacy & family is safe while online.
Whether it’s preventing phishing & spyware or just
limiting access for kids & guests, NETGEAR has
you covered.

LED ON/OFF SWITCH—Easily turn LEDs on or o

VPN SUPPORT —OpenVPN Connect app on iOS and Android® allows

VPN

remote secure access to the home network

ENHANCED PARENTAL CONTROLS—Manage website access by
family member and device

GUEST NETWORK ACCESS—Separate & secure access for guests

SECURE WIFI CONNECTIONS—High level wireless security
with WPA/ WPA2

PERSONAL FTP SERVER—Customized free URL to create FTP server

FTP

OPEN SOURCE SUPPORT—Download open source firmware from

my open

router

www.myopenrouter.com

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Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO)

Traditional WiFi routers can stream data to only one device in the home at a time. When multiple devices are connected to the
router, each device needs to take its turn, and then wait before receiving more data. This can lead to slower network and Internet
speeds. Using Multi-User MIMO technology, NETGEAR routers can stream data to multiple devices simultaneously. With MU-MIMO,
your WiFi network can deliver faster throughput to every MU-MIMO connected device. That means faster downloads and smoother
streaming for your devices.

Enjoy simultaneous streaming with MU-MIMO

Data sent to one device at a time Data sent to multiple devices simultaneously

Traditional WiFi MU-MIMO WiFi

Dynamic Quality of Service (QoS)

If you like gaming and streaming videos, then you can benefit from Dynamic Quality of Service (QoS).

Dynamic QoS automatically prioritizes bandwidth to latency sensitive applications like online gaming and video streaming by
recognizing application and device information as well as bandwidth needs. Dynamic QoS will also ensure that lower priority
applications like file downloads will never get completely stopped.

Applications have same priority Automatically recognizes & prioritizes applications

High Priority Medium Priority Low Priority

GameSpotifyFacebookDownloadNetflix Game Spotify Facebook DownloadNetflix

Traditional WiFi Dynamic QoS

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Powerful Dual-Core 1.7GHz Processor for Faster Processing

Basic WiFi routers use simple single-core processors to connect WiFi devices to the Internet.

Nighthawk X4S delivers simultaneous dual band WiFi, Quad Stream performance on each band, Multi-User MIMO, 160MHz,
has 5 Gigabit LAN ports, and 1 eSATA and dual USB 3.0 interfaces to connect external USB storage. Using a single-core processor
would cause severe performance issues as various processes compete for CPU Power.

That's why the X4S utilizes a powerful 1.7GHz dual-core processor to separate processes and prioritize high-performance WiFi
connections to get maximum combined WiFi speeds of up to 2.53Gbps and still has room to handle advanced features such as
Dynamic QoS.

Single-Core Processor Dual-Core 1.7GHz Processor

X

X

X
X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Nighthawk X4S

AC2600 Smart WiFi Router

Typical Router Nighthawk X4S

WiFi
USB
Wired

600Mbps

X
X

1.7GHz 1.7GHz

XXX

X

Quad Stream X4 Architecture

Better WiFi, the Industry's Latest Technology

433 Mbps

433 Mbps

433 Mbps

433 Mbps

200 Mbps

200 Mbps

200 Mbps

200 Mbps

1.73 Gbps WiFi Speed

800 Mbps WiFi Speed

5GHz Band

4x4

2.4GHz Band
4x4

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BEAMFORMING+—FOR MORE RELIABLE CONNECTIONS

Unlike typical WiFi routers that just blast the WiFi signals in all directions, with
Beamforming+ the router & device communicate with each other, so the router
can directly beam the WiFi signal to the device. The result is a stronger, faster,
more reliable connection that is locked in even when the device is moved
around the home.

• Focuses WiFi signals from the wireless router to WiFi devices
like smartphones, tablets & laptops

• Automatic signal management checks with your device to keep
WiFi signal at its optimal strength

• Designed for home environments to support multiple WiFi
device connections for highest quality

• Extends WiFi coverage, reduces deadpots, & boosts signal strength

• Implicit & Explicit Beamforming boosts speed, reliability & range
for both 2.4 & 5GHz WiFi devices

NETGEAR genie®—HOME NETWORKING SIMPLIFIED

NETGEAR genie makes getting the most out of your home network fun & easy.
Installation is almost eortless - just by opening a browser, genie helps you
setup your NETGEAR WiFi Router & connect all of your WiFi devices. Genie also
allows you to easily monitor, connect & control your home network from a PC,
Mac, tablet or smartphone. With NETGEAR genie you can share & stream music
or videos, diagnose & repair network issues, set up parental controls & more.

• Home network manager

• Remote access to manage your network away from home

®

• Makes any printer AirPrint

compatible to print from an iPad® or iPhone

• MyMedia®—Find & play media files in your network

• EZ Mobile Connect—Scan QR code to connect to your home network

• Turbo Transfer—Quickly transfer files within your home network
across various devices 40% faster than normal file transfers

• For PC, Mac®, iPhone®, iPad®, & Android® devices

®

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Connection Diagram

Push ‘N’ Connect

WiFi On/O

with WPS

eSATA port Internet

LED

On/O

Gigabit

Ethernet

Side view of product port locations

USB 3.0

ports

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Nighthawk® X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet

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Package Contents

• Nighthawk X4S AC2600 Smart WiFi Router
(R780 0)

• Ethernet cable

• Quick start guide

• Power adapter, localized to country of sale

Physical Specifications

• Dimensions: 285 x 185 x 50 mm
(11.22 x 7.26 x 1.97 in)

• Weight: 840 g (1.85 lb)

Standards

• One (1) eSATA port

• Two (2) USB 3.0 ports

• IEEE® 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz +
256 QAM support

®

• IEEE

802.11 a/n/ac 5.0GHz

• Five (5) 10/100/1000 Mbps—(1 WAN & 4 LAN)
Gigabit Ethernet ports

Technical Specifications

• AC2600 (800 Mbps @2.4GHz—256QAM
support +1733 Mbps @5GHz 11ac)

• Simultaneous Dual Band WiFi

- Tx/Rx 4x4 (2.4GHz)+ 4x4 (5GHz)

• 4x4 11ac 80MHz + 2x2-160/80+80MHz

• Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO)

• Powerful dual-core 1.7GHz processor

• Four (4) high-performance external antennas

• Memory: 128 MB flash and 512 MB RAM

• IPv6 support (Internet Protocol Version 6)

• On/Off LED light switch

• Quad Stream & 160MHz for faster speeds

• MU-MIMO support for simultaneous
streaming

• Dynamic QoS intelligently prioritizes video
streaming & gaming

• Beamforming+ for more reliable connections

• ReadyCLOUD

®

USB Access—Enjoy personal &

secure cloud access to USB storage

• ReadySHARE

®

USB to share your USB hard

drive & printer

• ReadySHARE

®

Vault—PC software for
automatic backup to USB hard drive connected
to the router

• Enhanced Parental Controls to manage web
filtering & accessibility by profiles or devices

†

Support

• 24/7 90-day complimentary technical
support*

System Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows 7, 8, 10, Vista®, XP®,

2000, Mac OS

• Microsoft® IE 9.0, Firefox® 4.0, Safari® 6.2.6,

or Google Chrome

®

, UNIX®, or Linux

®

11.0 browsers or higher

®

Security

• Customized free URL to set up personal

FTP server

• OpenVPN Connect app on iOS and Android
to allow remote secure access to the home
network

• Guest network access—separate & secure

• WiFi Protected Access

®

(WPA/ WPA2—PSK)

• Double firewall protection (SPI and NAT)

• Denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention

Warranty

• www.netgear.com/warranty/

®

This product comes with a limited warranty that is valid only if purchased from a NETGE AR authorized reseller.

*

90-day complimentary technical support following purchase from a NETGEAR authorized reseller.

†

Maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE standard 802.11 specifications. Actual data throughput and wireless coverage will vary. Network conditions and environmental factors,

including volume of network trac, building materials and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate and wireless coverage. NETGEAR makes no express
or implied representations or warranties about this product's compatibility with any future standards. 802.11ac 1733 Mbps is approximately 3x faster than 802.11n 600 Mbps. 2.4GHz
Performance Mode requires 256 QAM support on WiFi client. Up to 1733 Mbps wireless speeds achieved when connecting to other 802.11ac 1733 Mbps devices.

The country settings must be set to the country where the device is operating. Intended for indoor use only in EU member states, EFTA states, and Switzerland.

NETGEAR, the NETGE AR Logo, ReadySHARE, and NETGEAR genie, are trademarks of NE TGEAR, Inc. Mac and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Inc. Any other trademark s herein are
for reference purposes only. ©2016 NETGEAR , Inc.

NETGEAR, Inc. 350 E. Plumeria Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1911 USA, www.NETGEAR.com/suppor t D-R7800-3

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