Data Sheet | RAX70
Nighthawk® AX8
8-Stream AX6600 Tri-Band WiFi Router
WiFi 6 for Today’s Smart Devices
Nighthawk® AX8 Tri-Band WiFi 6
Router is powered by the industry’s
latest WiFi 6 (802.11ax) standard
with 4 times increased data
capacities in a dense environment
to handle up to 40 devices in your
growing home network. Blazing-
fast combined WiFi speeds up to
6.6Gbps and AX optimized 1.5GHz
quad-core processor powers smart
home automation, ultra-smooth 4K
UHD streaming, online gaming, and
more. With NETGEAR Armor
get the best-in-class cybersecurity
to protect your family from
malware, stolen passwords, identity
theft, and hacker attacks.
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, you
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Nighthawk® AX8
8-Stream AX6600 Tri-Band WiFi Router
WiFi 6—Ready for Today and Tomorrow’s Smart Home
Delivering four times better performance than AC WiFi, WiFi 6 allows more devices to connect and stream simultaneously, without
impacting speed or reliability, by efciently packing and scheduling data. 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. High-performance antennas,
pre-optimized for best peformance, on the
router amplify WiFi signals for maximized
range and reliable coverage.
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8-Stream AX6600 Tri-Band WiFi Router
8-Stream Tri-Band WiFi
Ultra WiFi 6 performance delivering multiple 4K streaming to smart TVs,
mobile devices, and gaming consoles.
Faster Upload & Download Speeds
Faster WiFi download & upload speeds at the same time.
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Nighthawk® AX8
8
Greater than 1Gbps WiFi Speeds
Enjoy greater than 1Gbps WiFi speeds for blazing fast streaming and
downloading to newer mobile devices.
Quad-core 1.5GHz Processor
More processing power increases the overall performance of your network.
>1Gbps
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Speed
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Nighthawk® AX8
8-Stream AX6600 Tri-Band WiFi Router
Get ultra-fast wireless speeds for better 4K/8K
UHD streaming, gaming or video conferencing
experience.
UP TO 6.6GBPS SPEEDS—1.2+4.8 Gbps + 600Mbps† with
AX WiFi
8-stream connectivity
**
4x4 MU-MIMO‡—Go faster by simultaneously streaming to
multiple devices
AX OPTIMIZED QUAD-CORE PROCESSOR—1.5GHz quad-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 router
ONE SUPERSPEED USB 3.0 PORT—Up to 10X faster than USB 2.0
5 GIGABIT PORTS—Connect more wired devices for faster le transfer
5G
and uninterrupted connections with 1 WAN & 4 LAN Ethernet ports
MULTI-GIG EXPERIENCE—Maximize your available Internet speeds
with link port aggregation support. Ability to aggregate two Gigabit
LAN ports and two Gigabit WAN ports (congurable)
Capacity
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.
UP TO 4 SIMULTANEOUS WIFI STREAMS—4-stream MU-MIMO
‡
enables up to four (4) 1x1 devices to stream content at the same time
AX OPTIMIZED POWERFUL PROCESSOR—1.5GHz quad-core
processor ensures smooth 4K UHD streaming & gaming – ideal
for Gigabit Internet speeds
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