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Netgear Nighthawk X6S router launched at Rs 17,999

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Published : Oct 26, 2017, 1:10 pm IST
Updated : Oct 26, 2017, 1:10 pm IST

The device also supports voice commands for your home WiFi network through the Amazon Alexa voice service platform.

The Nighthawk X6S Router with tri-band WiFi and MU-MIMO offers the combined WiFi speed up to 4Gbps and is powered by a 64-bit 1.8GHz dual core processor with three offload processors.
 The Nighthawk X6S Router with tri-band WiFi and MU-MIMO offers the combined WiFi speed up to 4Gbps and is powered by a 64-bit 1.8GHz dual core processor with three offload processors.

NETGEAR has launched an advanced edition of its Nighthawk X6 Tri-Band WiFi Router. The new Nighthawk X6S AC4000 Tri-Band Gigabit WiFi Router with MU-MIMO (R8000P) now offers faster WiFi, and multi-user MIMO technology for improved performance when simultaneously streaming to multiple devices. It also supports voice commands for your home WiFi network through the Amazon Alexa voice service platform.

The Nighthawk X6S Router with tri-band WiFi and MU-MIMO offers the combined WiFi speed up to 4Gbps and is powered by a 64-bit 1.8GHz dual core processor with three offload processors. The X6S is built to support gigabit WAN-to-LAN speeds. The standard Nighthawk router features s NETGEAR genie remote access, ReadyCLOUD and OpenVPN. Users can also easily manage it through spoken commands if they have an Alexa voice service-enabled product such as the Amazon Echo speaker or the Amazon Fire TV voice remote.

Updated technical features of Nighthawk X6S

  • Tri-Band WiFi to deliver better performance to new WiFi devices.
  • AC4000 WiFi for up to 4Gbps (750+1625+1625 Mbps) of 802.11ac WiFi speed
  • Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) for simultaneous streaming to multiple devices
  • 64-bit 1.8GHz Dual Core Processor plus 3 offload processors for data-intensive applications.
  • Smart Connect for selecting the fastest WiFi band for every device all under one SSID
  • Amazon Echo/Alexa compatibility for voice control through the NETGEAR skill for Alexa
  • 5 Gigabit Ethernet Ports (1 WAN and 4 LAN)

The Nighthawk X6S will also continue to include the specifications which have become a mainstay of the Nighthawk family of performance routers. The new Nighthawk X6S AC4000 Tri-Band Gigabit WiFi Router with MU-MIMO (R8000P) is available at Amazon.in for Rs 17,999.

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