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Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500 Router
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4.6 out of 5
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5 stars
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4.2 out of 5
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4.0 out of 5
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4 stars
41 %
3 stars
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3.6 out of 5
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3.9 out of 5
75 user ratings
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Connectivity

Number of LAN ports3484
Number of WAN ports1111
USByesyesyesyes
Total USB ports122
N/A
Number of USB 2.0 ports111
N/A
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports0112
Connectivity technology
N/A
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Communication mode
N/A
Full-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
N/A
Number of USB 3.1 ports
N/A
00
N/A

Design

Colour of productWhiteBlack
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
Black
Active cooling (fan)yesnono
N/A

Dimensions

Width3.86 in8.66 in11.81 in12.67 in
Height6.61 in3.28 in3.3 in2.17 in
Depth3.86 in6.3 in7.4 in9.59 in
Weight2.09 lb1.92 lb2.09 lb1.76 lb
Number of units1111
Rack-mount designnononono

Communication

Management interfaceWeb/networkWeb/network
  • SNMP
  • Web/network
N/A
6to4yesyesyes
N/A
Communication protocol
  • IPv6
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Data link layer
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Number of simultaneous connections32360
N/A
35938
N/A
Wireless standards
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames supportnoyesyes
N/A
Mobile broadband supportnoyesyes
N/A
Throughput WAN-LAN325.5 Mbps
N/A
930.0 Mbps
N/A
VoIP (SIP)nonono
N/A
Wireless networkyesyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate450.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps1000.0 Mbps800.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless networkyesyesyesyes
5GHz data transfer rate1300.0 Mbps2167.0 Mbps2167.0 Mbps1773.0 Mbps
External antennanoyesyesyes
MIMOnoyesyesyes
Total wireless data transfer rate1300.0 Mbps2917.0 Mbps3167.0 Mbps
N/A
Wireless security
  • WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2
  • WPA3
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
Frequency band
N/A
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
Network / transport Protocol
N/A
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
N/A
Type of mobile support
N/A
USB modemUSB modem
N/A
Mobile HSUPA
N/A
yesno
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)
N/A
yesno
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Mobile 3G
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Mobile 2G (GSM)
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Detachable antenna
N/A
yesyesyes
Beamforming
N/A
yesyes
N/A
MU-MIMO
N/A
yesyesyes
Number of antennas
N/A
444

Compatibility

DynDNSnoyesyes
N/A
Target audienceHome users
  • Business
  • Home users
  • Smaller offices
  • Home users
Home users
Routing protocol
N/A
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
N/A
Support for alternative firmware
N/A
N/A
DD-Wrt
N/A

Memory

Included flash memory32.0 MB256.0 MB128.0 MB
N/A
Included RAM512.0 MB512.0 MB512.0 MB512.0 MB
Maximum flash memory
N/A
256.0 MB128.0 MB
N/A
Maximum RAM
N/A
512.0 MB512.0 MB512.0 MB

Security

DMZyesyesyes
N/A
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
N/A
VPN clientnoyesyesyes
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
11
N/A
VPN server
N/A
yesyes
N/A
Encryption Algorithm
N/A
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK

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