Netgear Nighthawk XR700

Looking for an online advantage when up against the world's best gamers? Netgear's Nighthawk XR700 Pro Gaming Router delivers the goods for large homes.

-- As reviewed by Tom's Guide
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Product details

  • Minimize ping and maximize performance with six 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports for lag free, wired connectivity and 1.7 GHz quad core processor network efficiency
  • Amp up your WiFi with cutting edge AD7200 Quad stream router that delivers speeds up to 7.2 Gbps. 60 GHz WiFi- Features the fastest WiFi technology for near-instant downloads and backup
  • Put your gaming traffic in a designated express lane with advanced Quality of Service, bypassing network congestion and reducing lag spikes, jumps and jitters
  • Make every millisecond count by using geo filtering to connect to the closest servers and players so you can respond and dominate
  • Monitor your network and game ping in real time so you can see who’s hogging the bandwidth by device and application
  • Protect your network identity by connecting to a secure gaming VPN server
  • Optimized to give you the lowest ping on Fortnight, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, OverWatch, PubG, CS:Go, and more

PROS

+ Advanced 60GHz 802.11ad WiFi
+ Excellent extras with dashboard
+ Strong performance at midrange distances
+ Built-in 10Gbps wired port

CONS

- Big and Expensive
- Awkward switching between two interfaces

Expert reviews and ratings

By Tom's Guide on May 17, 2019
Looking for an online advantage when up against the world's best gamers? Netgear's Nighthawk XR700 Pro Gaming Router delivers the goods for large homes.
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By TechRadar on April 29, 2019
The Netgear Nighthawk XR700 is the mother of wireless gaming routers, a features and performance monster and also easy to use. Of course, both the router itself and its price tag are rather oversized.
80