Upgrade your WiFi to First Class
NETGEAR® Nighthawk® AX8 8-Stream Mesh Extender (EAX80) supports the latest
generation WiFi 6 (802.11ax) standard. This powerful Nighthawk Mesh Extender is
built for the future of WiFi delivering maximum capacity, maximum speed and more
coverage. Enjoy a better connected home experience and extend faster WiFi to the
farthest corner of your home with blazing fast speeds up to 6Gbps. With
8-streams WiFi, more spatial streams provide more available bandwidth and less
congestion for all the devices in the WiFi network. Ideal for large homes with
up to 6 bedrooms, you can extend powerful WiFi to every corner and take
advantage of the fastest broadband speeds available to get the speeds you pay
for. Easily set up your extender and get more out of your WiFi with the
Nighthawk App. Upgrade to Nighthawk AX8 WiFi 6 Extender to experience the
fastest WiFi speeds with up to 4-times greater network capacity than WiFi
5 allowing you to connect more and more devices to your WiFi today and in the
future.
Features
Easily Create a Mesh WiFi 6 System with your Existing
Router
Expand coverage of your Existing Router using your current WiFi name and
password. This unique desktop design has four powerful internal antennas that
extend WiFi signals to where your router WiFi cannot reach. Nighthawk AX8 Mesh
Extender is backward compatible with previous WiFi generations (11b/g/n/a/ac)
and will work with all your existing internet-connected devices.
8-STREAM WIFI – NETWORK EFFICIENCY AND FASTER SPEEDS
Ultimate Speed and Range without Bandwidth Drop
Your upgraded WiFi experience will deliver smooth streaming of ultra HD content
on your new smart TV, music for your WiFi connected speakers, and fast online
game play throughout your home.
ONE WIFI NAME
No More Switching WiFi Network Names
Nighthawk AX8 Extender creates a seamless network throughout your home by using
the same WiFi network name (SSID) as your router. Your WiFi devices like the
smartphones and laptops will remain connected to the same network name without
disconnect and reconnect as you move around your house and yard.
SMART ROAMING
Seamless Coverage for Your Mobile Devices
Smart Roaming intelligently connects your mobile devices to the optimal WiFi for
4K streaming, surfing and more. Now you can enjoy uninterrupted streaming on
YouTube or Netflix, even as you move around the house.
Smart Roaming is designed for devices that support the 802.11k standard.
FOUR GIGABIT ETHERNET PORTS + USB
Connect More
A desktop extender like EAX80 is a great choice if you need more Ethernet ports
to connect more network-ready wired devices and USB storage options. Use the
extender's four (4) Gigabit Ethernet ports to connect wired devices like Smart
TVs and game consoles.
ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE AND COVERAGE
Nighthawk Router + Nighthawk Mesh Extender
Love your Nighthawk router? Now you can easily build your own powerful Nighthawk
Mesh network.
Enjoy all the advanced router features that a Nighthawk has to offer and
easily build your own powerful WiFi Mesh System. The Nighthawk AX8 is compatible
with any WiFi router but delivers best mesh performance with the Nighthawk®
WiFi 6 routers.
Ideal Uses
Reliable Smart Home Connectivity
Wi-Fi 6 features simultaneous dual band support, making it ideal for multiple
IoT devices in our connected homes. Your WiFi will stay strong and reliable,
even with more WiFi devices on your network from the sensor-based low-bandwidth
devices to high-end video streaming.
Smoother UHD 4K/8K Streaming
Watch ultra-HD 4K/8K videos on your smart TV while your family games online and
uploads pictures from their smartphones. Streaming from Netflix or YouTube has
never been so smooth.
Faster and Farther Coverage
WiFi has never been faster or reached farther. So whether your family is gaming
in the basement or streaming videos by the pool, everyone enjoys ultra-fast
wireless speeds, indoors and out.
Technical Specifications
- WIFI TECHNOLOGY
- 802.11ax
- WIFI PERFORMANCE
- AX6000
- WIFI BAND
- Band 1: 1.2Gbps @2.4GHz – 1024QAM
- Band 2: 4.8Gbps @5GHz – 1024QAM
- NUMBER OF ETHERNET PORTS
- Four (4) 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with auto-sensing technology
- NUMBER OF USB PORTS
- One (1) USB 3.0 port
- KEY FEATURES
- Gigabit Internet speeds throughout the home
- 4X Better Performance than a Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Extender—8 Stream WiFi with up to 1.2+4.8 Gbps† for ultra-fast wireless speeds**
- More WiFi for More Devices— OFDMA allows efficient data transmission up to 8 devices at the same time. Uplink OFDMA improves scheduling during high volumes of upload traffic.§
- Up to 4 Simultaneous WiFi Streams—4-stream MU-MIMO‡ enables up to four (4) 1×1 devices to stream content at the same time
- 160MHz Channel Support***—Gigabit speeds for compatible mobile devices & laptops
- Powerful Processor—64bit 1.8GHz dual-core processor ensures smooth 4K UHD streaming & gaming
- SECURITY
- Standards-based WiFi Security (802.11i, 128-bit AES encryption with PSK) and WEP Standards
- EASE OF USE
- Nighthawk App—Easily set up your extender and get more out of your WiFi
- Wi-Fi 6 Supports All Current WiFi Devices—Backward compatible with Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 4 and earlier generation WiFi devices
- Push & Connect using WPS
- Power on/off button
- PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Dimensions: 10 × 7.75 × 4.2 in (279 × 197 × 106mm)
- Weight: 1.9lb (0.86kg)
- STANDARDS
- IEEE® 802.11 b/g/n/ax 2.4GHz
- IEEE® 802.11 a/n/ac/ax 5GHz
- IEEE® 802.11 k
- Four (4) 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with auto-sensing technology
- One (1) USB 3.0 port
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- 2.4 and/or 5GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax WiFi router or gateway
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8.0, Firefox® 20 or Safari® 5.1 or Google Chrome® 25.0 browsers or higher