Choose Your Best Netgear WiFi Extender

• Extends 2.4 GHz WiFi signal in a small area
• Connects 1 wired device via Ethernet

• Supports 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi signals
• Connects 5 wired devices via Ethernet
• Supports WPS Push and Connect

• Like it’s big brother the AC1200, supports 2.4 GHz and 5GHz wifi connections
• No USB connectors
• 1 Ethernet port

• Supports both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi Signal
• Allows for 1 Ethernet device to connect to the WiFi network
• No USB ports

The Netgear Nighthawk X6S is a tri-band WiFi mesh extender capable of covering your entire house with a strong WiFi signal, from your garage to the last inch of your backyard. The extender uses patented FastLane3 Technology to achieve speeds of up to 3 Gbps, which is more than enough even for 4K video streaming or simultaneous gaming on multiple devices.

Being a mesh extender, the Netgear Nighthawk X6S is meant to be used with your existing WiFi router to extend its range by creating a whole-home WiFi system. Your WiFi devices can then seamlessly switching between your router and the Netgear Nighthawk X6S mesh extender without having to connect to a different WiFi network name (SSID).

Mesh systems like this are ideally suited for houses and office buildings that are too large to be covered by a single router. In the past, it used to be difficult to connect multiple routers and extenders together and turn them into a single mesh network, but that’s no longer the case.

The Netgear Nighthawk X6S is installed and configured using the Nighthawk App. This app runs on any Android and iOS device, and it makes both installation and configuration effortless. With a few simple taps, you can test your internet speed, set up parental controls, activate built-in security features, and more.

For these and other reasons, we can recommend the Netgear Nighthawk X6S to all WiFi users who want the best performance possible and are willing to pay for it.

The fact is that most routers are unable to cover large homes with a strong signal. Some users accept this as the reality of connecting to the internet wirelessly, while others are willing to go to great lengths in order to optimize WiFi settings and router location for maximum coverage. However, the easiest solution is a WiFi mesh extender like the Nighthawk X4.

This unassuming white device plugs directly into any wall outlet and connects to your existing router. It then creates a powerful mesh WiFi to extend the router’s coverage without forcing your device to constantly switch between two SSIDs, which can be not only annoying but also dangerous when it comes to network security.

The Nighthawk X4 can extend any 2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi network up to 2,200–750 Mbps thanks to its support for FastLane Technology, which uses both WiFi bands to establish one high-speed connection. Because the extender is able to achieve such blazingly fast speeds, it can confidently handle even multiple simultaneous connections thrown at it at the same time, such as two people browsing the internet on their mobile devices and one person watching 4K video.

Installing the Nighthawk X4 is easy because all you have to do is push a single button on the extender. The rest can be done using the Nighthawk app, which runs on Android and iOS devices. The only thing we don’t like is the size of the Nighthawk X4 since it always blocks the entire dual-socket outlet.

If you’re looking for a mesh extender that can deliver the fastest WiFi speeds possible, the Nighthawk AX8 is worth looking into. This powerful extender can reach speeds of up to 6 Gbps because it supports the latest generation of WiFi technology, WiFi 6 (also known as IEEE 802.11ax).

WiFi 6 is the successor to the 802.11ac standard, and its benefits include improved capacity, efficiency, coverage, and performance. The good news is that the new standard retains complete backward compatibility with devices that only support older WiFi standards, so you don’t have to worry about the Nighthawk AX8 not working with your smart TV, mobile phone, or home security system.

The Nighthawk AX8 is equipped with four 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with auto-sensing technology and one USB 3.0 port. The extender has a handy WPS button that lets you securely connect any device to your home network with a simple push of a button.

This extender has several tricks up its sleeve that make it a great buy. For starters, it supports the WiFi 6 standard, providing better performance in congested areas, higher maximum potential speeds, more efficient data encoding, and other benefits. Thanks to them, the extender can provide up to 4x more device capacity than WiFi 5 extenders.

Another major advantage of the Netgear AX1800 WiFi Mesh Extender (EAX20) is dual-band support that lets it simultaneously broadcast up to 0.6 Gbps in the 2.4 GHz band and up to 1.2 Gbps in the 5 GHz band for a combined throughput of 1.8 Gbps. Yes, there are faster extenders out there, but 1.8 Gbps is still a respectable number that most users will be perfectly satisfied with.

Because the Netgear AX1800 WiFi Mesh Extender (EAX20) uses Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) to enable simultaneous streaming of data to multiple devices, you can expect it to deliver great wireless 4K streaming and gaming performance even in demanding multi-user situations.