Specification Sheet
Nighthawk
®
X10—AD7200 Smart WiFi Router Data Sheet
R9000
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Enhanced Active Antennas
Each new generation of routers grows more powerful than the last,
delivering stronger WiFi signals with greater range. At the same time, the
WiFi signals on mobile devices are not getting more powerful. This dierence
in WiFi performance – a strong WiFi signal from the router and weaker ones
from mobile devices – reduces overall WiFi range and speed.
To meet this challenge, NETGEAR developed the industry’s first Active
Antennas technology. NETGEAR moved the WiFi amplifiers from their usual
location, on the router’s motherboard, up to the top of the antennas.
Active antennas help improve WiFi performance by amplifying signals in the
antenna itself. Thereby avoiding any signal loss during transmission between
antenna and router board, as well as avoiding any noise insertion from the
router board components. This provides cleaner and stronger receive signals
for amplification from your mobile devices.
In X10, enhanced Active antennas also amplify the signals as they are sent to
the devices thereby increasing overall range and throughput.
Traditional WiFi router has harder time receiving weaker mobile device signals.
Nighthawk X10 Active antennas compensate for weaker mobile device signals
and eectively improve signal strength.
Weak signal strength
Eective signal strength