Nighthawk X6 vs Apple AirPort Extreme

[bodean]

Just had Xfinity come out and install their gigibit service. Tech told me I can't get Gigabit speeds with my new Apple AirPort Extreme router. Installed a netgear one, R8000 instead. Any truth to this? Would like to keep using my Apple router

Maybe @sfx2000 could chime in

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[L&LD]

Try both and see.

 

[bodean]

Got about 450 Mbps wirelessly on my iMac with the Nighthawk.
With the airport extreme, about 380 Mbps.

If I hardwire the imac, around 900 Mbps

 

[L&LD]

900Mbps on both?

Is the 70Mbps (wireless throughput) important to you? The NG is about 20% faster (more than enough for me to not use the AE).

 

[sfx2000]

900Mbps on both?

Is the 70Mbps (wireless throughput) important to you? The NG is about 20% faster (more than enough for me to not use the AE).

Hardwired - iMac to the modem - his previous numbers were thru the routers I would guess...

Which makes sense...

 

[bodean]

Doing some playing around here.
Nighthawk R8000 today gives me 404 Mbps, with a peak of 423.31 Mbps
I unplugged that, and threw in the Airport Extreme Gen6, using same 5ghz wifi channel as the Nighthawk (149) and I get 356 Mbps, with a peak of 389 Mbps. Strange. So looks like if I keep the Airport Extreme, I'm sacrificing a small amount speed

Maybe this is why

As the review on this website shows a big speed bump http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...8000-nighthawk-x6-first-look?showall=&start=3

WAN to LAN is more what I think I'm after, and yes all those models are much better than the Extreme and close to Gigabit speeds it would seem

 

[sfx2000]

In most cases, you won't see that much of a difference in the real world.

Play around with things, and see what works best for you. Could be the R8000, could be the APEX AC...