Custom dashboard with real-time control and analytics.


Pro Gaming Router with WiFi
Built to transform your gaming experience and give you the power to win.
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Nighthawk Pro Gaming is designed for the ultimate gaming performance. The XR500 Router takes the best-in-class Nighthawk features with NETDUMA's cutting edge DumaOS software, giving you the power to win. Using geo-filtering and anti bufferbloat to minimize your ping and stabilize your connection. Optimize game performance and kill lag before network issues arise.







Gaming dashboard
- Pin your favorite panels to customize your dashboard
- View real-time bandwidth utilization by device and real time ping latency
- Stabilize ping, reduce lag spikes and stay ahead of the game!
Geo Filter
Control connections to local players for lower ping.
- Limit distance to game servers or other players.
- Get a guaranteed local connection.
- Blacklist or whitelist your preferred servers and players.

Anti Bufferbloat
Prioritize gaming devices and traffic to minimize lag spikes.
- Automatically detects online gameplay and prioritizes gaming traffic above all else, ensuring lower latency and a more stable gameplay.
- Control the maximum upload and download speeds per device on the network to minimize sudden lag spikes while gaming.
Network Monitoring
View real-time bandwidth utilization by device, network and system performance & monitor live game ping.
- Automatically detects online gameplay and prioritizes gaming traffic above all else, ensuring lower latency and a more stable gameplay.
- Control the maximum upload and download speeds per device on the network to minimize sudden lag spikes while gaming.

Gaming VPN
Keep your head in the game and off security.
- Protect your network identity and prevent DDoS attacks.
- Use the VPN client to connect to the VPN server (requires existing VPN service).


NETGEAR / NetDuma Partnership
The Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500 Router powered by cutting-edge DumaOS is the ultimate gear for competitive gamers to stay ahead of the game.
Learn MoreFive (5) Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for maximized wired speeds ideal for fast-paced.
Blazing fast, reliable 2.6Gbps WiFi. Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) for simultaneous streaming.
Faster and powerful processor for stream-lined wired and WiFi performance.
Supports two WiFi bands simultaneously to double the available bandwidth.
Four (4) external antennas for better WiFi coverage, faster speeds and less interference.
15 more channels in 5GHz for interference free gaming experience.
More hardware details
Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500 Pro Gaming WiFi Router
Blazing-fast 2.6Gbps WiFi speeds, Gigabit Ethernet ports, and a Dual-Core 1.7GHz Processor for frustration free online gaming.
Model: XR500

