Netgear redeems the Nighthawk X4: Firmware update delivers a significant performance boost

I called Netgear’s Nighthawk X4 “a disappointing ‘Wave 2’ effort” when I reviewed it in early September. This router performed so poorly during benchmarking that I promised I would revisit the device when Netgear came out with new firmware that would take better advantage of its underlying hardware. That time has finally come, and this story