New NETGEAR MK83 Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 routerlaunches for $500 10:31 am NETGEAR has this week announced a new addition to its range of Nighthawk Mesh WiFi 6 systems announcing the introduction of the new tri-band mesh router in the form of the Nighthawk Tri-band Mesh WiFi 6 System (MK83) priced at $500. Powered by a quad-core processor the Nighthawk Tri-band Mesh WiFi 6 system offers combined WiFi speeds of up to 3.6Gbps that is more than capable of delivering up to Gigabit internet speeds throughout out the home, than previous generation systems. WiFi 6 connectivity offers up to four times the performance and capacity of previous generation WiFi 5 (802.11ac) but still provides 100% backwards compatibility to earlier generations of WiFi devices (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) so all devices can connect at top speeds, explains NETGEAR in their press release.