Question 1

I have 150mbps service will this router give me that if I do a speed text?

Accepted Answer

Take all of this speed stuff with a grain of salt. Most people get the latest and greatest because they WANT it not because they need it.
Keep in mind, that transfer speed between your modem and router are the true throughput limitation. 
If you have a device that streams 4K video, you will never be using more than around 25 MBPS.
If you have Four 4K devices streaming simultaneously you can utilize a 100MBPS modem. You might actually be able to add a 5th streamer on that same network without discernable lag.
If your are streaming 4K on a single device that's connected at 100MBPS..What does that get you? Nothing.
If you are connected with a cell phone to your network and are surfing the internet on amazon.com or something  the difference between page load times of 25MBPS vs 100MBPS . Would be something like 1 second vs 1/2 second .
Why only a 50% gain? Because after 1/4 second the page is already downloaded and local processing is taking place to process and display the page.
The only time you will really utilize a higher speed connection is when transferring files.
Most people will not need more than 100MBPS unless they are downloading LOTS of large files,  or they have many users splitting the modem bandwidth..or they have no patience whatsoever.  You can start your game download and go make a sandwich.
  The most common case of multiple users splitting bandwidth on a 100 MBPS device connection is still usually overkill .
For instance, we had 50MBPS internet. I was sharing it with my brother. We could each stream 4k video to our TV and surf the internet on our phones simultaneously without any discernable lag.
   Comcast gave us a free upgrade to 100MBPS. Amazingly, we both still stream video AND surf the net simultaneously with absolutely no change in our experience. Why ? Because we weren't utilizing the 50MBPS in the first place.
So in reality a 100MBPS connection for a single device is usually waaay overkill for 90+% of the cases out there.
   If you NEED a 100+MBPS connection for your device, you will know it, because you will be one of the professionals in those industries that already knows all of this...and it will typically be a work related need, not a recreational need...except for those that are trying to download the entire internet.
  If you verify a 100MBPS modem connection and a 100MBPS device connection and your internet is still slow or you are having streaming problems the slowdown is 99% likely to be on the other end of the connection which is feeding you the data. In this case you can upgrade to a GBPS connection and you will still have the same prpblem. But your provider is not going to tell you that. They are going to tell you that you need more speed because that's how they make more money.
And now you know.

Question 2

what are the two bands?

Accepted Answer

I believe the dual bands refer to the 2.4ghz and 5ghz networks being available simultaneously. 5ghz allows for fasters speeds, but has reduced range.

Question 3

Do you have to connect to the internet?

Accepted Answer

No, there are private networks that use the same data protocols: the TCP/IP family and various versions of IEEE 802.3, among other requirements.  In reality, most people would use this for either their private LAN or for connecting to the WorldWideWeb or email servers via the internet.

Question 4

Can you schedule for the wifi to turn on and off automatically at certain times using the app?

Accepted Answer

It does not provide a way to turn the Wi Fi on and off on a schedule; however you can configure the access control rules to allow or block certain devices on a schedule.  The devices are identified by MAC address.

Brand	NETGEAR
Product Dimensions	18.29 x 4.57 x 13.72 cm; 249.48 Grams
Item model number	R6080-100NAS
Manufacturer	Netgear
Series	R6080-100NAS
Color	Black
Connectivity Type	Wi-Fi
Wireless Type	802.11ac
Number of Ethernet Ports	8
Voltage	100240 Volts
Operating System	Microsoft ® Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, Vista ® , XP ® , 2000, Mac OS ® , UNIX ® , or Linux ®
Are Batteries Included	No
Item Weight	249 g

NETGEARWiFi Router (R6080) - AC1000 Dual Band Wireless Speed (up to 1000 Mbps) | Up to 1000 sq ft Coverage & 15 devices | 4 x 10/100 Fast Ethernet ports | 5 GHz

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