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jonescasa
Dec 01, 2021Aspirant
Upgrade from AC3000 to AX4200 or AX6000?
Hi- I am looking for input on if it’s worth upgrading our current AC3000 system to either of the newer AX platforms. Few Facts: 1 RBR50 and 2 RBS satellites. 3000sqft house Both wife and I work ...
- Dec 02, 2021
Will you see real world improvements? Potentially. The AX systems are much more capable when you're getting up to the 1 gig speeds.
But is that going to make a difference? Its tough to say. video calls don't take a ton of bandwidth. Its just that its a live stream as well as you need to upload. Most of the cable systems advertise 1gig speeds but those are download speeds. Their upload tends to be a fraction (usually 30-40mbps) of that. So the issue might not be the router setup.
What I'd try doing? Buy from business in your local area that has a decent return system. I know best buy/costco have pretty good return policies. Try it out. See how well it works. Its a heck of an investment if it doesn't provide any actual benefits. If it doesn't help, return it and add another satellite to your current setup.
Any chance you MIL suite is hardwired in? If so, you could always use the new system in your home and the older orbi setup in the MIL suite (in AP mode)
jonescasa
Dec 02, 2021Aspirant
Thank you so much for the response. We are going to try and hardwire in our laptops and one of the satellites to see if this solves our problem.
FURRYe38
Dec 02, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the Orbi AX (WiFi 6) products. Might be more likely to find additional information for the question:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/bd-p/en-home-orbi-ax
Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear
Good Luck.