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WAX206 WAN Port - 1G or 2.5G?
Greetings, I own (2) of the NETGEAR WAX206 Wiress Access Point. I bought them under the premise that the WAN port that connects to the router is a 2.5 Gbps port. Since then, I have found 2 confli...
The WAX206 does indeed have an Ethernet WAN port supporting 100/1000/2500Base-T Ethernet (RJ-45) port with Auto Uplink™ (Auto MDI-X).
The newer (updated bck in 2022) datsheet does correctly refer this fact, while the original one was derived from the WAX202 with five 100/1000Base-T Ethernet (RJ-45) port with Auto Uplink™ (Auto MDI-X).ports.
schumakuThank you for responding, and for confirming that the WAX206 does indeed have a 2.5G WAN port. For a second there I thought there were 2 versions of the WAX206 - One with five (5) Gigabit Ethernet ports, and another with four (4) Gigabit Ethernet ports & one (1) 2.5G Ethernet port, but thank you for confirming that this is not the case.
I hope someone from NETGEAR sees this & removes the dated spec sheet to avoid confusion.
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