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AX5700 vs AX6000
Is there a comparison chart somewhere that would show me the difference between the AX5700 and AX6000 models? I ordered it from CostCo not realizing there were two different models, and I don't see ...
Mostly explained over there ref. the RAX80 (retail) vs. the RAX75 (e.g Costco) already.
The "missing" 300 are coming from the disabled 1024-QAM on the 2.4 GHz :
RBK840:
2.4GHz AX: 4x4 (Tx/Rx) 256-QAM 40MHz, up to 920Mbps
5GHz AX: 4x4 (Tx/Rx) 1024-QAM 160MHz, up to 4.8Gbps
RBK850:
2.4GHz AX: 4x4 (Tx/Rx) 1024-QAM 40MHz, up to 1.2Gbps
5GHz AX: 4x4 (Tx/Rx) 1024-QAM 160MHz, up to 4.8Gbps
Unless you have a large amount of WiFi 6 2.4 GHz devices operating compareably near to the access points (otherwise the 1024-QAM in not very likely to achieve) the Costo version is fine.
do you think there is a noticable difference between the WiFi6 and the older Model RBK53S-100NAS 3 pack that CostCo sells if I don't currently have any WiFi6 products? My internet is between 200 - 400mbps and I don't have a lot of high bandwidth WiFi products attached. Most of those are hard wired and will be on a switch regardless. I was originally going to do the Orbi 6 just to be future/forward thinking, but I think the cost of those will come down considerably by the time I have any WiFi6 devices so I might be better off spending just the $299 now and then upgrade to WiFi6 in a year or two.
meritagesue wrote:do you think there is a noticable difference between the WiFi6 and the older Model RBK53S-100NAS 3 pack that CostCo sells if I don't currently have any WiFi6 products?
Absolutely not - because the large majority of older e.g. 802.11ac wireless clients don't support 1024-QAM (and 160MHz bandwidth) on 2.4 GHz anyway.
Even if you will get WiFi 6 clients - 2.4 GHz with 1024-QAM is typically possible on shorter distances only - where 5 GHz (or an Ethernet cable, or a fiber, ...) will outperform it anyway.