Does Nighthawk AX8 AX6200 RAX78 Have OFDMA?

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Hi, I currently have a Nighthawk RX8 RAX75. I was looking to return it and get the new RAx78. Both are sold by Costco and I would rather have the tri-band and I can actually save $30. When I look at the datasheet on the RAX78 it doesn’t say it has OFDMA. That’s a deal breaker if not, I’m just surprised that the newer model would be lacking that. Anyone have insight?

Also, the ax5700 (rax75) shows a stronger processor AND 1024-QAM for both bands 2.4 and 5ghz. I guess I’m questioning if the ax6200 (rax78) is even better or worse.

Christian_R · Answer

Hello Cameron_417,&nbsp;

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Please find the following info from page 95 of the user manual for the RAX78:

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https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RAX70/RAX70_RAX78_UM_EN.pdf

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"AX WiFi improves your network's capacity, Internet upload and download speeds, and WiFi range by allowing WiFi traffic from different devices to be concurrently managed. To do this, AX WiFi uses Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple-Access (OFDMA), 4x4 multi-user MIMO, and intelligent scheduling."

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Christian&nbsp;

Cameron_417 · Answer

Thank you for your response, I guess I’m just surprised that I can’t find the he term (OFDMA) anywhere on the attached product data sheet, but In guess it looks like OFDMA is a part of wifi 6.
I guess my question is, if I’m not spending any money to change from the RAX75 to the RAX78, should I? Is that an upgrade?

https://www.netgear.com/media/RAX78_tcm148-106250.pdf

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Does Nighthawk AX8 AX6200 RAX78 Have OFDMA?

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