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carnalimr
Aspirant
Mar 23, 2020

Getting the most out of WiFi 6

Hello, So I've had the Nighthawk AX4: RAX40 for a while now. I finally added a WiFi 6 card to my desktop that's about 30 feet away from my router. I am getting about additional 100mbpsDL and 50mbps ...
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Christian_R
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 25, 2020

Hello carnalimr, 

 

Can you confirm whether your desktop is hardwired to your router? If it's wireless, can you confirm whether its connecting to the 2.4 or 5GHz band. 

 

Thanks,

Christian 

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    carnalimr
    Aspirant
    Mar 25, 2020

    It is not hardwired. It is also on the 5ghz band. 

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      Christian_R
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Mar 27, 2020

      Hi carnalimr, 

       

      Thanks for confirming. May you try changing the channel on the 5GHz band to see if there are any improvements. 

       

      Thanks,

      Christian