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Has or will the RAX200 get the final WIFI 6 specs
Hi. I have been using the Netgear routers for some time now and looking into the getting the RAX200. I am aware that the final WIFI 6 specs has been finalized just recently. Is or will the RAX200 ...
The RAX120 qualitatively uses a superior chipset (Qualcomm), in SmallNetbuilder’s testing the RAX120 did the best in 5Ghz performance testing while the Broadcom chipset based router’s like the chipset in the RAX80/200 saw a weird dip in performance plots.
The RAX200 is basically a RAX80 with an extra 5Ghz band and 2.5 Gb with port but the main Broadcom WiFi chipset and CPU are the same.
Qualcomm usually has a better track record of implementation of new features in a properly working manner. Broadcom still has issues with things like MU-MIMO performance.
That still doesnt the answer of wifi 6 certification
- So basically there is a chance things wont be supported. Better wait for v2
- Yep. I’m pretty certain current routers they won’t support all the features even at a later point. But as I said earlier don’t take even the WiFi 6 certification to necessarily mean that all those features will actually work well/cause issues in the first gen chipsets if any even manage to get fully certified in the first place.
There are quite a few Wifi6 certified routers now. Unfortunately none of them are made by
Netgear. The Asus RT-AX88U is WiFi 6 certified and it uses the Broadcom chipset.
Ever wonder why Netgear is absent from that list? Probably because their firmware side of all their wifi6 products are a complete disaster and the absolute stonewalling of acknowledgment of any existing problems.