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I want to ask about ax40 or ax80 before i buy it.
Ok I am in the market for a new router my router that I have been using since 2012 is getting old it's a dual band AC router. My question is how well do these new AX routers work with older devices b...
The other reason why I want a new router is because max speed on my old router is 300MB
I owned both the RAX40 and the RAX80. I say owned because I got rid of both because of the horrible firmware. I would recommend staying far away from Netgear, the comments here are proof enough of the ongoing unfixed problems these routers have.
- Let me ask you this. What router are you going to buy or did buy to replace the others. I was also looking at the asus ax88u
Rp4000 wrote:
I was also looking at the asus ax88uI'd check where people hang out to talk about those things. You won't find many experts here.
AX technology is new – still work in progress – and you may find similar gripes there. Some of the problems track back to the drivers involved in the wifi clients that connect to AX
Just one problem, you may have trouble finding somewhere to get feedback from Asus users, it seems that Asus doesn't maintain a place like this. Maybe try Amazon reviews?
I originally had an RAX80 and a RAX40, both had so many firmware issues I got rid of both.
I currently have an Asus RT-AX88U and an Asus RT-AX58U. Both are infinitely better than anything Netgear puts out. If you want some info from some real experts try SNBForums. The so-called expert users on here will never acknowledge a problem ever exists, the fix is always a reset and latest trash firmware upgrade, open a trouble ticket with support and never see a solution or a fix for problems that have existed for months, now going on years.
They'll also tell you these problems exist with all AX routers, that they're new and they all have these issues that the manufacturers are still working out. That's complete BS, there are stable AX routers that work as they should with no issues. I have two of them right now.- When you got your ax88u did you update the firmware and have you had any issues with older devices( 2013) that only support N or old AC
