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Introducing the Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 12-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router
Leading the New Era of Wi-Fi 6, NETGEAR is proud to introduce the latest router to our Wi-Fi 6 lineup, the Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 12-Stream router. Using the latest Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard, the Tri-Band AX12 is designed to provide four times increased data capacity to handle more devices on your network. With blazing-fast combined Wi-Fi speeds up to 10.8Gbps, you’ll be able to power your smart home, stream ultra-smooth 4K UHD, game online, and more!
As the only Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 router on the market, the Tri-Band AX12 is the fastest router for Gigabit internet. Tri-Band WiFi optimizes speeds across the three WiFi bands ensuring your WiFi stays fast and can efficiently handle multiple connected devices on your network. With two separate streams of data transfer over a 5GHz band, you’ll get smoother 4K/8K Ultra HD streaming and latency free online gaming.
Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 features include:
- 12-Streams Tri-Band Wi-Fi - Ultra Wi-Fi 6 performance delivering multiple 4K streaming, low latency gaming & new blazing fast Internet speeds.
- Multi-Gigabit Internet - Maximize your Internet speeds up to 2.5Gbps with new versatile Ethernet wired connections.
- Gigabit WiFi to Mobile Devices - Enjoy streaming even more with ultra-fast WiFi speeds to compatible smartphones, laptops and more.
- Quad-Core 1.8GHz Processor - High-performance processor delivers fast & reliable connections to all devices & applications
To learn more about the Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 router, please visit:
https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/RAX200.aspx
Additional info about the Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 router:
- What is a Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 Router?
- What is the difference between the Nighthawk AX12 router and the Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 router?
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Looking at the Netgear Wi-Fi 6 AX Router comparison page, we find only the RAX120 does show Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 ... is this intentional? Aren't all Wi-Fi 6 devices - AP and clients - supposed to offer WPA3?
- I haven’t read anything as of yet that mentions the RAX80 being WPA3 certified. Only that it’s a possibility. I know it began shipping out without it for sure. The RAX120 is the only Qualcomm based router of the bunch. Maybe that has something to do with it?
- On that note, does the RAX120 utilize StreamBoost QoS like the R7800? Is the R7800 the only Nighthawk router with StreamBoost?
I wonder if the Qualcomm IPQ8078 SoC in the RAX120 will completely outclass the Broadcom BCM49408 SoC that’s in the RAX80 (and possibly the RAX200 from what I’ve read)?
I know the IPQ8078 has a quad-core Cortex A53 cluster that runs at 2.2 GHz whereas the BCM49408 has a 1.8 GHz quad-core ARMv8 processor (Cortex A53) with an 800 MHz network packet co-processor.
The WAN to LAN throughput in the R7800 is completely unaffected by having StreamBoost (QoS) turned on whereas the WAN to LAN throughput in all other Nighthawk routers is severely neutered. That’s why I’m asking.
Dustin_V wrote:
Leading the New Era of Wi-Fi 6, NETGEAR is proud to introduce the latest router to our Wi-Fi 6 lineup, the Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 12-Stream router. Using the latest Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard, the Tri-Band AX12 is designed to provide four times increased data capacity to handle more devices on your network. With blazing-fast combined Wi-Fi speeds up to 10.8Gbps, you’ll be able to power your smart home, stream ultra-smooth 4K UHD, game online, and more!
As the only Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 router on the market, the Tri-Band AX12 is the fastest router for Gigabit internet. Tri-Band WiFi optimizes speeds across the three WiFi bands ensuring your WiFi stays fast and can efficiently handle multiple connected devices on your network. With two separate streams of data transfer over a 5GHz band, you’ll get smoother 4K/8K Ultra HD streaming and latency free online gaming.
Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 features include:
- 12-Streams Tri-Band Wi-Fi - Ultra Wi-Fi 6 performance delivering multiple 4K streaming, low latency gaming & new blazing fast Internet speeds.
- Multi-Gigabit Internet - Maximize your Internet speeds up to 2.5Gbps with new versatile Ethernet wired connections.
- Gigabit WiFi to Mobile Devices - Enjoy streaming even more with ultra-fast WiFi speeds to compatible smartphones, laptops and more.
- Quad-Core 1.8GHz Processor - High-performance processor delivers fast & reliable connections to all devices & applications
To learn more about the Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 router, please visit:
https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/RAX200.aspx
Additional info about the Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 router:
- What is a Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 Router?
- What is the difference between the Nighthawk AX12 router and the Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 router?
It has 2.2Ghz Processor not 1.8Ghz
Redtulips7 wrote:
It has 2.2Ghz Processor not 1.8Ghz
Where/how do you see that? Netgear does claim 2.2 GHz for the RAX120 - whereas Qualcomm says that the IPQ8074 operates at 2.0 GHz. But here on the RAX200 we face - similar to the RAX80 - a BCM4908, commonly clocked at 1.8 GHz.
- Yeah NG claims 2.2 GHz in manual I believe. That means it’s an IPQ8078 and not IPQ8074 (2.0 GHz).
