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athene20
Nov 17, 2022Aspirant
Is it genuine netgear?
I recently purchased RAX50 from China. I bought RAX40 before, but I wonder if it's genuine because the box design is different. I'm attaching the picture of the model I just received. It has a slidin...
plemans
Nov 17, 2022Guru
could just be it was at a different location since its a china region device.
Are you in the china region? Some devices are region locked and it can create issues if you use them outside of that region.
- athene20Nov 17, 2022AspirantI don't live in China, but I already know about it. I'm going to try it because I heard that it is possible to unlock the region lock after connecting to the console with TTY.Does Netgear sell products in boxes like that?
- plemansNov 17, 2022Guru
I've gotten ones in white boxes and brown boxes. About all you can do is open it up and find out
- athene20Nov 18, 2022Aspirant
Share the results checked through the support. The box design may be slightly different even if it's genuine, and the product I bought is genuine, but it's a refurbished product based on product serial number. The product information of the place where I purchased is not mentioned as a refurbished product, so I'm going to ask for a partial refund.