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jlocker
Feb 26, 2019Guide
Love my new RAX80 router! please add more gaming features like you have on the XR700
Love, Love Love, my new nighthawk RAX80 wifi router. Fast, DFS channels and MU-MIMO working great with a steady 1300mbps on my Netgear 802.11ac adapter. I would love to see all of the gaming features...
duckware
Feb 26, 2019Prodigy
Glad you love the new router. But there are tons of 4x4 802.11ac wave 2 routers that would provide the same performance MUCH cheaper. Your RAX80 is just reverting to 802.11ac mode.
Plus, the RAX80 may not even fully spport Wi-Fi 6! Netgear says in the fine print "This router may not support all the mandatory features as ratified in Draft 3.0 of IEEE 802.11AX specification."
DFS: Actually, Netgear does not support 80 Mhz channel 138 (whereas Netgear's competitors do).
WPA3: Other vendors have stated that the Wi-Fi alliance will require WPA3 in Wi-Fi 6. So if WPA3 is left out, that says a lot.
County: Look at the country of origin on the bottom of your RAX80. Next, look under Dynamic QoS and the "Help improve the Quality of Service...." option. See the 'Click here to learn more about how we collect, use and share analytics information' link -- click on it. I get a popup telling me that Netgear WILL collect:
- information about what websites or applications are visited by devices accessing the Internet through your router, but not what specific content you accessed, links you clicked on, or other actions you took on the site or application;
- the time and duration of Internet use and volume of data accessed;
- information about bandwidth, such as bandwidth oversubscription conditions;
- the MAC addresses of your router and devices connected to your router; and
- the types of devices connected to your router.
jlocker
Feb 26, 2019Guide
I love people who troll websites and put and put up a lot of disinformation. I built GM's first WIFI network back in 1992 so your negative review shows how little you know about WIFI networking and technology.
Come talk to me when you have 45 years of network engineering under your belt. I was doing networking when you were not even concieved. Installed a twisted pair Apple II Corvus network in 1980, so your opinion means nothing to me.
- schumakuMar 12, 2019Guru - Experienced User
jlocker wrote:
I love people who troll websites and put and put up a lot of disinformation.
Please exactly show us where you think duckware has done any disinformation. All the points he listed are perfectly true and valid - not difficult to check or proof.
Ethernet (yes, the real stuff) and wireless oldie writing here, too.