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Netgear Reviews on AX4300
Like many, I bought the AX4300 at Costco. I sort of bought it on a whim as it was a good price and my old AC1200 (Netgear) could use an upgrade. I get home, visit the Netgear web site and see 15 very...
A couple things.
1. AX4300 is a speed. not a model. Which one did you buy? Are you talking the RAX45? Its the only AX4300 I found on costco. netgears site doesn't have many reviews. Check out amazons. https://www.amazon.com/Netgear-Nighthawk-6-Stream-AX4300-Router/dp/B086ZNJ1J2
2. You'll find complaints about ALL of the AX routers out now. Its a brand new wireless spec and there's always issues with generation 1. We seen the same thing with the transistion to AC.
3. Forums are where people go with issues. And people with issues do complain. More than those without issues. What you don't see is the ones that it just works for and they don't leave reviews.
All manufacturers of AX routers are having a certain percentage of issues. The rollout of AX increased those issues versus just a router update. but it wasn't super high, its just those with issues tend to be louder than those without. Nice thing about costco though is they have a generous return policy. If it was me? I'd try it out. Maybe it'll work great for your setup. If it doesn't, then return it and hold off for generation 2 of AX.
Thanks, and while I agree about people positing negative issues of trouble, there are 15 of these vs. the 4 that have 5 start. This ratio will be similar all over with some just positing "it works" or "it's great" as the only comment - so I throw these out as they don't know. Yes, it's Costco, and a return is simple and easy. I will try it later today and hope for the best. I have had NG products that work - as some say - and in a few months it seems the RF power Amp just dies.. no cooling? (not enough).. I never debugged the issue as it was always easier to just go buy a new NG router and move on.. but there were issues a few years back with this.
You know, I feel like I'm rolling the dice and hoping.. and this isn't how it should be.. it should work, and work well out of the box. I get the new technology part of it but if NG is expecting us to call in and report problems so they can work on them / get the bugs out, they should do this before release, not after. Just leaves a bad taste in my mouth is all.
Thanks for the reply.