Nighthawk AX12 rudimentary firmware with no increased speed

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intermelt wrote:

Got my Nighthawk AX12 Beta unit the other day. I'll be returning it in a few days.

Some of the most common features of a $25 router are missing. At $20 a month lease I would expect this to have cutting edge configuration options withing the firmware. I was not expecting a locked down interface that is no more (or even less) responsive than any other standard router. Any save takes 10's os seconds up to minutes. The hardware is fully capable of instant updates to any configuration changes. The software is an obvious problem.

 

Want to configure a VPN?... hope you only use the 1 VPN provider you can configure which is also advertised within the admin interface. That alone should make the router free.

This is definitely not worth the lease price and will definitely not be worth the retail price as a purchased device.

 

I don't understand why Netgear has created and delivered a premium hardware device that is crippled by the and locked down formware with minimal configuration options.

 

As far as greater bandwitdh, speed, or reception on wireless devices. No difference than my AC1900 which took a lightening strike and is using the open source Merlin firmware to compensate for a dead WAN port.

 

I am agreed 100% no difference than other Router!!! HT160 is missing!! UI seems like 1975

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