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trenyak
May 17, 2019Aspirant
Nighthawk AX4 Range
I have the Netgear R6300 router (AC), I've had that for five-six years, and I'm thinking of replacing it with a Nighthawk AX4. My desktop has a Netgear A6210 (AC) so it connects at AC speeds, and my...
talakot
Jun 15, 2019Aspirant
I also have an R6300 ac router and am looking to upgrade in the near future.
I had the same question about ax adapter availability timeframes, and after some research found that Intel actually recently released the AX200 M.2 card which you can actually buy right now.
I have a pc 2 floors up from my router which has a low signal connection to my router so i decided to buy an AX200 card to see if it alone would help make the connection to my existing R6300 router stronger.
After installing it, I now get almost twice as strong of a connection as before and obviously faster speeds. (went from an unstable 40Mbps to a stable 85Mbps) So it was definitely worth it for me, especially with the cost under $50.
I'll be upgrading to a Netgear AX router soon which will hopefully make the connection even stronger.
The AX200 M.2 comes as an M.2 card.
If you're installing it into a laptop with an existing M.2 network card it should work as is.
If you're installing it into a desktop you'll need to get a PCIe adapter to plug the AX200 card into and then install the PCIe into an empty PCIe 1x or greater slot.
I installed into a desktop so i needed the converter. Below are links to the 2 items i bought.
It installed easily without any issues.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q4YYQC2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MFGYAX6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hope this helps!
trenyak
Jun 18, 2019Aspirant
thanks for the info. I've ordered the parts from Amazon, I'll try it in my desktop Windows 10 PC