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Nighthawk rax40 poor options
Disappointed with this router. Bought this router about a month ago. Internet speed performance are good. But available customizable options suck big time. To be fairly honest. This router should not...
Fully agree about QoS mentioned by Andyros.
I wanted to migrate from R7800 to WiFi 6 and took one RAX40 because it is at the same price level, but will not migrate now and will stay with R7800. Automated QoS doesn't work for me too. I want to specify my own prioritization. Just don't know how it will work with home with lots of IoT devices. I have only some Arlo cameras here but also lots of tablets and smartphones are connected to my router.
I even didnt checked the 4k video streaming but won't do it this time.
Looking at other RAX models manuals, the QoS is different for RAX120 and RAX200 where we can use the "Optimize Internet Streaming With QoS" menu. For RAX50 and RAX80 it is the same automated QoS feature.
So we just have to wait the prices to drop and take RAX120.
RAX40 is a compact, good looking router, easy to set up and manage. Other Nighthawk features and ReadyCloud/ReadyShare are working fine. I am sure it will find its market place.
I have to add something to my comment.
The QoS menu looks the same for both models - RAX40 and R7800. (Firmware V1.0.2.62 at R7800) and (V1.0.3.80_1.0.1 at RAX40)
The difference is that we can set Device priority through Setup menu Advanced -> Administration -> Attached Devices. With R7800 we have an option to click on Device and set priority - Low, Medium, High or Highest. With RAX40 we don't have this option.
Hope Netgear will add this option in one of next Firmware updates.