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PeterMolina
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Feb 27, 2020

R7000 to RAX40

Hello so I work for a networking company and we currently have a few thousand R7000's in the field in large houses as main routers and access points. We are potential looking to move forward with the...
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Christian_R
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 04, 2020

Hello PeterMolina, 

 

Great question! We will continue to support the R7000 and currently do not have plans to EoL the product model. Having an R7000 run as an AP or main host should pair well with the RAX series as our RAX routers are backwards compatible. Personally, I have not tried the two routers together but I will be sure to try the combination out! 

 

I would also recommend checking out the post below as it provides valuable information on WiFi 6 and how it compares to WiFi 5.

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Routers-with-WiFi-6-AX/What-is-Wi-Fi-6-and-How-is-it-Different-From-Wi-Fi-5/td-p/1695427

 

Best regards,

Christian