NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
NOiSEA
May 08, 2020Guide
RAX120 does not work with AX200 160Mhz
When will this be fixed? I have been patient, waiting for this to be fixed in a router firmware update, but how much longer do we have to wait? I bought this router thinking that it would be compatib...
NOiSEA
May 09, 2020Guide
michaelkenward wrote:What is this stuff on the client side at your end?
I have the most up to date chipset drivers from the AMD website for the x570 motherboard
The motherboard is MPG X570 GAMING PRO CARBON WIFI (MS-7B93)
I have the most up to date drivers for the 2 Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160mhz network adapters that I have. 1 of the adapters is the one that comes pre-installed with the motherboard and the other is this one that I bought because I thought it might be a bad network adapter in the motherboard:
Asus AX3000 (Pce-AX58BT)
I have kept all of the drivers for the adapters up to date with the newest drivers available each day for the last 3 months since I built this PC. Same with the router. I meticulously check for driver and firmware updates because I would like this fixed.
I have not had a problem with any other devices connecting to the RAX120. Also, when I use a usb NETGEAR A7000 wifi USB3.0 Adapter, I do not have this problem. The problem only exists when connecting to RAX using either one of my 2 different AX200 160mhz adapters.
But I bought the WiFi 6 adapters specifically because I thought the RAX120 was WiFi 6 capable. I did not know that it would not work with WiFi 6 PC network adapters.
I think there is some confusion where people think that the RAX120 works with AX200 network adapters because it works fine for a period of time before this issue occurs. Often it may be fine for 1-2 hours or even more, but at some point the speeds will drop significantly.
michaelkenward
May 09, 2020Guru - Experienced User
NOiSEA wrote:
michaelkenward wrote:
What is this stuff on the client side at your end?
I have the most up to date chipset drivers from the AMD website for the x570 motherboard
The motherboard is MPG X570 GAMING PRO CARBON WIFI (MS-7B93)
That's good. You seem to be on the case. I mentioned it because not everyone realises that they need to check this.
Early on there were lots of complaints about Intel's drivers.
Sometimes motherboard makers get behind the curve on the chipset front, unlike the video drivers for on-board audio and graphics, which rarely seem to get updates. But something new like this shouldn't get orphaned.