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allen_d
Tutor
Feb 09, 2020

RAX200 2.4 band issues

Hello,   Since purchasing the Nighthawk RAX200 router I have been having connetivity issues with some of my 2.4ghz band devices. These devices only connect to this band. The devices more specifical...
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microchip8's avatar
microchip8
Master
Feb 09, 2020

Could be firmware or hardware or both. The RAX200 is a Broacom platform which is still behind the RAX120 which is a Qualcomm one, especially on the AX front. Broadcom still needs to get its act together on WiFi6. It's hard to diagnose but since you say turning off OFDMA partially fixes the issue, I guess it interferes on some driver level. Broadcom's SDK is a mess and so are its drivers which are all closed source so we can only guess what is wrong with them

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    allen_d
    Tutor
    Feb 19, 2020

    Thanks for the reply. Although not a solution, it makes sense. Seems as though I may be better off going back to the RAX120 or another brand altogether as I am getting tired of some one these firmware quirks with Netgears newer routers.