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Kondrashink's avatar
Kondrashink
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Oct 11, 2020

RAX200 Mode (2400 vs 4800)

I have RAX200. After the last firmware update i noticed that higher band 5g dropped to "up to 2400" mode. If i switch it to "up to 4800" mode my devices cant connect to the network (says network error - i tried on various devices). Any explanation / reason for that and does anyone know what difference does it make?

 

One more question - did anyone have experience that higher band 5g network also loads slower (ie not the speed itself - but PC finds it only several minutes after boot)?

Thanks.

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  • Christian_R's avatar
    Christian_R
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Oct 15, 2020

    Hi Kondrashrink,

     

    Are devices still having issues connecting to the network? 

     

    Christian 

    • Kondrashink's avatar
      Kondrashink
      Initiate
      Oct 16, 2020
      Yes, if I set mode to 4800 nothing connects. If I lower to 2400 it’s fine. That’s for higher band 5g only.
      • deceptolon's avatar
        deceptolon
        Initiate
        Oct 30, 2020

        Same thing happens to me - on 1.0.3.102_1.0.56

         

        When setting 2nd band to 4800MBps the network disappears, even though status shows is as enabled and working.

        Turning it back down to 2400 makes the 2nd radio network reappear.

         

        1. Netgear - why are you marketing your router as AX11000 if it is clearly not capable?

        2. For 450€ you would expect a high end device and in return you receive trash with firmware programmed by chinese freshman students

        3. Having customers beta test your products is terrible practice, especially at this price point.

        4. Don't give me your standard checklist questions and answers:

         

        - I have trie rebooting it a million times

        - I have reflashed the latest firmware 5 times

        - I have changed every single setting in the terrible interface that you call a GUI

        - Radio 1 lets my Intel 9560 AC connect at 1.7GBPS but Radio 2 does not go above 866 regardless of DFS channel that is selected

         

        The site filter does work only partially, it blocks some sites but some others not.

         

        Overall terrible experience, terribly buggy firmware. Save your generic responses for somebody else.