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RAX200 or Orbi ax6000?
so, been using the orbi wifi 6 3 piece system for a few months now, and only a couple of issues, like the random internet disconnects that are talked about all over the web...wifi speeds are fantasti...
I don't have the orbi AX but I do have the Orbi AC and I have the RAX200.
If it was me? I'd stick with the orbi setup. Its a true mesh system with some bugs getting ironed out.
It might take a bit though.
The RAX isn't mesh and adding a mesh extender doesn't make it a true mesh.
I actually went back to my using my orbi AC mesh versus my RAX200. I use the rax now for testing out AX devices.
Yeah, its impossible to imagine anything being faster than the Orbi AX; the occasinal drop outs are annoying, and, the firmware, although better than at first, is still really buggy and lacking any sort of advanced features.
I coulld sell my 3 unit orbi now for more than I paidf for it 5 months ago, so it is tempting..
Problem is, not alot of folks have much good to say about the actual performancxe of the RAX200, so that is concerning..
Usually people only post on forums when they have issues with a product - the RAX200 is no different.
I've had my RAX200 for a ~ 6 months ago and its the best router I've ever owned for wifi. Sure, there were a few bugs at the beginning but i find it rock solid now. The RAX200 is far more stable against Asus' offering, the GTAX11000, which is still buggy as hell despite Asus releasing a firmware update for it every 2 minutes.
I had the same Asus router, and had the same issues with instability; I was going to buy a RAX200 in the beginning, but, I had read nothing but complaints about it; True, as you say, people only post when they have issues, but it seemed liike almost everyone did.
I have had the Orbi AX wifi 6 since January, and it has also had issues on and off; the firmware/software was an embarassment, but, they did a decent update a week or 2 ago, and now at least,we have Netgear Armor, but you still cant do anything wiith their lightweight, flimsy software/firmware.
The RAX200 looks like its super stable now, and the price has come down too; problem is, I need some sort of extender.AP in my garage for my POE camera, and having the 3 Orbi kit made it easy to put one out there, with no slow downs either.
I'm concerned if I switch to the RAX200, whatever Extender/AP I add, unless its a triband AX, which they do NOT offer at this point, will slow down my wifi speeds..It appears that either the EX8000, a tri band, but AC extender, or the EAX80, a dual band, but AX extender would be my 2 best choices..
I get between 400-800MB on wifi everwhere on my property with my 1GIG Cox connectioon, using my Orbi 3 unit AX system
thanks
Can't you buy the RAX200, say from Amazon, and return it back for a full refund if it doesn't meet your expectations? FWIW my RAX200 even gives me a fairly good signal to main road about 100 metres away!