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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...
If you're needing "the best" extender to go with the RAX200, I'd recommend either the EAX80 or the EX8000.
I haven't played/used the EAX80 so I'm not sure how it works in comparision to a triband extender like the EX8000.
I've got an EX8000 and can vouch for how much better it performs versus a standard dual band extender. Reason it functions better is a standard dual band extender has to receive and rebroadcast with the same chip and it can't do both at once. So they automatically run at 50% the speed of what the network is.
The tribands reserve one of the 5ghz bands just for router---extender communcation to mitigate that problem.
I'm not sure if that's how the EAX80 works or not with it being an AX extender.
I have the same question; its weird, that the "newest" AX extender, the EAX80 is only dual band, and the older AC extender is tri band..
I'm sure asking Netgear directly would make it even more confusing as to which one to "pair" with the RAX200
I know a dual band will lose speed if it is being used to "extend" a tri band setup, but, the dual band is the only AX extender they make..
Way too confusing, when it should be so simple to choose..
Maybe someday I'll get the EAX80 to play with but right now, I'm using a mesh system and the wife would break me if i bought more gear I didn't need.
So not sure what to tell you about how it performs. I was looking to see if any sites did an in-depth review of it but haven't found any so far.
yeah, thanks, I have been looking fior a comparison of the 2, but it seems like no one has dione that yet..