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RAX200 VS RAX120
I am considering these two routers. What I am mainly looking to achieve is this: Best Link Aggregation (I want to use as many ports as possible to increase speed for a new Synology NAS I just bou...
Plus, the RAX120's CPU has a speed of 2.2 GHz, whereas the RAX200's CPU is slightly slower at 1.8 GHz. Both are quad core, but I think the RAX200 has the same chipset as the RAX80, hence why they have the same speed CPU and the same 2.5 Gb Multi-gig Ethernet port. The RAX120 uses different chipset with faster CPU and Multi-gig Ethernet port.
Basically, it boils down to this:
Do you want/need A) the fastest NAS storage speeds you can get out of a Netgear WiFi 6 router, or B) the ability to have more the 10 WiFi devices in your household that operate on a 5GHz band without noticeably slowing down during peak hours?
If (A) {
get RAX120;
} else {
get RAX200;
}
Sorry, the programmer in me slipped out... ;)
My R8500 AC5300 has been holding up like a champ for 4 years, and I don't ever think I can go back to a non tri-band router.
Basically, it boils down to this:
Do you want/need A) the fastest NAS storage speeds you can get out of a Netgear WiFi 6 router, or B) the ability to have more the 10 WiFi devices in your household that operate on a 5GHz band without noticeably slowing down during peak hours?
If (A) {
get RAX120;
} else {
get RAX200;
}
Sorry, the programmer in me slipped out... ;)
My R8500 AC5300 has been holding up like a champ for 4 years, and I don't ever think I can go back to a non tri-band router.
I’ve had the R8500 (Triband) and the R7800 (Dual Band Qualcomm Based). The R7800 was much better performance wise at all ranges and even with 20-25 devices, dual and was just fine with 3 people streaming in 4K and 1 person gaming (no latency issues), all in the 5Ghz band. Now I’ve got the RAX120 which seems to be its spiritual successor.
I’d pick the the RAX120 for its Qualcomm chipset, QCA usually implements advertised ancillary/extras features in a more stable manner as can be seen with MU-MIMO in last gen chipsets where Broadcom was a mess and actually caused a decrease in performance at times. Also Qualcomm chipsets have far better Open Source support.
Triband in my opinion is over rated with little to no gain for “most” users unless you have like a massive number of devices/people. Even with many devices connected usually only a handful are transmitting actively/being used at any given time anyway so dual band is just fine for most people and families.
I’d pick the the RAX120 for its Qualcomm chipset, QCA usually implements advertised ancillary/extras features in a more stable manner as can be seen with MU-MIMO in last gen chipsets where Broadcom was a mess and actually caused a decrease in performance at times. Also Qualcomm chipsets have far better Open Source support.
Triband in my opinion is over rated with little to no gain for “most” users unless you have like a massive number of devices/people. Even with many devices connected usually only a handful are transmitting actively/being used at any given time anyway so dual band is just fine for most people and families.