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RAX40 and Smart Connect
Just bought the RAX 40 to replace my dying Airport Extreme. One of my main reasons for buying this router was to utilize the smart connect feature so I only have one SSID. I guess this router doesn't...
You’re right. That’s the speed I’m getting in the Netgear app. That’s disingenuous. Who cares what speed that is. I need to know what it is at the client device I’m using. So maybe it’s my imagination.
UpsidedownWorld wrote:
That’s the speed I’m getting in the Netgear app.
The Netgear Nighthawk App does run the Speedtest between the router and the test system in the cloud - not the speed the mobile client. The App is very clear about this:
UpsidedownWorld wrote:
Who cares what speed that is.
Nowadays the Internet bandwidth available in many areas goes ways beyond of what a wireless client (even WiFi 6) will ever reach. The technology goes away from being able to provide peak performance to a single client to provide reliable concurrent access for many different wireless devices. In a time where consumer Internet connections are offered in the symmetric 1 Gb to 10 Gb range ...
UpsidedownWorld wrote:
I need to know what it is at the client device I’m using.
Well, wireless (any standard) is a highly variable target. Performance does vary depending on distance, obstacles, interferences, ... And what application does require >1 Gb/s on a mobile phone? No matter if we talk of 5G (mobile) or WiFi 6 (802.11ax) - both technologies are aimed to provide concurrent fast access for many systems, not blinding peak performance to one.