NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.

Forum Discussion

stolnsol's avatar
stolnsol
Star
Jan 15, 2021

RAX70 Help Identifying the 4x4 5G and the 2x2 5G

Netgear fam, I just picked up the RAX70 from Best Buy. So far so good. Since it's Tri-band and one of the 5Ghz network is 2x2 and the other is 4x4 my plan is to setup the 4x4 network for my AX devices. 

 

My logic: 

5Ghz-1 mode supports up to 1200mbs

5Ghz -2 mode supports up to 4803 (I'm aware that's taking advantage of DFS and 160mhz channel width)

 

Now, I naturally assumed the 5ghz-2 would be the 4x4 MIMO band but I'm not so sure. Can a "Netgear-ster" shed some insight? 

2 Replies

Sort By
  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    Jan 15, 2021

    The band 2 4800mbps is the 4x4 band. (1200mbps x4)

     

    per the data sheet: 

    • WiFi 6 (802.11ax) Tri-Band WiFi (AX6600)
    - 2.4GHz AX: 2x2 (Tx/Rx) 1024/256-QAM
    20/40MHz, up to 0.6Gbps
    - 5GHz AX: 2x2 (Tx/Rx) 1024/256-QAM
    20/40/80MHz, up to 1.2Gbps
    - 5GHz AX: 4x4 (Tx/Rx) 1024/256-QAM
    20/40/80/160MHz, up to 4.8Gbps