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Dustin_V
Feb 12, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
What is Target Wake Time? - Wi-Fi 6
With the introduction of the 802.11ax wireless standard, or Wi-Fi 6, one of the future improvements you can expect is extended battery life for mobile and smart home devices with Target Wake T...
kc6108
May 14, 2019Luminary
*** Important ***
I'm lost. I just had a conversation with someone asking about the new Netgear AX routers, and I had to tell him that none supported TWT as of right now... as stated on the side of the box, the product websites, and datasheets.
Please look into this for me or forward to someone that can help. I don't want to read anything into this but, without specifically mentioning a particular AX router, I am assuming all the AX routers will be gaining TWT via a firmware update very soon. Otherwise, IMHO, this thread needs to be deleted.
Many Thanks,
-kc6108
kc6108
May 14, 2019Luminary
In my rant, sorry, I forgot to mention that I knew nothing of this thread until someone attempted to correct me for saying no Netgear AX routers support TWT at this time by sending me a link to this thread.
I guess what I am trying to portray is that this thread is somewhat misleading. I need to know how to respond as to whether Netgear plans on supporting TWT on any of te current AX routers, only future AX models, etc.
Many Thanks,
-kc6108
- schumakuMay 14, 2019Guru - Experienced User
The RAX200 Data Sheet says - much less cryptic than the infromation we discovered before:
"This router does not support some of the mandatory features ratified in Draft 3.0 of IEEE 802.11AX specification, such as Uplink OFDMA, Target Wake Time, and BSS Coloring."
- schumakuMay 14, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Same note on the RAX40 Data Sheet btw, too.
- kc6108May 14, 2019Luminary
Thanks... that is what I saw on the side of the box of an RAX120 that I just setup for a friend.
My take is that TWT is not yet available on any of Netgear's AX routers. That is until I see some sort of confirmation from Netgear that it's been implemented in a particular model, such as in release notes, a datasheet modification, etc.
To be honest, when I first saw this thread, I wrongly assumed it was new. I didn't notice it was a couple months old. That's the main reason I was so confused. I actually thought Netgear was communicating to us that TWT had been implemented in their routers; not simply educating us on a particular piece of mandatory technology to be included in the AX standard.