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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
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
schumaku
May 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.