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NETGEAR Employee Retired

Nov 19, 2019

WiFi 6 ISN'T a Big Deal...Or Is It?!

WiFi 6 is here, and devices supporting the new standard are starting to hit store shelves, both off- and online. WiFi 6 promises to bring faster speeds and greater capacity... but there are some ...

sgkrewe

Aspirant

Apr 09, 2020

When will Netgear Certify the RAX line-up for WiFi 6?

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Routers-with-WiFi-6-AX/There-are-NO-Netgear-routers-that-are-quot-Wi-Fi-6-Certified/m-p/1849748

mayeen12
Star
Apr 15, 2020
NETGEAR can't even SUPPORT 1 GIG WAN connection, WHAT IS THE POINT OF AX SPEED?
- Tofu-Golem
  Apprentice
  Mar 10, 2021
  mayeen12 wrote:
  NETGEAR can't even SUPPORT 1 GIG WAN connection, WHAT IS THE POINT OF AX SPEED?
  The point of WiFi 6 is not the increase in throughput, it's the increase in the number of devices the router can juggle provided all client devices are using WiFi 6.
  
  And to be fair, most 1000bT ethernet devices don't hit the maximum. Or are you referring to something else?