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Dustin_V
Nov 19, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
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 ...
mayeen12
Apr 15, 2020Star
NETGEAR can't even SUPPORT 1 GIG WAN connection, WHAT IS THE POINT OF AX SPEED?
Tofu-Golem
Mar 10, 2021Apprentice
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?