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projoseph
Jan 05, 2023Aspirant
Nighthawk® AXE3000 WiFi 6E USB 3.0 Adapter
I have a net gear nighthawk router and it's a model RAX45. With that said, can anyone tell me if I get the nighthawk aex3000 wifi 6e USB 3.0 adapter, will it make my current max of 100 megs a second ...
- Jan 06, 2023
The RAX45 is a dual band 2.4ghz/5ghz adapter. The new AXE3000 adapter is a triband that supports 2.4ghz/5ghz/6ghz.
The 6ghz on the AXE3000 won't do you any good with that router. A reasonable quality 2.4ghz/5ghz AX adapter should be fine to max out a 100mbps connection (if you're close enough and on 5ghz)
5ghz is the faster band that supports higher speeds. But its speeds drop of quickly with distance/obstructions.
So thats they key points is how close the computer is to the router.
(plus I'm not sure even the AXE3000 is shipping yet)
plemans
Jan 06, 2023Guru - Experienced User
The RAX45 is a dual band 2.4ghz/5ghz adapter. The new AXE3000 adapter is a triband that supports 2.4ghz/5ghz/6ghz.
The 6ghz on the AXE3000 won't do you any good with that router. A reasonable quality 2.4ghz/5ghz AX adapter should be fine to max out a 100mbps connection (if you're close enough and on 5ghz)
5ghz is the faster band that supports higher speeds. But its speeds drop of quickly with distance/obstructions.
So thats they key points is how close the computer is to the router.
(plus I'm not sure even the AXE3000 is shipping yet)
projoseph
Jan 06, 2023Aspirant
Thank you for that information