NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
wangzx0417
Oct 23, 2020Aspirant
WiFi Router (RAX80) to replace my Huawei HG659 router?
Hi, I am considering to buy tthe RAX80 to replace my current Huawei HG659 Wifi router provided by my nbn provider TPG. But not sure if it is 100% compatible, can anyone please help advise here? ...
plemans
Oct 23, 2020Guru - Experienced User
The AX spec has a little more distance than AC but not much. Reason why is broadcast power is the same. It only gets more range because its a little more efficient with a lower signal. so going to AX isn't going to get your a whole lot more range. It definitely won't beat the old router and extender combination.
If you're having issues with coverage that the current router and extender can't meet, I'd look at upgrading to a mesh system and not a single router and extender solution. There designed for those types of situations and you can add satellites as needed for additional coverage.
In terms of wanting to keep your current router for the voice option, you can do that. Just make sure to put the device/router that you add to it in access point mode to prevent a double nat.
wangzx0417
Oct 25, 2020Aspirant
Thanks for your advice.
The reason I was considering the wifi router replacement was I thought the wifi router, being a AC router would be the bottleneck of the network speed. Wifi 6 (AX) was meant to be at least 1.5 faster than AC plus other features.
Now I am re-considering the Mesh systems
Regards
Max
- plemansOct 25, 2020Guru - Experienced User
AX is faster if you have AX devices.
How many devices do you have? it can help with speeds if you have a lot of devices broadcasting at the same time
- wangzx0417Oct 25, 2020AspirantAbout 10 devices connected simultaneously. Most of them do not support AX yet.
Regards
Max