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HugoCanton
Aug 22, 2022Follower
AC 1200 night
I bought my AC 1200 nighthawk router in 2017, I need to replace it because is older?
jacob6501
Aug 22, 2022Aspirant
it is totally depend on you. if it is working fine then you need to upgrade anything if not then yes you have to upgrade.
michaelkenward
Aug 23, 2022Guru - Experienced User
jacob6501 wrote:
it is totally depend on you. if it is working fine then you need to upgrade anything if not then yes you have to upgrade.
I think this means " if it is working fine then you do not need to upgrade anything".
I agree with that sentiment.
But as plemans says, "AC1200" could be one of many things.
For example, one AC1200 device is the R6100 WiFi Router. This is a basic device with slow Ethernet.
According to Netgear's manual for this device, not always the most reliable source of information, the LAN and WAN ports support only 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX. That makes it slower than many newer internet services and most modern network hardware.
If HugoCanton has an Internet service faster than 100 Mbps, then they are throwing away anything above 100 Mbps.
So, without knowing anything about the network thatHugoCanton has, it isn't possible to provide simple answer to the question.