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Should I upgrade to a wifi 6 router or just get a new wifi 5 router?
I have had a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 Smart WiFi Router (AC1900) for the past five years and it's been great, but it's starting to show its age. I've "fixed" it many times but I'm ready to get a new...
Reasons to look at a mesh system.
1. you're looking at buying a bigger home
2. you have up to 70 devices connected. Each band only supports 32 devices on the AC devices (unless you go business class). So it gives you room to expand as its for each router/satellite
3. The RBK752 has been on sale renewed on amazon and other sites. Its a solid system with a little fine tuning/firmware
4. I"m a fan of mesh systems. better coverage and seamless roaming is a nice feature.
I'd probably watch for a renewed or new mesh AX system. The R7000 was a solid router and if its showing its limits, it might be time for the next generation
enichante As someone who has within the last couple of weeks abandoned my R7000 and gone for a WiFi6 tri-band router, I'd say, go for it. I didn't realise just how far behind the curve the R7000 was until I bought an AX router. The R7000 is now a decade old conceived product first released in 2013, clearly designed before that, so although it probably still is a solid enough router for lots of folks, it has in my experience over the last couple of years, definitely begun to show its limitations. Dropping WiFi bands when you're working from home and in the middle of important meetings, isn't great. Netgear don't help matters either in my opinion by releasing questionable updates which would appear to have poor quality control prior to release. Too many flaws imho.