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A worthy replacement for an R8000
Hi All, I've been a happy R8000 user for over 5.5 years; and apart from all the known issues with the firmware along the way, it's been a very reliable piece of kit. One the main reasons I chos...
The R8000 was a pretty solid router. You'd have to look to the higher performing RAX devices for more perfomance/capabilities.
Does it provide adequate coverage?
If not or you're just wanting a little more coverage, then you'd want to look towards the AX mesh solutions
Thanks for your reply.
At least half of my devices are hardwired into a gigabit network. The other half are split between a WAX206 AP which is itself hardwired into the same gigabit network, or the R8000's own WiFi.
My primary concern is the ability to handle a large number of simulataneous connections (35+).
WiFi coverage and stability is very important, but a secondary concern.
Here's the topology :-
House
[Modem] <= GbE => [R8000 Router] <= GbE => [S350 Switch] <= GbE => [Devices]
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GbE over
OM3 Fibre
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Annex (40m away from House) \/
[WAX206 Access Point] <= GbE => [S350 Switch] <= GbE => [Devices]
TIA
Are those connections planned to be wireless? Seems like you have a pretty solid setup already.
You could just add an upgraded wireless AP to the R8000 for the location that its in if you're wanting better wireless speeds/more connections. You could disable the wireless on the r8000 and just use it for the routing functions and let an upgraded AP manage the wireless.
Your setup with the WAX206 should be solid and be able to handle quite a few connections. It'd be to just add coverage where the r8000 is.
Or you could upgrade the router.
Not actually sure which route I'd recommend going.
Thanks for your reply.
I rely quite heavily on my network working, and the age of the R8000 is a bit of a worry.
It is by far my oldest device in operation and it is long out of warranty.
I'm looking to replace the R8000 with an equivilent up-to-date model, and keep the R8000 as a backup.
Funnily enough I can still buy an R8000 brand new...
Are you looking for dual or triband?
You can go to netgears router page and filter by specs you want.
That'll narrow it down.
https://www.netgear.com/home/wifi/routers/listing-filter/ax-wifi6-2/
to be equivelent, you're going to need a fairly decent AX router just because the R8000 was/is a solid router.
Or look at the pro-grade equipment.