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Can I use a WiFi 6 Adapter and get WiFi 6 with my Modem/Router?
I would like to install a WiFi 6 Adapter in my computer but I fear that it will be a waste of money - because I don't think my Netgear Modem/Router will support it. I went to their Site to see if there might be an Update thhat wouuld give me 800.11 ax.....and found noo help or answers. I HATE to think about having to purchase another Modem/Router....can someone here please educate me concerning this and tell me if there might be someway to do this w/o having to replace my present Modem/Router etc.?? THANKS!
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What actual modem/router do you have?
Wireless AX is a hardware change so if you only have an AC router, its not something that firmware will change.
And what adapter were you thinking off adding?
An intel AX210/AX200 isn't much more expensive than an AC adapter right now.
orbeavhawk wrote:
I would like to install a WiFi 6 Adapter in my computer but I fear that it will be a waste of money - because I don't think my Netgear Modem/Router will support it.
If you plan t replace the anonymous Netgear Modem/Router and ditch its wifi, you can put whatever router you want to use as a wifi source you like behind it.
The trick to getting that setup to work without problems, and using all of the features of your chosen router, is to work out how to put your existing Modem/Router into bridge (modem only) mode.
This is straightforward with DSL modem/routers.
Many cable modem/routers also support it. Dig out the manual for your device and look for a section with something like Cable Your Modem Router to a Router and Use Bridge Mode.
Is the Model: A7000|Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi USB Adapter - USB 3.0 listed in your footer involved in this in anyway? Or did you just click the first thing that popped up when you wrote your message?
If you have a modem/router with AC1900 wifi, then you should be on safe ground. Most modem/routers that support there will happily support bridge mode.
THANKS so MUCH for taking the time to answer and suggest possibly the perfect solution too my dilemna. I'm a low income Senor citizen
so IF I could pull this off and keep the modem/router, which is the: Model: A7000|Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi USB Adapter - USB 3.0, this would be ideal. I don't think I have the Manual, if I ever did, will look....hopefully I can download it from their site. I am definitely lookinng into this GREAT Option, now that you have come to my "RESCUE" with this previously unknow information! GOD Bless YOU! Mixchael
orbeavhawk wrote:
THANKS so MUCH for taking the time to answer and suggest possibly the perfect solution too my dilemna. I'm a low income Senor citizen
First ask yourself what the problem is? Then ask will a new router fix it?
What Internet speed to do you pay? Why do you want faster wifi?
orbeavhawk wrote:
IF I could pull this off and keep the modem/router, which is the: Model: A7000|Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi USB Adapter - USB 3.0, this would be ideal.
That is not a modem/router. It is one of those USB things that people use to connect a PC to the wifi.
To see what the model number of the modem is, look at the label on it. Something like this:
