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Simbe's avatar
Simbe
Aspirant
Dec 04, 2021

Worth upgrading R8500 to RAX50?

So I've had R8500 for several years now. It's been working fine until recenty with some weird DNS errors with the latest firmwares. I've rolled back to 1.0.2.136. This version works OK but according to the changelogs from newer versions, has alot of security vulnerabilities.

 

I spotted RAX50 for a great price (119 USD) and was wondering that should I upgrade? R8500 is still rather beefy router so does upgrading even makes sence? RAX50 is only dual-channel (AX6) where my old R8500 is tri-channel (AX8). I do not have any 802.11ax (Wifi 6) devices.

3 Replies

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 04, 2021

    If you don't have any AX devices, I"d hold off. the R8500 is a pretty solid router. 

    When you were on the latest firmware, did you have IPv6 enabled? 

    • Simbe's avatar
      Simbe
      Aspirant
      Dec 04, 2021

      Yep, I have IPv6 enabled as my ISP is providing that.

  • weblee's avatar
    weblee
    Guide
    Dec 04, 2021

    I am in the same boat with my existing configuration being 2 firmware revisions behind due to problematic "security" fixes in the newer versions and also looked at newer routers.  I do not have anything AX compatible and I found the AX router I tried did not provide the same thruput for my AC devices so I took it back.

     

    I do not plan to get an AX router until I have AX based devices in use based on my experience.