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Nighthawk AX8 WiFi 6 Cable Modem Router Is Now Available!
NETGEAR is excited to announce that the Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Cable Modem Router (CAX80) is now available! An Innovation Award Honoree at CES 2020, the Nighthawk CAX80 is the first of its...
Considering purchsing this product to work with xfinity. Where you able to get it to work with xfinity? What was/is the issue? Concerned as Netgear states it is compatible with xfinity.
Thanks!
it is compatible with Xfinity just had minor bugs that are being worked out as we speak
- I would like to buy it imminently. Can you please let me know what the minor bugs.
Thanks.Hi, I'v had this unit CAX 80 about a month. When it works it is as fast as I wanted it to be. Range for wifi is very good. But, the first 10 days it dropped the wifi several times a day. Wifi not hard wirded ethernet connections. After going through 3-5 tech reps I got one who suggested a factory reset (3 times we did that) then changed the channels for each frequency. I downloaded an app for my smart phone to find out the neighborhood channel selection & then selected a channel not being used. The dropping of the wifi has decreased to about once a week, better but why???
Working with routerlogin.com/192.168.1.1 to change the channel is a real pain as you have to change your password to get to that location to then change the channel. All of this was a real learning experience but not the "out of the box" quality I thought I was getting from Netgear, especially considering the price $430. If you can get past these types of problems I think you will be pleased with this unit.
One thing you may not see and seems not practicle and nature of the 5Ghz freqency. You may not see 4800Mbps as mentioned in the specs for a connection rate. Seems that this needs to be in a quite noise free as possible environment and distance seems to be at a close range as well. DFS channels seem to be needed which the CAX supports. I tried many configuration with a ASUS AX supporting wireless bridge to connect at 4800Mpbs and at most I ever saw was 3600Mpbs. NG has been made aware of this. Lots of factors in achieving 4800Mpbs I guess. So for everyday use, I would not expect to see 4800Mpbs. I think wifi conditions and correct configurations are needed to fully achieve this.
Otherwise, I had two EX7700s connected to my CAX80 and saw no big problems. Worked well for my needs. I presume EAX80 extenders would be best if you wanted to fully support AX mode thru out the home if extenders are needed.
rakng2 wrote:
I would like to buy it imminently. Can you please let me know what the minor bugs.
Thanks.
