Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Look at the data sheet.
It isn't compatible with very much, including many newer Internet services.
According to Netgear's manual for this device, not always the most reliable source of information, the LAN and WAN ports support only 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX. That makes it slower than many newer internet services and most modern network hardware. This may not matter to you, but be warned that it will hobble you if you ever sign up for faster Internet, anything faster than 100 Mbps is a waste of your money.
It also slows down whatever is going on in your local network. Newer devices support at least 1000BASE-TX.
Thanks! Just to clarify--My new laptop has wifi 6 capability. I realize that I cannot get wifi 6 functionality with the R6080 router, but can I still get wifi 5 functionality when using my wifi 6 laptop? In other words, will the router still work? Thank you!
Sorry, I'm not much on internet speeds, etc. So just one more question for my simple mind. Under the scenario I posed, will anything (speeds, connections, etc.) be slower or diminished vs. my previous situation, which was a wifi 5 laptop connecting to this R6080 router? In other words, will the wifi 6 laptop degrade any performance in the wifi 5 R6080? Thanks for any info!
Even if you mean 46.5 Mbps, that is't how most iSPs sell the services. It is likely to be something like 50 to 70 Mbps. Or 200 Mbps. Exact numbers lie those are what you measure. You may see that when you are paying for something much higher.
Which ISP is this? What sort of service? DSL? Cable. Fibre?
What I should have asked was "what speeds are you paying for?"
In other words, what does the ISP say you should receive?
I have Comcast cable internet. The bill says "superfast" internet. There is nothing on the bill about speeds, so I found a recent Comcast press release. It says it is
Blast/Superfast from 600 Mbps to 800 Mbps.
What I gave you before was from an internet speed test. Don't understand the discrepancy. Maybe the router is too slow? Thanks!
That is what I have been saying all along. Your router is seriously slower than your Internet connection. You are wasting money and crippling your network.
Then check back here for reports on the things you are considering, but remember that people turn up in this community with problems, not compliments. So look at reviews on Amazon, for example.
