Transmit power adjustment

[bcssspray]

Is the antenna power adjustable on either the Orbi RBK852 or the Nighthawk RAX series? Thank you.

[CrimpOn]

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@bcssspray wrote:

Is the antenna power adjustable on either the Orbi RBK852 or the Nighthawk RAX series? Thank you.

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Like the RBR50, he User Manual for the RBK852 does not mention "Transmit Power".  On the RBR50 this setting is on the "Advanced Wireless" menu that is not described in the User Manual.  There is a community forum specifically for the AX product line.  If the question is posted in that forum, someone who has this model could probably answer quickly.

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-AX/bd-p/en-home-orbi-ax 

There is a similar community for for the NIghthawk AX series:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Routers-with-WiFi-6-AX/bd-p/en-home-routers-nighthawk-wif... 

Good Luck

[FURRYe38]

Yes on both. 

[CrimpOn]

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@FURRYe38 wrote:

Yes on both. 

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Thanks for for the information.  Strange that Netgear does not include the "Advanced Wireless" menu in the User Manual.

Also, it is important to realize that (a) transmit power applies only to the "user facing" WiFi radios, and not to the "backhaul" channel.  Users who connect satellites with ethernet are often interested in reducing the backhaul WiFi signal (or removing it entirely) and are disappointed that transmit power has nothing to do with backhaul. and (b) reducing transmit power applies to ALL radios.  i.e. reducing 2.4G signal to 50% reduces the router and every satellite user facing 2.4G radio to 50%.

[FURRYe38]

Ya, possible that feature wasn't in when Orbi first intro'd and the user manuals are still based on first intro and should be updated.