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Corival
Jan 07, 2019Aspirant
802.11ax support for RBK-53?
I bougt a RBK-53 kit last week to replace my almost 10 year old Linksys network.
I have a 30 day trial period.
at CES the new Orbi system is presented
https://www.cnet.com/au/news/netgear-o...
ekhalil
Jan 07, 2019Master
Corival wrote:
I bougt a RBK-53 kit last week to replace my almost 10 year old Linksys network.
I have a 30 day trial period.
at CES the new Orbi system is presented
https://www.cnet.com/au/news/netgear-orbi-mesh-router-gets-a-next-gen-wifi-6-edition-at-ces-2019/
It is not clear to me if the current hardware is replaced or if we can enjoy all new features and speeds with a firmware update
Found it strange that in your CNET article it says that Wifi 6 will be available in Orbi with a software update which I don't think possible.
I think it will be a totally new hardware using a qualcomm chipset: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13802/netgear-orbi-ax-qualcomm
Jeremyinsf
Jan 08, 2019Apprentice
ekhalil wrote:
Corival wrote:
I bougt a RBK-53 kit last week to replace my almost 10 year old Linksys network.
I have a 30 day trial period.
at CES the new Orbi system is presented
https://www.cnet.com/au/news/netgear-orbi-mesh-router-gets-a-next-gen-wifi-6-edition-at-ces-2019/
It is not clear to me if the current hardware is replaced or if we can enjoy all new features and speeds with a firmware update
Found it strange that in your CNET article it says that Wifi 6 will be available in Orbi with a software update which I don't think possible.
I think it will be a totally new hardware using a qualcomm chipset: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13802/netgear-orbi-ax-qualcomm
I agree, and had already contacted the author of the article - he responded right away. It's been updated and no longer says it's via software update.
No doubt new hardware will be required, second half of this year. I just wish we could have some solid firmware along the way, on existing systems :-$
- Blanca_OJan 10, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi All,
Read our full Press Release:
https://netgear.com/about/press-releases/2019/NETGEAR-ANNOUNCES-ORBI-MESH-WI-FI-SYSTEM.aspx
Learn about AX WiFi (Wi-Fi 6)
https://www.netgear.com/landings/ax-wifi/
Regards,
Blanca
Community Team