Wi-Fi 6 is the friendly name of the 802.11ax wireless standard. It’s the 6th generation of Wi-Fi and has a 6E extension.
Wi-Fi 6 doesn’t have to be expensive is the message TP-Link wanted to deliver today. The company introduced two new dual-band AX routers, the Archer AX3000 and Archer AX1500, which has the suggested price of $130 and $70, respectively. Update: The review of the Archer AX3000 is available here. These …
The NETGEAR Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream AX11000 Tri-Band WiFi 6 Router (model RAX200), unveiled back in March, is easily one of the most, if not the most expensive, Wi-Fi router on the market. It’ll set you back at least $100 more than does the RAX120, which already costs an arm and …
For almost a year now, since the Wi-Fi Alliance took the make-life-easier initiative, we’ve been using “Wi-Fi 6” as the new name for the latest 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard. Starting today that title is official. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 is here The Wi-Fi Alliance just announced that it had completed the Wi-Fi …
NETGEAR announced today the availability of two significant products that complete its Wi-Fi 6 portfolio. They are the Orbi Wi-Fi 6 tri-band Mesh System (RBK852) and the Nighthawk AX8 8-Stream WiFi 6 Mesh Extender (EAX80). Update: The Orbi RBK852’s full review is now available here. Orbi Wi-Fi 6: A Mesh …
The new ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 router looks so similar to the GT-AC5300—if you think ASUS has run out of design creativity with this one, that will make two of us! Indeed, this router is a bulky box with eight massive removable antennas sticking out around the sides—it’s either an …
The NETGEAR Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream AX6000 Wi-Fi 6 Router (model RAX120) is my second Wi-Fi 6 router after the ASUS RT-AX88U, yet it feels like the first. That’s because I didn’t have a Wi-Fi 6 client to test the ASUS. I do now, thanks to Intel’s newly released AX200 adapter …
NETGEAR today announced the Nighthawk AX40 4-Stream AX3000 as its budget Wi-Fi 6 router. At the suggested retail price of $199.99, it’s not exactly cheap but indeed, for now, the least expensive among Wi-Fi 6 routers on the market. Update: The full review of the NETGEAR RAX40 is now available …
Here’s some exciting news! Soon you’ll find a lot of laptops that support Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) thanks to Intel’s release of the Wi-Fi 6 AX200 adapter. The new card features mid-range 2×2 Wi-Fi 6 specs and delivers Wi-Fi speeds up to 2.4Gbps. It supports a channel-width of up to 160Mhz …
Dong’s note: The full review of the RAX200 is now available here. NETGEAR announced today its latest Wi-F 6 router—the Nighthawk tri-band AX12 12-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router (model RAX200)—and its price impresses me most. At $599.99 the new router sure affords you a tremendous amount of bragging rights—if you buy …
ARRIS informed me today of its very first Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) broadcaster, and it’s not a standalone router. Instead, it’s a Mesh Wi-Fi system, called SURFboard mAX Pro, or mAX for short. The news is quite exciting because ARRIS is a known maker of cable modems and residential gateways. By …
