Netgear Orbi AX4200 Mesh WiFi 6 System - RBK752 (2-pack) with RBR750 and RBS750 at CentreCom for $679.00. 2% surcharge applies for AmEx payment.
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I have the AX6000. Just my 2 cents…
1) The firmware auto updates there is no option to turn it off. The later firmware is problematic and sometimes you lose connection for no reason. There are various posts online on how people has the system for a year and it worked beautifully only for the later updates to cause instability. Newer people just returned it as soon as they could. You can get around this by looking in forums on how to downgrade to stable versions and disable auto update. But technically this might void the warranty and is a turn off for most people.
2) I was trying to use it as a access point as I had a reliable wifi router so I'd have legacy devices connect to the old router. In Access point mode connected with an ethernet cable the satellites would have issues and not update the SSID to match. Ended up using it as the main router to resolve this.
3) when using it as a main router and a switch in between the access points, the access points would still not update properly. eg. Main SSID called "Main", satellites would be called Main and Orbi…. so 2 separate names. Apparently the update signal between the router and satellite doesn't go through certain switches well. You need to directly connect the Satellite to the Router. I was using ethernet backhaul because I could. I think it worked fine if I connected via WiFi between them but I had the ethernet points so I used it.
4) The mesh SSID combines 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz with the same name. So if you have an old device it may get confused and not connect properly. No option to split the name unless you fiddle with the code.
5) I didn't use support as I was able to troubleshoot it myself but apparently you only have between 30-90 days to log a call and get your issue resolved. Otherwise you have to pay for support.
6) Apparently it came with parental controls that you had to pay for in earlier firmware and newer firmware removed that service.
Took me 1 week or troubleshooting, resetting and downgrading to finally get the system working flawlessly.
Why do I have this system and didn't return it you ask? Only cause I got it working well they way I wanted except for using it as an access point connected to the main router. The good thing about the system is that it is way faster than AND had better signal coverage any Wi-Fi 6 Mesh system out there at the time when I got it. I looked at Eero, Google Nest, TP Link, ZenWifi, Amplifi Alien. I knew they were coming out with a newer Netgear AC 6E in a month but I couldn't wait and needed a solution immediately. Plus the newer one would be crazy expensive. I didn't pay for this solution, somone else did.
It's faster than all of them and had better signal coverage.
It doesn't go down if Google does down.
It has a dedicated channel for back channel traffic when talking so it doesn't use the channel your devices use.
I'm glad I got it working and it's been working well after my tinkering. But it's not a good look for Netgear that they have crappy software.
Would I recommend someone get the Ax6000? No.
I think the AX4200 is similar to the Ax6000 just less antenna and slower speed and probably the similar firmware. Again, just my 2 cents.
That's very helpful as i think i need an upgrade soon. My current router is more than 5 years old now and I'm starting to experience dropouts probably due to having too many new wifi devices.
Re the combining of the frequencies, would this trick work? https://www.tech21century.com/separate-ssid-for-2-4-and-5-gh…, or is there another top mesh system you recommend that can split them straight from the settings? Thanks.
I did see those articles online about splitting them including the one you posted. But when I tried, it didn't work. I suspect it was because when it was written it was for a specific firmware so the variables I changed didn't change my SSID. So I would have to find more than one article and try. I only had 1 device not work out of probably 20 working so it wasnt worth it to fix it.
Honestly probably all the mesh's out there are good. But it would depend on you use case/budget.
I looked at it ages ago and each system had their pro and cons when compared with each other. I can't remember which was which but basically.
1 system e.g. reasonable price but Google was not Wi-Fi 6 and it just so happened that Google went down a few months prior so that's how I knew it needed a connection to Google to work. Plus I used one at a mate's house and the speed wasn't impressive.
1 system had no wired back plane
1 system didn't have dedicated backplane channel
1 system had bad signal
1 system the Amplify Alien was almost just as good as the AX6000 but for the money you got 2 devices but for the AX6000 you got 3.
I don't remember anything else cause it was so long ago. But I'd say most of them allow you to have different SSID. It was probably only Netgear that didn't let you have it.
Thanks for that. I won't need a wired backhaul for the satellites.
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Just confirming, do these have Ethernet back haul from an "island" extender? Thanks very much