Went to my local Officeworks store and found this router on clearance:
MODEL: RAX50-100APS
Seems like a good deal if you can find one in these very limited number of stores. Selling for $400+ at other retailers.
NetGear Nighthawk RAX50 AX5400 6-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router $99 in Limited Stores Only @ Officeworks
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Should have just said ‘Earth’ to be more specific
from briefly looking it up, still isnt worth this pricing it appears. Many people have issues with the wifi dropping etc
Netgear have never made a product that isn't trash.
I had a nighthawk rt-ac3100 that served well in my home with 40 odd wifi devices connected, flashed with merlin software. Nothing bad to say about that model. I have since moved on to Tp-Link AX50 mesh.
I've used the Nighthawk R7000 since 2014, absolutely solid router. Only just went EOL for updates at the start of this year.
Had a different Nighthawk model (3-4 years ago) and the WiFi was dropping out randomly every day or two. The only way to "fix" it was to do a power cycle. I was on Netgear support forums back then and lots of people had the same issue with various Nighthawk models. I would steer clear of this one.
Oh boy, it's another one of those designs with a bunch of wires taped down on the backside of the board.
$103.09 with current 20% off coupon too!
Does this router also have a 2.5Ghz option? The product desc doesn't meniotn this - so I am assuming it doesn't. IIRC a lot of my smart devices/powerpoints/etc require a 2.5Ghz option.
A general question as well - Do all wifi7 routers come wuth a 2.5 G option?It states it does 2.4 (which is what I think you're looking for? 2.5 isn't a standard but is covered by 2.4)
"Enjoy seamless two-frequency blending, delivering up to 688Mbps at 2.4GHz .."
Thanks for that - I musta been blind.
I had a $30 clearance netgear ac1200 that worked okay back then. was my first byo nbn router.
Are any good? Now that we have Wifi6e and Wifi7 seems like everyone is clearing out their stock.
Use Netgear r8500 since 2019 without any problems.
This or just wait to a buy a wifi 7 router? How big of a difference is it anyway?
huge difference, it's like 5x faster
For most people the bottleneck is their internet plan, so pointless in most cases.
Probably end of support in a couple years, it is what it is.
Netgear gives me constant drop-outs, sometimes disconnecting me off the 5ghz network entirely for whatever reason. I wouldn't buy recommend them.
Has been happenning to me last few months, i cant even stay on 5G cause it pisses me of too much. Good to know its the router time to change it
dats cheap
Although i'm sticking with my Asus mesh network for now. That shit is reliable af.
Pretty good price. Seeing the issues people have on here, I'll just stick to my Asus AX55 bridged networks from last deal
Please include the store location