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Costco Wholesale offers Costco Members: Netgear Nighthawk 6-Stream AX4300 Gigabit WiFi 6 Router (RAX45-100NAS) for $129.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community members haqueye for finding this deal.

About this deal:
  • Offer ends Monday 11/30/20 (or while supplies last).
Product Highlights:
  • Supports the latest consumer WiFi 6 standard (802.11ax). Older standards 802.11b/a/g/n/ac are also supported.
  • Supports WiFi coverage up to 2,500 Sq. Ft
  • 5 Ethernet network cable ports
Reviews:
  • This product has a 4.2 out of 5 customer rating on Amazon

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Just got this in mailer today.

Features:

Medium to large home WiFi coverage up to 2,500 sq. ft
Connect 20+ Devices to High performance WiFi for Simultaneous HD Video Streaming, Gaming, Internet Surfing and Downloads.
Built with WiFi 6, the next generation of WiFi designed to handle up to 4x more connected devices at once.
Advanced Cyber Security Threat Protection for unlimited devices with NETGEAR Armor (powered by BitDefender)
Requires a modem, compatible with any Internet Provider Including Cable, Satellite, Fiber, DSL and More


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Last Edited by hodaddy November 2, 2020 at 08:20 AM
https://www.netgear.com/home/prod...rax45.aspx

Technical Specifications
WIFI TECHNOLOGY
802.11ax Dual band WiFi (AX4300)

WIFI PERFORMANCE
AX4300 WiFi

WIFI RANGE
Very large homes

BEAMFORMING
Beamforming+ — Boosts speed, reliability and range of WiFi Connections for 2.4 and 5GHz

NUMBER OF ETHERNET PORTS
Five (5) 10/100/1000 Mpbs Gigabit Ethernet ports (1 WAN & 4 LAN)

NUMBER OF USB PORTS
One (1) USB 3.0 port

PROCESSOR
Triple-core 1.5GHz processor

KEY FEATURES
NETGEAR Armor - Advanced cyber threat protection for your home and your connected devices

3.5x Better Performance than an AC ROUTER—6 stream WiFi with up to 4.3Gbps† for fast wireless speeds‡

More WiFi for More Devices-- OFDMA§ allows efficient data transmission at the same time.

Powerful Processor-- 1.5GHz triple-Core processor ensures smooth 4K UHD streaming.


PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions: 11.65 x 8.11 x 2.25in (295.8 x 206 x 57.2mm)

Weight: 1.25 lb (566 g)

PACKAGE CONTENTS
NETGEAR® Nighthawk® AX6/6-stream AX4300 WiFi Router (RAX45)

Ethernet cable

4 external antennas

Quick start guide

Power adapter, localized to country of sale

STANDARDS
2.4GHz AX: 2x2 (Tx/Rx) 256-QAM 20/40MHz, up to 480Mbps

5GHz AX: 4x4 (Tx/Rx) 20/40/80/160MHz, up to 3840Mbps

Five (5) 10/100/1000Mbps—(1 WAN & 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet ports



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There seems to be some confusion and misinformation about WiFi 6 in this thread.

WiFi 6 (802.11ax) operates on both the 2.4GHz & 5GHz channels and is essentially a small upgrade to WiFi 5 (802.11ac). WiFi 6 IS NOT 6GHz, that will be WiFi 6E (although some WiFi 6 routers might be upgradable to WiFi 6e in the future via firmware updates)

Lower frequencies (2.4GHz) provide better wall penetration and range while higher frequencies (5GHz+) provide higher speeds.

For those of you who want to improve your connection quality/range, buy a mesh system. This router will not really improve your connection quality/range (albeit WiFi 6 does increase the 2.4GHz band performance which has good range/wall penetration so you could connect to your 2.4GHz band). There are WiFi 6 mesh systems that take advantage of of the WiFi 6 improvements, or Asus routers w/ AiMesh can double as a mesh network node as well.

WiFi 6 is more geared towards people who have a lot of wirelessly connected devices on their network such as IoT/smart home devices, due to it's improvements like OFDMA and handling a lot of connections efficiently.

tldr:

Buy a WiFi 6 router if you already have a strong connection quality around your home and you want to improve wireless speeds OR if you have a lot of wirelessly connected devices.

Buy a mesh system If you want to improve your connection quality or range around your house.
Wrong.

It is about the band they use (2.4ghz vs 5 ghz). WiFi6 can actually penetrate more than WiFi5 because WiFi6 also supports 2.4ghz. The downside of using 2.4ghz is the oversaturation or dirty air. Also, there are only fewer channels to bond. 5ghz on the other hand is wider. So many available channels to use and to bond. The WiFi6E will make this even better due to more channels being introduced. The downside of 5ghz of course is that it can't penetrate much as the 2.4ghz. However, the penetration and distance difference only matters if you are in an isolated place where 2.4ghz is clean. If you live in a dense area like an apartment, forget about 2.4ghz. You will benefit more on the cleaner Signal to Noise ratio of the 5ghz even through walls.

Also, WiFi6 is better suited for high dense area than WiFi5. I can go on technical on this but in short, WiFi6 is better.

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11-25-2020 at 12:29 PM.
11-25-2020 at 12:29 PM.
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good speeds but does it make sense without at least 2.5G wan?
You use high-throughput WiFi device to benefit LAN, i.e. to transfer files AND in order to support efficient traffic division between multiple, often non-homogenous clients (i.e. if you have "n", "g", "a" and "ac" laptops streaming videos or on Zoom video-calls simultaneously).
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You just don't compare to TP as that company is not trustworthy - read about data-offload by TP devices to foreign IPs at night. Remember, Router CONTROLS your network, every bit flows through it and it has access to everything! Choose from Google, Cisco/linksys, Netgear, Amazon, Asus. That's it.
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I currently have a arris router modem combo. Is this similar or if I get this, should I buy a modem also? Mine is a apartment and signal issues from living room to bedroom. Also I want dual concurrent frequencies. I prefer to have both 2.4 and 5 Ghz.
AX device is not going to help you with coverage (provided ARRIS works correctly). 2.4GHz has 3x coverage radius of 5GHz, and AX relies on combination of channels. To del with coverage - check orientation of device (each has antenna profiles published); if necessary - repeater. Otherwise - look for 2-pice "mesh" system which you would connect to your existing arris and disable arris's routing function (use as modem).
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11-25-2020 at 01:21 PM.

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11-25-2020 at 01:21 PM.
There seems to be some confusion and misinformation about WiFi 6 in this thread.

WiFi 6 (802.11ax) operates on both the 2.4GHz & 5GHz channels and is essentially a small upgrade to WiFi 5 (802.11ac). WiFi 6 IS NOT 6GHz, that will be WiFi 6E (although some WiFi 6 routers might be upgradable to WiFi 6e in the future via firmware updates)

Lower frequencies (2.4GHz) provide better wall penetration and range while higher frequencies (5GHz+) provide higher speeds.

For those of you who want to improve your connection quality/range, buy a mesh system. This router will not really improve your connection quality/range (albeit WiFi 6 does increase the 2.4GHz band performance which has good range/wall penetration so you could connect to your 2.4GHz band). There are WiFi 6 mesh systems that take advantage of of the WiFi 6 improvements, or Asus routers w/ AiMesh can double as a mesh network node as well.

WiFi 6 is more geared towards people who have a lot of wirelessly connected devices on their network such as IoT/smart home devices, due to it's improvements like OFDMA and handling a lot of connections efficiently.

tldr:

Buy a WiFi 6 router if you already have a strong connection quality around your home and you want to improve wireless speeds OR if you have a lot of wirelessly connected devices.

Buy a mesh system If you want to improve your connection quality or range around your house.
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11-26-2020 at 01:56 PM.
11-26-2020 at 01:56 PM.
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You just don't compare to TP as that company is not trustworthy - read about data-offload by TP devices to foreign IPs at night. Remember, Router CONTROLS your network, every bit flows through it and it has access to everything! Choose from Google, Cisco/linksys, Netgear, Amazon, Asus. That's it.

Thanks, good to know!
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11-26-2020 at 01:58 PM.
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To those network expert peeps, is one of this better than a pack of 3 nest routers?
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11-26-2020 at 02:05 PM.
11-26-2020 at 02:05 PM.
is my Nighthawk R8500 outdated? Looking for a top gaming router
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This would have been great! But it does not have parental controlsFrown
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Arrival December 14th. No thanks. Will see about 20 other deals with instant pickup or next day delivery in the meantime. Costco failed on this. Their tplink $99 router deal today only was also December 14th availability. What a joke.
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What would be a good modem to pair this up with?
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Wifi6 penetrates walls even more poorly. Google smallnetbuilder to find devices with good coverage. The netgear x4s (r7800) and ORBI mesh systems both provide excellent coverage and speed.

Wrong.

It is about the band they use (2.4ghz vs 5 ghz). WiFi6 can actually penetrate more than WiFi5 because WiFi6 also supports 2.4ghz. The downside of using 2.4ghz is the oversaturation or dirty air. Also, there are only fewer channels to bond. 5ghz on the other hand is wider. So many available channels to use and to bond. The WiFi6E will make this even better due to more channels being introduced. The downside of 5ghz of course is that it can't penetrate much as the 2.4ghz. However, the penetration and distance difference only matters if you are in an isolated place where 2.4ghz is clean. If you live in a dense area like an apartment, forget about 2.4ghz. You will benefit more on the cleaner Signal to Noise ratio of the 5ghz even through walls.

Also, WiFi6 is better suited for high dense area than WiFi5. I can go on technical on this but in short, WiFi6 is better.
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Quote from oTradeMark :
There seems to be some confusion and misinformation about WiFi 6 in this thread.

WiFi 6 (802.11ax) operates on both the 2.4GHz & 5GHz channels and is essentially a small upgrade to WiFi 5 (802.11ac). WiFi 6 IS NOT 6GHz, that will be WiFi 6E (although some WiFi 6 routers might be upgradable to WiFi 6e in the future via firmware updates)

Lower frequencies (2.4GHz) provide better wall penetration and range while higher frequencies (5GHz+) provide higher speeds.

For those of you who want to improve your connection quality/range, buy a mesh system. This router will not really improve your connection quality/range (albeit WiFi 6 does increase the 2.4GHz band performance which has good range/wall penetration so you could connect to your 2.4GHz band). There are WiFi 6 mesh systems that take advantage of of the WiFi 6 improvements, or Asus routers w/ AiMesh can double as a mesh network node as well.

WiFi 6 is more geared towards people who have a lot of wirelessly connected devices on their network such as IoT/smart home devices, due to it's improvements like OFDMA and handling a lot of connections efficiently.

tldr:

Buy a WiFi 6 router if you already have a strong connection quality around your home and you want to improve wireless speeds OR if you have a lot of wirelessly connected devices.

Buy a mesh system If you want to improve your connection quality or range around your house.

Any suggestions on a MESH system? I have poor signal in my basement and just have the basic router that comes with Xfinity. Looking for something to improve range and connectivity/speed. Range more than anything
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11-26-2020 at 02:38 PM.
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can someone care to answer this? I have a similar Netgear router and modem. Recently I moved to a new place where the speed is upto 600 mbps as per the plan, but with the netgear router modem combo, I get only 40 MBPS. so was looking to get a new one.

Any inputs will be appreciated.
you will need a new modem and router, this is just a router but can easily support those speeds if you get a compatible modem
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can I use this router with Verizon FIOS?
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