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Netgear has a bunch of new product announcements at CES 2021, and the most interesting of the lot is the RAXE500 - their first Wi-Fi 6E router with support for 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands. The key here is the availability of the wide-open 6 GHz band - while the move to 6 GHz doesn't deliver any extra bandwidth, the absence of interference (and additional free channels) in that band results in more stable throughput in practical scenarios. The availability of client chipsets - the AX210 from Intel that is already shipping in some systems, as well as the Broadcom BCM4389 for mobile devices - means that we should see fairly rapid adoption and consumer benefits from Wi-Fi 6E compared to the...
Netgear Updates Orbi Pro Lineup with Wi-Fi 6 AX6000 Tri-Band Model
Mesh networking kits / Wi-Fi systems have emerged as key revenue streams for networking equipment vendors in the consumer space. In mid-2017, Netgear brought over this strategy to the...
19 by Ganesh T S on 9/3/2020Netgear Launches WAX610 AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Access Point for SMBs
Wi-Fi 6 deployment in the consumer market has achieved critical mass, with almost all modern smartphones and notebooks equipped with support for 802.11ax technology. As expected, we are starting...
11 by Ganesh T S on 8/4/2020Netgear Augments Wireless Broadband Gateway Options with Nighthawk M5 5G Wi-Fi 6 Mobile Router
Netgear's mobile broadband product stack has a variety of different product offerings mostly targeting the personal hotspot market. However, with 5G, wireless home broadband has become a credible proposition...
3 by Ganesh T S on 1/6/2020Netgear Expands DOCSIS 3.1 Product Stack with Nighthawk CAX80 Wi-Fi 6 Cable Modem Gateway
Cable service providers in the US market have been aggressively deploying DOCSIS 3.1 over the last couple of years. Netgear has been selling DOCSIS 3.1-compatible modems and gateways into...
1 by Ganesh T S on 1/6/2020Netgear Launches EasyMesh-Compatible Nighthawk Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System
Netgear's Orbi has enjoyed tremendous success in the Wi-Fi system / mesh networking market. Technically speaking, the Orbi kits can't interoperate with mesh nodes from other vendors or even...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/6/2020Netgear Expands 802.11ax Portfolio with Orbi Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System and Nighthawk EAX80 Extender
As part of IFA 2019, Netgear has a number of new announcements across different product lines. The wireless networking products are of particular interest to us. We had attended...
21 by Ganesh T S on 9/6/2019Netgear Launches the Nighthawk RAX40 - An Affordable Intel-based Wi-Fi 6 Router
Netgear has been announcing new members in their Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax router family regularly over the last few months. We discussed the launch of the RAX80 and RAX120 in...
28 by Ganesh T S on 4/9/2019Netgear Preps Next-Gen 4G and 5G Nighthawk Wi-Fi Hotspots
As one of the leading makers of mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, for several years now Netgear has offered a comprehensive lineup of such products. So for this year's Mobile World...
8 by Anton Shilov on 3/6/2019Netgear Expands SMB Networking Lineup at CES 2019
In addition to the consumer product announcements, Netgear is also releasing a number of new products targeting commercial deployments. The company has been heavily pushing cloud-managed devices in this...
29 by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2019Netgear at CES 2019: Multi-Gig Cable Modems and Armor Cybersecurity Service Updates
Netgear has a couple of interesting consumer products-related announcements at CES 2019 - one related to their cable modem lineup, and the other related to the Armor cybersecurity service...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2019Netgear Orbi Whole-Home Wi-Fi System to Adopt Qualcomm's Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax Platform
Netgear's Orbi Wi-Fi system / mesh networking product line has been well-received in the market since its introduction in Q3 2016. Since then, Netgear has been regularly rolling out...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2019AT&T 5G Roll Out: $500 One-Off plus $70/month for 15 GB
So you want to get some of that super fast, super low latency 5G goodness? AT&T has just announced pricing for their upcoming services to several US cities, and...
79 by Ian Cutress on 12/18/20185G Mobile Hotspots: Netgear for AT&T and inseego for Verizon
Most of the 5G deployments to date are using mobile hotspots – devices that convert a 5G signal into another form of data transfer, usually some form of ubiquitous...
8 by Ian Cutress on 12/10/2018Netgear Announces Nighthawk RAX80 and RAX120 802.11ax AX6000 Routers
Netgear has announced imminent availability of their first 802.11ax router - the 8-stream Nighthawk RAX80, along with the technical details, pricing, and other information. In addition, they have also...
24 by Ganesh T S on 11/7/2018In The Lab: The Netgear XS724EM, a 24-port 2.5G/5G/10GBase-T Switch
For a special occasion, and with what looked like a pricing error, I decided to splash out on a 10GBase-T switch for my testing lab. Coming in at almost...
55 by Ian Cutress on 9/28/2018Netgear XR700 Router Brings 802.11ad and 10G to the Nighthawk Pro Gaming Family
At the 2018 CES, Netgear had introduced the Nighthawk XR500 gaming router and the SX10 (GS810EMX) NBASE-T switch as part of the Nighthawk Pro family to server the needs...
26 by Ganesh T S on 8/30/2018Netgear's Orbi Voice Melds Mesh Wi-Fi with Smart Speakers
Netgear has been enjoying market success with their Orbi line of mesh Wi-Fi routers. Today, they are launching the Orbi Voice - a mesh Wi-Fi node compatible with existing...
4 by Ganesh T S on 8/30/2018Netgear Expands Insight-Supported Network Switch Lineup
Netgear has introduced a number of new products in their business network switch lineup over the last couple of months. The most interesting one is the push towards more...
4 by Ganesh T S on 8/1/2018Netgear Launches the Cable Orbi - A Mesh Wi-Fi System with an Integrated Cable Modem
Most home networks fall under one of three categories: ISP-supplied gateway (modem and wireless router combo) with optional wireless extenders Discrete modem and a standalone wireless gateway / router (coupled with...
17 by Ganesh T S on 5/8/2018