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CES 2022: Netgear Launches Nighthawk RAXE300 WiFi 6E Router

Michael Scrip said:
Quick survey... where do people keep their modems, routers, and other equipment like this?

My Spectrum cable goes into my office/den. I've got my modem and Eero on a bookshelf along with my Synology NAS, SmartThings hub, and 5-port switch. No one sees this stuff but me. It's not in the common area of the house.

Do people proudly display any of this equipment? Or is it typically hidden?

If it's the latter... who cares what a router looks like?

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Right next to the TV for max house coverage. None of you people here are PC gamers and it shows lol, this is a modest looking router by todays standards. Ever see those ones with 12 antennas that look like an octopus? Lol
 
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EugW said:
Which ship is that in Star Wars?

I seem to recall Luke as a Jedi taking one of those.

EDIT:

Here we go. Not quite the same as it has that top fin, but nonetheless it definitely reminded me of this:
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it reminds me more of that one:
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steve62388 said:
Ugh. I know, right? I’m disappointed in the trend for the last few years by some manufacturers to make their routers as distinctive and gaudy (and therefore ugly) as possible. It’s frustrating because under the hood some of them are pretty good. Very few people want their router to be pride of place, they want it to blend into their decor. And even those that do want to show it off would be ashamed by some of these design aesthetics. ASUS is definitely guilty of this.
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Going for that ‘gamer’ aesthetic I assume. Guessing with the new high end stuff, gamers are a big part of that market.
 
I have the RAX80 or whatever. It has a history of not working well as a full WiFi6 router. Been using it as an access point only for well over 2 years now. Since using it as a router doesn't work well for more than a few days at best. It has a long tread over on Netgear site for how bad it is. And that netgear doesn't even acknowledge it. Plenty of tech support calls and try this and that. All goes back to bad shortly after working for a bit.

I hope this one works better, I'll not be getting it. Next one will most likely be Linksys. I wish Apple still made the Extreme.
 
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Michael Scrip said:
Quick survey... where do people keep their modems, routers, and other equipment like this?

My Spectrum cable goes into my office/den. I've got my modem and Eero on a bookshelf along with my Synology NAS, SmartThings hub, and 5-port switch. No one sees this stuff but me. It's not in the common area of the house.

Do people proudly display any of this equipment? Or is it typically hidden?

If it's the latter... who cares what a router looks like?

:p
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In my small condo, my AirPort Extreme was out in the living room seen by all. My house, my Nighthawk RAX75 is mounted on a wooden board mounted vertically in my office/spare bedroom 6 feet up on the wall. It all depends where my internet came into my dwelling. I miss my Extreme and the Airport Utility app :( (the Rax75 has been good though, 1.5 years of use. The UI really sucks imo)
 
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Michael Scrip said:
Quick survey... where do people keep their modems, routers, and other equipment like this?

My Spectrum cable goes into my office/den. I've got my modem and Eero on a bookshelf along with my Synology NAS, SmartThings hub, and 5-port switch. No one sees this stuff but me. It's not in the common area of the house.

Do people proudly display any of this equipment? Or is it typically hidden?

If it's the latter... who cares what a router looks like?

:p
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I can’t stand wires, and I do a really thorough job of concealing my entertainment center that hosts my PS5, Xbox-Series X, router/modem, LED strips and any other electronics. I typically store my modem/router in shelve-cutouts, run the wires with braids that combine everything. It looks really cool, where everything looks ‘wireless’, but it took forever to do that.

What really helps to, as technology progresses, electronics have become generally thinner, which is nice with the likes of all in one router/modem’s, and consumes less space.

If you’re going to host a variety of electronic products somewhere like on/in an entertainment center, it’s not necessarily because they’re ‘unsightly’, but take the time to conceal the wires the best you can, which makes a huge difference with appearance.
 
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Spanky Deluxe said:
Jesus Christ, $400 for a sodding router. Their mesh system is more like $1000. It’s amazing how much more expensive router hardware has become over the last decade.
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Seriously, this was my exact thought. They announced a new mesh system too that costs $1500! It’s astonishing to me how routers now cost as much as the many of the computers connecting to them
 
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sahni130 said:
The price doesn’t seem too bad…. Not the best looking but neither am I so…
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Don’t be to hard on yourself. You look like you have a really nice smile in your avatar.😁

Seriously though, the price is nothing. Especially given Netgear is an excellent company and covers up to 2500 ft with 5 Giga-Ethernet ports? Sign me up!
 
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Spanky Deluxe said:
Jesus Christ, $400 for a sodding router. Their mesh system is more like $1000. It’s amazing how much more expensive router hardware has become over the last decade.
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I remember when I bought an AirPort Extreme for a hefty Apple premium of $199 back in 2013. I can only imagine what Apple would charge for a router today if they still made them.

I also wonder exactly how many people are really buying these expensive routers.
 
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After 1 year, still waiting for my Linksys MX5300/AX5300 to support HomeKit.
Linksys promised me in a support chat they would implement this someday. At this point I feel like they downright lied to me.
 
Spanky Deluxe said:
Jesus Christ, $400 for a sodding router. Their mesh system is more like $1000. It’s amazing how much more expensive router hardware has become over the last decade.
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Remember back when Apple still made wifi routers, and people would complain they were way too expensive at $179 or thereabouts? :rolleyes:

We're still happily using a last-generation Airport Extreme in our house. Works beautifully.
 
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R3k said:
Going for that ‘gamer’ aesthetic I assume. Guessing with the new high end stuff, gamers are a big part of that market.
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Yes, I suspected that. Of course taste in design in subjective. But it makes me wonder, do all gamers have the same taste? I wouldn't have thought so.

But it's fair to say this sort of stuff does not win aesthetic design awards. Because it doesn't.
 
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Had the old version of this router and it was garbage. Wifi kept cutting out and it couldn't cover most of the house. Lots of deadzones.

Upgrade to an amplifi HD system and never looked back, who cares if its an older wifi standard, stability >>> speed especially when you're running cameras and are working from home
 
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