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Review on πŸ”’ NETGEAR WAX214 Wireless Access Point - AX1800 WiFi 6 Speed, PoE Port, 128 Device Capacity, WPA3 Security, MU-MIMO, 802.11ax by Crystal Bryant

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great quality and performance at a great price

I didn't know what to expect from this update but I was hoping given my two Netgear switches (GS110EMX and XS724EM) that it would be just as good. I was not disappointed.1. It came with firmware 1.0.1 which I quickly updated to 1.0.3.3 after reading the reviews2. Installation was as easy as can be.3. Some people complained that they had to commit each change after making it. For me it's just good design. This saves us from accidentally doing something lame. 5. Using Apple devices (2017 iPhone XR and iPad Pro) on an 802.11ac network (867 Mbps connection)6. LOS and close (less than 15 feet) returned 550-607Mbps using Ookla7's 5GHz speed test. At a distance of 25 feet, through 2 inner walls and 1 outer wall, there was 216 Mbps on 5 GHz8. Functional/Real World Usage Test - VOIP outside the home started at about 40-45 feet with data noise (retransmission). If I upgrade my devices to 802.11ax, I (this WiFi) will be up and running. built-in iperf3 client for NUC8 10GbE Connected to host 192.168.0.13, port 5201[ 5] Local port 192.168.0.5 49260 Connected to port 192.168.0.13 5201[ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd[5] 0.00-1.00 s 281 , 3 MB Gbps 245513 KB[5] 1.00-2.00 s 282 MB 2.37 Gbps 242533 KB[5] 2.00-3.00 s 282 MB 2.37 Gbps 243519 KB[ 5] 3.00-4.00 s 283, s 35520 KB-5.280 4.0 s Gbps 0 520 KB[5] 5.00-6.00 s 283 MB 2.37 Gbps 0 520 KB[ 5] 6.00-7.00s 283MB/s 2.37 520KB[5] 7.00-8.00s 282MB 2, 37Gbps 0 520KB[5] 8.00-9, 00s 283MB 2.38Gb/s 0 520KB[5] 9.00-10.00s 283MB/s 2.30Gb/s 0.37Gb2[5] 10.00-11.00s 282 MB 2.37Gbps 0 520KB[5] 11.00-12.00s 283MB 2.38Gbps 0 526KB[5] 12 0.00-13.00s 282MB 2.37Gb /s 0-0.0 0.13KB[5] s 283MB 2.38Gbps 0 546KB[5] 14.00-15.00 s 281MB 2.36Gbps 0 565KB[5 ] 15:00-16:00 s 283MB 2.37Gb/s 0 565KB s[5] 16:00 s 16.00MB 2.37GB t/s 0565KB[5] 17.00-18.00 s 283MB 2.37Gbps 0565KB[5] 18.00-19.00s 283MB 2.38Gbps 0828KB [ 7 2MB/s 5] 18.00 - 20s Gbps 0 828 KBytes- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [ ID] Bandwidth Interval Transmissibility Retr[ 5] 0.00-20.00 sec. 5.52GB 2.37Gb/s 765 transmitter[ 5] 0.00-20.00s 5.52GB 2.37Gb/s receiver

Pros
  • Great product
Cons
  • Not bad