Netgear today announced the launch of the Nighthawk RAXE500 Tri-band Wi-Fi Router, Netgear’s first router to use upgraded Wi-Fi 6E technology. Wi-Fi 6E uses the new 6 GHz band, which is free from interference and congestion and allows speeds of up to 10.8 Gb / s.
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The Wi-Fi 6E spectrum is ideal for households that have a multitude of Wi-Fi connected devices in use, as it allows networks to support more devices.
“The proliferation of Wi-Fi over the decades has emphasized the 2.4 GHz band first and eventually the 5 GHz band with Wi-Fi 4, 5 and 6,” said Phil Solis, research director at IDC. “With regulators around the world opening up the 6 GHz band, Wi-Fi 6E networks will provide enabled devices with breathing room to use large channels, even in densely populated and congested areas with higher average data rates and lower latency.”
The Nighthawk RAXE500 offers up to 200 percent more available spectrum than dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) routers, and since there are few devices on the 6 GHz band, lower latency is possible. There are four 6 GHz streams, four 5 GHz streams and four 2.4 GHz streams to reduce network congestion.
There is a 64-bit 1.8 GHz quad-core processor in the Nighthawk RAXE500, along with a 2.5 G Ethernet port and five additional Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Netgear plans to sell the Nighthawk RAXE500 in the first quarter of 2021, and it will be available for $ 600 on the Netgear website.