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Synology RT6600AX Tri-band Wi-Fi 6 Router

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In other words, if you choose to use the 2.5Gbps port as your WAN, applicable for those with Gigabit or faster broadband, you'll have no use for the original WAN port -- unless you have a real Dual-WAN setup which is rare for most homes.

Will the RT6600 improve my 5Ghz signal strength to the Nest Cams, or should I consider switching all of the Nest Cams to the 2.5Ghz frequency? As I briefly mentioned above, the RT6600ax introduces some new capabilities with its hardware, most notably access to the 5.9GHz band. In theory, this opens up the possibilities for the 5GHz band to offer Gig+ performance, something that has typically been reserved for more expensive 6e routers. Many current-generation devices would need firmware updates to supportWhen measuring against my ASUS RT-AX88U with the router and myself in the exact same spots, the ASUS produces 537 Mbps with speedtest and the SYNOLOGY a MEASLY 60 mpbs!!! I am very excited about this announcement since running an RT2600ac since they hit the market (and you recommended it) five years ago. It’ll be running the same firmware but a newer version. But generally, we won’t have everything. Reply How can I get this to work well? I don’t want to manage 2 SSID’s in the house any more, yet I want everything to work as efficiently as possible.

Settings in the DS router app will allow for configuration with nearly the same amount of freedom as the Web GUI. Test System and Results Next, I have a Synology RT2600ac along with a MR2200ac connected as a (wired) mesh and they work great. In fact, its 5GHz-1 (upper channels) was one of the fastest Wi-Fi 6 routers to date. Again, note that I tested this band using regular channels. However, per the standard, its 5.9GHz bands will deliver similar sustained throughputs -- it's just more reliable.Sadly, I had to return the RT6600ax only because it wouldn’t talk directly with Frontier’s ONT for whatever reason that Synology couldn’t figure out in 20 days, and it wasn’t worth keeping it if I had to have another router in between the ONT and 6600. Fast-forward to now, the new router does come with an exciting novelty. It's the first that supports the last 5.9GHz portion of the 5GHz spectrum -- more below. (The Asus GT-AX11000 Pro will soon follow suit.) Yeah I’m somewhat disappointed as well. I had an ASUS GT-AX11000. I mostly wanted more flexibity with VLANS/seperate networks But WiFi is sort of meh on The RT6600AX, Mostly in the range department. It covers my 1300sqft home nicely, BUT outside my house not so much while the AX11000 5GHz worked wonderfully outside. Based on this, I have asked about more details regarding a feature in THIS review. Since what you are stating is pretty much the same marketing info you get from Synology itself. The main impetus for this is that I prefer to use a RADIUS server to authenticate the actual computers connecting to the network. Reply

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