Netgear today announced the launch of the Nighthawk RAXE500 Tri-band Wi-Fi router, which is the first Netgear router to use the updated 6E Wi-Fi technology. Wi-Fi 6E takes advantage of 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 homes that have a wide variety of Wi-Fi connected devices in use, as it allows networks to support more devices.
“The proliferation of Wi-Fi in the past few decades first emphasized the 2.4 GHz band and then the 5 GHz band with Wi-Fi 4, 5 and 6,” said Phil Solis, research director at IDC. “As regulators around the world open up the 6 GHz band, Wi-Fi 6E networks will provide enabled devices with breathing space, even in dense and congested areas with higher average data rates and lower latency. “
The Nighthawk RAXE500 offers up to 200 percent more spectrum available than dual band routers (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) and, as there are few devices in the 6 GHz band, it allows for lower latency. There are four 6 GHz streams, four 5 GHz streams and four 2.4 GHz streams to reduce network congestion.
There is a 1.8 GHz 64-bit quad-core processor in the Nighthawk RAXE500 along with a 2.5 G Ethernet port and five additional Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Netgear plans to start selling the Nighthawk RAXE500 in the first quarter of 2021, and it will be available on the Netgear website for $ 600.