New Delhi: WiFi solutions provider Netgear has unveiled a new router in its WiFi 6E line-up -- the Netgear Nighthawk RAXE300 Tri-band WiFi 6E router that provides speeds of up to 7.8Gbps along with fast connectivity on the 6Ghz band, free of interference and congestion. The Nighthawk RAXE300 Tri-band WiFi 6E router will be available in the first quarter of this year from the company's official website and other resellers for $399.99 (roughly Rs 29,824).
In the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the world's growing dependence on WiFi as working, learning and video streaming from home have placed unprecedented demands on home WiFi networks. Devices in these ultra-connected households have been in a constant battle for bandwidth on crowded WiFi networks, thus, stressing the need for the new, clean 6Ghz band.
"Netgear’s WiFi 6E offering helps to resolve these congestion issues by adding the previously unavailable 6GHz WiFi spectrum that can be used as an express lane to connect more devices with faster speeds and reliability," the company said in a statement.
The new Netgear router’s design houses six pre-optimized antennas for unmatched WiFi signal strength, coverage and performance. It also has a 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet port that can be used to provide Gigabit+ Internet connectivity by connecting to an Internet modem or to connect on the LAN to a high bandwidth device such as shared network storage.
Also, there are 5 more Gigabit Ethernet ports for wired connections to other home devices and IoT hubs. The RAXE300 complements the company's current WiFi 6E lineup for sophisticated smart homes that include the RAXE500 and the recently announced Orbi Quad-Band Mesh WiFi 6E System (RBKE963).
“In today's scenario customers are looking to upgrade their home broadband services to speeds greater than 1 Gbps and they don’t want constricted speeds by older WiFi 5 connections to cause hindrance. To overcome these hassles, we at Netgear are offering our customers Nighthawk WiFi 6E routers to deliver Gigabit+ speeds to their WiFi 6 and latest WiFi 6E devices for the best performance possible," said Marthesh Nagendra, Country Manager India, ME & SAARC, Netgear.