The ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 is the only tri-band router tested, but its Wi-Fi design is essentially the same as the RT-AX88U’s. I didn’t have NETGEAR’s tri-band AX12 Nighthawk RAX200 on hand, which has essentially the same design. However, if you use a Wi-Fi 6E card, chances are driver installation is required unless you use Windows 11. The 2.4 GHz uplink plot shows an even greater throughput advantage between AX and AC STA, as well as a better-behaved curve. We also once again see the AX200 outperform the Qualcomm-based Pal24 at attenuations beyond 54 dB. From here on, I’ll be showing only results using the AX200 w/ Windows driver to measure Wi-Fi 6 performance and Qualcomm-based Pal to show what a two-stream N/AC STA can do. Term. This Agreement begins upon Your acceptance of its terms and continues until terminated under Sections 3 or 10.2.

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The 2.4 GHz uplink plot shows the expected higher AX throughput, with both AC and AX STAs showing generally clean plots. I tested the five draft AX routers for this go-around, shown in Table 1, three based on Broadcom’s AX platform, one on Qualcomm’s and one Intel based. Severability. If a court holds a provision of this Agreement unenforceable, the court will modify that part to the minimum extent necessary to make that part enforceable or, if necessary, to sever that part. The rest of the provision remains fully enforceable. Each router was centered on the turntable in an octoBox 38 test chamber, as shown below. This box is part of the TR-398 testbed and will likely be the one used once the next revision of the SNB wireless test process is finalized. Only the left-hand set of antennas was used in these tests.The AX211 and AX411 both are Wi-Fi 6E chips. They respectively require a computer running at least an Intel 10th Gen or 12th Gen. Open Source Licenses. The Materials may include software subject to an open source license, including licenses recognized by the Open Source Initiative ( http://www.opensource.org). Nothing in this Agreement limits any rights under, or grants rights that supersede, the terms of any applicable open source software license. Third-Party Software. Your use of any third-party software is subject to Your compliance with the license You obtain directly from that third-party. A listing of any such third-party software may be in a text file accompanying the Materials. Waiver. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be valid unless in a writing signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party that specifies the waived provision. That signed waiver will not constitute a waiver of any other provision. A party’s failure or delay in enforcing any provision will not operate as a waiver.

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