Netgear Nighthawk AX8 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Extender Review: Yav Tom Ntej-Proof Extender

2024 Tus sau: Abigail Brown | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2023-12-17 06:49

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Lub Wi-Fi 6-enabled Netgear Nighthawk AX8 undoubtedly coj cov txiaj ntsig muaj zog, tab sis yog tias koj tseem tsis tau muaj siab ntseeg los tuav tus qauv, ces tsis txhob pib nrog tus nqi kim tshaj no.

Netgear Nighthawk EAX80 AX6000 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Extender

Peb tau yuav Netgear Nighthawk AX8 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Extender yog li peb tus kws tshaj lij tuaj yeem kuaj xyuas thiab ntsuas nws. Mus nyeem ntawv rau peb cov khoom tshuaj xyuas tag nrho.

Feem ntau Wi-Fi txuas ntxiv yog cov khoom siv tsim nyog uas yooj yim zoo nkauj, ncaj nraim txoj hauv kev los txhim kho koj lub tsev Wi-Fi tam sim no. Netgear's Nighthawk AX8 (EAX80) Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Extender siv ntau hom kev xav. Qhov ntawd tau tshwm sim hauv tus nqi txhawb nqa, yeej, tab sis kuj muaj peev xwm: qhov no yog thawj Wi-Fi 6 txuas ntxiv ntawm kev ua lag luam.

Wi-Fi 6 yog tus qauv tshiab uas tsis tsuas yog tso cai rau kev nrawm nrawm dua li cov tiam dhau los tab sis kuj zoo dua ntxiv cov khoom siv wireless uas peb muaj nyob ib puag ncig peb lub tsev thiab txuas rau txhua lub sijhawm-los ntawm cov xov tooj mus rau laptops thiab smart home gadgets. Cov xov tooj tshiab tshiab thiab cov khoos phis tawj tab tom siv kev txhawb nqa rau tus qauv, thiab Wi-Fi routers tshiab tau raug tso tawm los muab cov txiaj ntsig zoo.

Yog tias koj tsis tau muaj ib qho ntawm cov tshiab Wi-Fi 6 routers, koj puas yuav tsum siv nyiaj ntxiv rau Netgear Nighthawk AX8 rau yav tom ntej tiv thaiv koj lub teeb? Nov yog qhov kuv xav tias tom qab kuaj lub cuab yeej rau ob peb hnub thoob plaws kev siv lub vev xaib niaj hnub, kev tshaj tawm xov xwm, ua si hauv online, thiab ntau dua.

Design: Zoo nkauj awkward

The Netgear's Nighthawk AX8 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Extender tsis yog tsuas yog qhov loj tshaj plaws thiab hnyav tshaj plaws Wi-Fi txuas ntxiv uas kuv tau sim ntawm 10 ntiv tes siab thiab ze li ob phaus, tab sis nws kuj yog ib qho ntawm qhov tsis pom zoo. Nws muaj ntau lub kaum ntse ntse thiab cov ntsiab lus tapered tshaj qhov kuv xav tias yog qhov tsim nyog, uas ua rau pom tag nrho uas tsis muaj zog tab sis thaum kawg ua tau txawv txawv. Tsis tas li ntawd, cov yas me me tsis ua haujlwm zoo ntawm kev txhawb nqa qhov hnyav, ua rau nws me ntsis wobbly ntawm lub tiaj tiaj.

Nrog rau sab loj heev, pem hauv ntej yog tiag tiag tsuas yog lub vaj huam sib luag me me nrog lub teeb ci LED qhia pom cov ntsiab lus sib txuas thiab cov chaw nres nkoj Ethernet siv. Kuj tseem muaj lub pob WPS me me hauv qab LED vaj huam sib luag kom yooj yim txuas nrog lub router. Nyob rau sab nraum qab vaj huam sib luag yog plaub qhov chaw nres nkoj Ethernet rau ntsaws rau hauv cov khoom siv xws li game consoles thiab computers, nrog rau USB 3.0 chaw nres nkoj, DC fais fab chaw nres nkoj, thiab lub zog khawm nws tus kheej.

Nws muaj ntau lub kaum ntse ntse thiab cov ntsiab lus tapered tshaj qhov kuv xav tias yog qhov tsim nyog, uas ua rau tag nrho cov saib uas muaj zog tab sis thaum kawg ua tau txawv txawv.

txheej txheem teeb tsa: Zam lub app

Cov kev xaiv teeb tsa rau Netgear Nighthawk AX8 yog tib yam li nrog Netgear lwm qhov txuas ntxiv-txawm tias cov tsis muaj Wi-Fi 6 txhawb nqa. Koj yuav pib nrog lub extensioner ntsaws nyob ze koj lub router. Yog tias koj lub router txhawb WPS, tom qab ntawd koj tuaj yeem ua khub txuas ntxiv nrog nws yooj yim los ntawm kev ua raws li cov txheej txheem teev tseg hauv phau ntawv teev npe, uas yooj yim li nias lub pob ntawm lub router thiab tom qab ntawd ua tib yam ntawm qhov txuas ntxiv.

Yog tias qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov kev xaiv, lossis koj xav ua raws cov txheej txheem ib ntus nrog cov lus ceeb toom, tom qab ntawd koj tuaj yeem teeb tsa siv lub xov tooj ntawm tes (iOS lossis Android) app lossis web browser ntawm koj lub khoos phis tawj.

Lub xov tooj ntawm tes tau tsis ntseeg hauv kuv qhov kev paub nrog lwm tus Netgear txuas ntxiv, tab sis nws tau phem dua thaum teeb tsa Netgear Nighthawk AX8. Lub app pheej tsis tuaj yeem txuas nrog cov tsim mesh network ntawm tus txuas ntxiv thaum lub sijhawm teeb tsa, thiab kuv yuav tsum tau rov pib dua lub cuab yeej ntau zaus los pib dua.

Ntau dhau lawm, txheej txheem teeb tsa yuav tsis ua tiav… thiab tom qab ntawd nws tau ua tiav. Kuv tau khiav mus rau qhov teeb meem zoo sib xws nrog rau lwm tus Netgear txuas ntxiv, uas cov txheej txheem teeb tsa tsis ua haujlwm raws li qhov xav tau ntawm thawj zaug lossis zaum ob, tab sis qhov no yog qhov ntev dua thiab nyuaj dua. Thaum kawg, txawm li cas los xij, kuv tau txais Nighthawk AX8 nce thiab khiav. Los ntawm qhov ntawd, koj yuav tsum nrhiav qhov chaw tshiab rau qhov txuas ntxiv-kwv yees ib nrab ntawm lub router thiab koj qhov chaw tuag Wi-Fi yog qhov zoo tagnrho, tab sis ua si nrog qhov chaw yog tias koj tsis tau txais cov txiaj ntsig koj nrhiav.

Kev sib txuas: Kev caij nkoj yooj yim

Ib zaug dhau los ntawm kev teeb tsa tsis yooj yim, Netgear Nighthawk AX8 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Extender tiag tiag tau xa cov kev ua tau zoo. Kuv tau sim qhov kev sib txuas hauv kuv lub chaw ua haujlwm, uas ntseeg tau pom qhov txo qis 5GHz txais tos los ntawm kuv lub router vim muaj kev cuam tshuam ntawm qhov nruab nrab, thiab pom qhov pom tau zoo ntawm kev txais tos thiab ceev.

Hauv ib qho kev sim, kuv tau sau npe 5GHz ceev ntawm 246Mbps nrog tus txuas ntxiv, uas yog qhov ceev tshaj plaws wireless uas kuv tau pom nyob txhua qhov chaw hauv kuv lub tsev siv cov laus dua, TP-Link router. Muab qhov ntawd, kuv tsis tau npaj rau qhov blistering 406Mbps ceev sau npe los ntawm kuv lub laptop thaum ntsaws rau hauv ib qho ntawm Ethernet ports nyob rau sab nraum qab ntawm Netgear Nighthawk AX8. Lub router tsis yog Wi-Fi 6 tau tshaj, tab sis kuv tseem pom qhov siab tshaj plaws-kawg nrawm dua li yav dhau los.

The Netgear Nighthawk AX8 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Extender kuj ua tau zoo zoo nkauj hauv kev sim nyob deb. Hauv lwm qhov piv txwv, kuv tau sau npe 5GHz rub tawm ceev ntawm 87Mbps nrog kuv lub chaw ua haujlwm, thiab tom qab ntawd ntsuas qhov nrawm ntawm kuv lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev ntawm kwv yees li ntawm qhov ncua sij hawm los ntawm qhov txuas ntxiv.

Kuv tsis tau npaj rau qhov blistering 406Mbps ceev sau npe los ntawm kuv lub laptop thaum ntsaws rau hauv ib qho ntawm Ethernet ports nyob rau sab nraum qab ntawm Netgear Nighthawk AX8.

Qhov 5GHz teeb liab tau nqis mus rau 77Mbps ntawm 25 ko taw, 74Mbps ntawm 50 ko taw, thiab 56Mbps ntawm 25 ko taw-tseem zoo nkauj nrawm ntawm ntug qhov deb ntawm kuv lub cuab yeej. Lub caij no, 2.4GHz teeb liab pib ntawm 42Mbps thaum lub sijhawm ntawd hauv kuv lub chaw ua haujlwm, thiab nqis mus rau 30Mbps ntawm 25 taw, 28Mbps ntawm 50 taw, thiab 26Mbps ntawm 75 ko taw.

Tau qhov siab max ceev, nws tsis xav tsis thoob thaum pom kev ua si muaj zog, thiab. Thaum ua si Rocket League, kuv pom kev ua si zoo nyob thoob plaws lub wired Ethernet kev sib txuas nrog rau ob qho tib si wireless tes hauj lwm, nrog ping qis li 33 ntawm kev sib txuas nrog. Lub wireless ping tsuas yog ob peb lub ntsiab lus siab dua.

Raws li Wi-Fi mesh txuas ntxiv, Netgear Nighthawk AX8 yuav cia li rov ua dua SSID ntawm koj lub router cov Wi-nkaus network uas twb muaj lawm thiab ua rau koj txuas nrog txhua lub sijhawm koj nyob hauv ntau yam. Qhov ntawd muaj tseeb txawm tias tsis yog-Netgear routers thiab cov uas tsis muaj Wi-Fi 6 kev txhawb nqa, thiab nws yog qhov txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj qee qhov pheej yig dua txuas ntxiv uas tsis khaws tib lub network cov ntaub ntawv tsis tu ncua hla cov khoom siv.

Nws tau them nqi raws li "8-kwj" ntaus ntawv, yog li nws yuav tsum tuaj yeem tswj hwm ob peb lub sijhawm tshaj tawm xov xwm ib zaug, nrog tus nqi max ceev ntawm 4.8Gbps ntawm 5GHz band thiab 1.2Gbps ntawm 2.4 GHz band. Nws muaj MU-MIMO (ntau tus neeg siv, ntau-hauv ntau-tawm) thiab beamforming peev xwm, cog lus nthuav dav txog li 2,500 square feet thiab txhawb nqa rau 30+ ib txhij li.

Yog tias koj tsis muaj Wi-Fi 6 router, ces koj yuav xav pib qhov ntawd lossis xav txog kev nqis peev hauv Wi-nkaus mesh hloov.

Nqi: Ntau tshaj qhov ntau

The Netgear Nighthawk AX8 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Extender yog teev ntawm $ 250, txawm hais tias nws tau raug muag rau $ 220 ntawm ntau lub khw muag khoom raws li kev sau ntawv no. Qhov ntawd yog qhov tseeb ntawm qhov kawg siab dua rau qhov txuas ntxiv.

Koj puas yuav tsum siv nyiaj ntau npaum li ntawd rau kev txuas ntxiv? Yog tias koj tsis tau muaj Wi-Fi 6 router tshiab, ces tej zaum tsis yog. Tej zaum koj yuav pom qhov siab dua qhov nrawm dua li kuv tau ua, tab sis dua li sim sib tov thiab sib xyaw ua ke qub thiab tshiab thev naus laus zis, koj yuav zoo dua los nqis peev hauv Wi-Fi mesh tshiab uas tuaj yeem npog tag nrho lub tsev. Netgear's Orbi yog qhov nyiam, ib yam li Google zoo li Nest Wi-Fi system.

Netgear Nighthawk AX8 vs. Netgear Nighthawk X6S (EX8000)

Ob leeg ntawm no Netgear Nighthawk Wi-Fi txuas ntxiv yuav teeb tsa koj rov qab $ 200 lossis ntau dua, thiab qhov sib txawv tseem ceeb ntawm lawv - ib sab ntawm kev tsim-yog Wi-Fi 6 kev sib raug zoo ntawm Nighthawk AX8. Nighthawk X6S (saib ntawm Amazon) tsis muaj qhov ntawd, tab sis nws xa tau zoo heev 5GHz ntau yam thiab muaj plaub Gigabit Ethernet chaw nres nkoj rau cov khoom siv txuas. Nighthawk AX8 yog qhov pov thawj ntxiv rau yav tom ntej, tab sis ntawm tus nqi ntau dua uas dhau los ua nyuaj los ua kom pom tseeb qhov siab dua, nws nce.

Tsuas yog rau cov neeg siv khoom thaum ntxov nrog Wi-Fi 6 routers thiab cov khoom siv

Yog tias koj twb yuav Wi-Fi 6 router thiab xav tau kev pab me ntsis txuas koj lub teeb liab mus rau lwm qhov chaw ntawm koj lub tsev thiab / lossis cov khoom, ces Nighthawk AX 8 (EAX 80) yog qhov txuas ntxiv rau koj. yuav xav. Tab sis yog tias koj tsis muaj Wi-Fi 6 router, ces koj yuav xav pib qhov ntawd lossis xav txog kev nqis peev hauv Wi-Fi mesh system hloov. Kev siv nyiaj ntau dua $ 200 ntawm tus neeg txuas ntxiv tsis ua rau muaj txiaj ntsig tshwj tsis yog tias koj tau ntxiv nws mus rau qhov txheej txheem saum toj kawg nkaus-thiab tsis txhob mloog qhov kev nqis peev tseem ceeb.