Comments on: Netgear A8000 Review: A Simple and Effective USB Wi-Fi 6/6E Upgrade https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/ And THAT's Good for YOU! Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/#comment-67060 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:02:09 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=72645#comment-67060 In reply to eurotechie.

FYI
I am using the A8000 and it definitely supports 160mhz. That being said the maximum speed is at 1200mbps.
Using this adapter on 160mhz channels it smokes any wifi adapter I’ve ever used including the Intel AX211 in the dell XPS 9520 laptop I use daily. It’s day and night; especially at longer distances.

Works best connected to my Unifi U6+. Actually, performs well no matter where I use it but the Unifi works best when configured correctly. It’s great on the Netgear RAX70 Tri Band router when the router decides to behave and actually uses the channel you have selected, I’ll never understand why the Unifi will use and lock to any dfs channel and the netgear will not 90 percent of the time.

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By: eurotechie https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/#comment-65860 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:18:57 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=72645#comment-65860 In reply to Dong Ngo.

Understood, thanks. That makes sense about Wifi 7. In fact I noticed (after my reply yesterday) that TP-Link announced a Wifi 7 adapter. Maybe I will hold off till the Wifi 7 ones start shipping (may just return my A8000 – I did not open it yet).

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By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/#comment-65838 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:41:49 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=72645#comment-65838 In reply to eurotechie.

Unlikely. We have Wi-Fi 7 now. But it’s similar to this Netgear A8000.

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By: eurotechie https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/#comment-65837 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:28:39 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=72645#comment-65837 Hi Dong. Great review, thanks! I own the Netgear A7000 and just ordered the A8000.

I see the TP-Link AXE5400 Wifi 6E adapter with 160MHz channel support has been released. The model # is TXE70UH. There are no user reviews yet at Amazon for it (when I filter the reviews).
Any plans to review it?

Thanks and keep up the great work!

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By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/#comment-59081 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:14:42 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=72645#comment-59081 In reply to Bill Koerner.

I’ll see if I can make a hack for it. It might not be possible. We’ll see.

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By: Bill Koerner https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/#comment-59080 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:12:52 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=72645#comment-59080 In reply to Dong Ngo.

Yeah, but I have Intel Dongles that I was able to get working on Windows 10 using your hack, was hoping there was something similar for the Netgear/Mediatek combination.

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By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/#comment-59079 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:10:50 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=72645#comment-59079 In reply to Bill Koerner.

Yeap, generally, Microsoft only supports 6E in Windows 11, Bill.

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By: Bill Koerner https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/#comment-59078 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:07:29 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=72645#comment-59078 In reply to Dong Ngo.

I have a personal desktop that I upgraded to Windows 11, and the 6E band works with it, but no luck on getting to work on Windows 10.

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By: Dong Ngo https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/#comment-59055 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 05:00:35 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=72645#comment-59055 In reply to Bill Koerner.

I’ll look into this, Bill.

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By: Bill Koerner https://dongknows.com/netgear-a8000-ax3000-usb-wi-fi-6e-adapter-review/#comment-59053 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 22:47:33 +0000 https://dongknows.com/?p=72645#comment-59053 Okay, I was excited when I saw the ad for the USB adapter, and because it was Netgear, I decided to purchase it, as I need a test device to connect with my Nighthawk AXE500 AP/Router. Unfortunately, I discovered that, apparently, I can’t do the update driver trick to get this to work on Windows 10. Any hacks to make that happen, or because it is not an Intel Chip, that wont work? Do I need to buy a Windows 11 Laptop to make this work?

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