Some observations so far after two months of testing:
- Netgear WAX620 performed much better than Peplink AP One AX, no client complaints running the netgear for 4-6 weeks, still not best range compared to old cheap Asus though
- Peplink AP One AX has HALF the transmit power on channels 1 & 11. I never realized/knew this. I was doing most testing on 1 & 48 as that is what the Peplink mostly auto-picked. Channel 6 apparently has double the transmit power (in mW) and apparently a 10 dbm improvement. Apparently this is for regulatory purposes and apparently Netgear ignores this?
- The WAX620 and AP One AX have different orientations, they are opposite looking at the plug/logo/LEDs. I still donât understand why the difference and the potential pros/cons. The polarization might be different so I guess there could be a pro or con there depending if you have devices off in one direction that are further away?
- Mobile phones seem to have OK connectivity but I was having issues with laptops. Upon further examination, some laptops worked OK (just OK), some didnât work at all. I see that the ones that seem to work OK (not great, but OK) have the WLAN antenna in the LCD screen area. The ones that donât work at all or have constant connectivity issues have the WLAN antenna in the base of the laptop which a body/hands/etc can also further interfere. Closing the lid can also impact. I also do wonder if the newer WiFi 6 intel wifi do have worse performance (I have one laptop with 211 and one with 201) but havenât had time to do extensive testing or try even older than 201 devices.
- I did some light testing disabling WiFi 6 also known as AX and my first impression was it did not make a difference but I havenât had time to do deeper testing.