NETGEAR Wi-Fi 6 AX5400 Dual-band Multi-Gig PoE Access Point Performance

NETGEAR Wi-Fi 6 AX5400 Dual-band Multi-Gig PoE Access Point (WAX625) Performance vs. Aruba, Meraki and Ubiquiti

Sponsor: NETGEAR, Inc.

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Document Number: 223108

Publication Date: 4/18/2023

Page Count: 6

Abstract

Wi-Fi 6 brings WLAN performance to a new level with aggregate throughput potential measured in Gigabits per second. While price points of early products were focused on Enterprise customers, NETGEAR brings Enterprise-class performance into the small-medium business (SMB) price range.

NETGEAR commissioned Tolly to benchmark the performance of its AX5400 Dual-band Multi-Gig PoE Wi-Fi 6 WAX625 Access Point (AP) and comparable APs from Aruba (HPE), Meraki (Cisco) and Ubiquiti. Competing APs were all dual-band, 2.4GHz/5GHz models. Uplink topologies included 1, 2.5, and 5GbE. Performance tests encompassed low-client density, maximum throughput tests, and high-client density scenarios supporting both latency-sensitive VoIP traffic and video streaming.

The NETGEAR WAX625 Access point delivered the highest throughput in three of the four test scenarios. In the fourth scenario, the NETGEAR AP results were almost identical to the Aruba AP costing nearly 7x that of NETGEAR.