I'm very much enjoying my WAX620's. I have 2 of them locally managed. I hate the idea of paying for a cloud subscription to manage two AP's in my house.
You have to pay a subscription to use Netgear's cloud management? Damn glad I went with TP-Link then for my centrally-managed (with cloud access) home network setup.
It is off-putting for home users, but it is also only $9.99 per device/per year, and you get a year free when you buy (I think). There is no local cloud key or software to manage, which I think makes it appealing for some users, such as local IT companies managing small businesses
Its a good business model to squeeze a little more blood out of the proverbial pear through subscription services just to manage a device that simply needs a web front end. Good for Netgear to pump people for more moolah when they don't decide to use their brains instead!
These devices are expensive, shame on Netgear for requiring a paid subscription, extracting even more money from customers.
Personally, I like to purchase something and not be beholding to the vendor.. I've selected your product, I bought your product... my financial obligation to you ends there.
cell phone contracts, internet contracts, contracts for warranties, streaming channel subscriptions, <insert other thing that folks lived without decades ago>, etc.. Now subscriptions for administering your owned (not leased) devices? Just make the pain stop. My god. Leaches!!
I will never, ever, absolutely EVER, buy any Netgear product. years back, PC Pro (the magazine) reviewed an expensive home broadband router. They gave it 5 stars etc. It was trash. Many, MANY people called them out of their review as the damn thing simply did not work.
Although it's been years since then... I'll never forget.
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James5mith - Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - link
I'm very much enjoying my WAX620's. I have 2 of them locally managed. I hate the idea of paying for a cloud subscription to manage two AP's in my house.kyuu - Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - link
You have to pay a subscription to use Netgear's cloud management? Damn glad I went with TP-Link then for my centrally-managed (with cloud access) home network setup.MightyGadget - Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - link
It is off-putting for home users, but it is also only $9.99 per device/per year, and you get a year free when you buy (I think). There is no local cloud key or software to manage, which I think makes it appealing for some users, such as local IT companies managing small businessesStevoLincolnite - Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - link
I would rather just use a different company than deal with yet another subscription...damianrobertjones - Monday, March 14, 2022 - link
100%. The more we 'allow' this to happen and pay the price, the more they'll do it.PeachNCream - Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - link
Its a good business model to squeeze a little more blood out of the proverbial pear through subscription services just to manage a device that simply needs a web front end. Good for Netgear to pump people for more moolah when they don't decide to use their brains instead!HardwareDufus - Monday, February 28, 2022 - link
These devices are expensive, shame on Netgear for requiring a paid subscription, extracting even more money from customers.Personally, I like to purchase something and not be beholding to the vendor.. I've selected your product, I bought your product... my financial obligation to you ends there.
cell phone contracts, internet contracts, contracts for warranties, streaming channel subscriptions, <insert other thing that folks lived without decades ago>, etc.. Now subscriptions for administering your owned (not leased) devices? Just make the pain stop. My god. Leaches!!
damianrobertjones - Monday, March 14, 2022 - link
I will never, ever, absolutely EVER, buy any Netgear product. years back, PC Pro (the magazine) reviewed an expensive home broadband router. They gave it 5 stars etc. It was trash. Many, MANY people called them out of their review as the damn thing simply did not work.Although it's been years since then... I'll never forget.
Interu wa shinde iru - Friday, March 18, 2022 - link
Not worth it. Ubiquiti UnifiAP are dirt cheap + cloud management is free. Netgear should just stick to soho/home networking.