Prime Day 2020 networking deals: Eero 6, Netgear, D-Link, TP-Link routers and more - CNET

That includes deals on brand-new routers that support the newest, fastest Wi-Fi 6 speeds, gaming routers designed to reduce your lag and mesh routers that promise to fill your home with a fast, reliable connection in every room.

The marquee offers are for each of Amazon's new mesh router systems, the Eero 6 and Eero Pro 6.

First, while this deal nets you the new, Wi-Fi 6 version of Eero's mesh router, it doesn't get you the newest Echo Dot with its new spherical design.

That router can hit faster top speeds than the regular Eero 6 listed above, and the triband design features an additional 5GHz band that you can dedicate to system transmissions between the router and extenders.

Want a three-piece mesh router, but don't feel like spending hundreds for a fancy, triband Wi-Fi 6 system.

Like I said, there's no support for Wi-Fi 6 (and no free Philips Hue bulbs or Echo speakers), but it's still a perfectly capable system for people with ISP speeds of less than 500Mbps.

With support for 160MHz channels and top speeds of up to 2,400Mbps on the 5GHz band, it'll make easy work of incoming connections, and help your laptop stay up to speed with the newest and fastest routers on the market. .

The Archer A7, which raises the top speed on the 5GHz band to 1.3Gbps and also adds in support for Alexa voice controls, is on sale today for $52.

The AX6000 version of Netgear's popular Orbi mesh router boasts a triband design with two 5GHz bands, as well as full support for Wi-Fi 6.

If you want to upgrade to a triband router with a 2.4GHz band, a 5GHz band, and another 5GHz band, then this Prime Day offer for the Netgear Nighthawk X6S might be right up your alley.

It doesn't support Wi-Fi 6, but it's about as powerful as Wi-Fi 5 routers get, and capable of hitting gigabit speeds on both 5GHz bands.

It doesn't support the latest Wi-Fi 6 speeds, but still, Asus has a very strong record in our gaming router tests -- and this model, the GT-AC5300, is a behemoth among the Wi-Fi 5 crop, at least as far as specs are concerned.

With eight antennas in an eye-catching array, it's about as show-offy as routers get, and the triband design lets you dedicate an entire 5GHz band to your priority gaming traffic while leaving the second 5GHz band free for your standard network traffic.

At a Prime Day price of $245, it's available for more than $100 less than the usual list price, but here's the thing: The last time I tested out a big batch of gaming routers, I included the Wi-Fi 6 version of this router in the mix -- and it didn't win.

The top spot went to the less expensive, dual-band Asus RT-AC86U instead -- and Asus just released a follow-up to that router with support for Wi-Fi 6.

It's not a Prime Day deal per se, but Google recently gave its original mesh Wi-Fi system a price cut, bringing the cost of a three-piece Google Wifi setup down to $200.