wi-fi 6e

Just upgraded from RT-AC86U to GT-BE98 Pro. As was my custom with the old router on the new one I assigned SSID names that include a band designation. On Mac mini M4 Pro, macOS System Settings for Wi-Fi shows connection to one of the two 6GHz bands. The Details button shows this warning...

I have an Acer laptop with an Intel AX201 Wi-Fi 6 card. I recently purchased an Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E card to replace it. My smartphone regularly records Wi-Fi 6E speeds of over 1050Mbps on my home network, and I was maxing out at around 750Mbps on my laptop's Wi-Fi 6 card. I was hoping that...

Qualcomm has announced 4k QAM rates (20% faster than current Wi-Fi 6 / 6e MCS11 rate) a couple of years ago. Does anyone know of any product (router / access point) that supports this? It would probably be something that only works between Qualcomm-Qualcomm devices as 4k QAM rates are not part...

Links: TP-Link Costco This is new at Costco, and only available there now. It is ~$350 for three APs. Sorry I’m not good with hardware specs, but are these worth splurging on? I need reliable Wi-Fi 6 to replace a formerly reliable Orbi system. Thanks in advance.

NETGEAR has announced the Nighthawk RAXE300 Tri-band WiFi 6E Router. It supports 8 WiFi streams (two streams of 6GHz, four streams of 5GHz, and two streams of 2.4GHz) . It also sports a 2.5 GbE multi-Gig port that is switchable between WAN and LAN, plus dual-port Link aggregation. The Nighthawk...

EnGenius Technologies Inc., a worldwide manufacturer of future-proof enterprise networking solutions, today announced the release of the very first Wi-Fi 6E access point designed for the SMB market. Featuring the Qualcomm Networking Pro 1210 platform, the ECW336 Wi-Fi 6E indoor ceiling mount...

Got my bought-on-my-own-nickel AXE11000 fired up and paired with an Intel AX210 on Windows 10, with the borrowed-from-Killer 22.30.0.11 driver. I ran some quick downlink rate_vs_range tests, comparing 5 and 6 GHz using 160 MHz bandwidth. I let the router auto-select channels and it chose 48 for...

https://www.netgear.com/media/RAXE500_tcm148-116580.pdf Due for release in March 2021 @ $599.99

The newly introduced Wi-Fi 6E products include two Wi-Fi systems and two routers, all operating on the 6GHz band, offering increased bandwidth and lower latencies. The first three Wi-Fi 6E products include seamless roaming capability, AI-driven mesh functionality, and all feature TP-Link’s new...

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-launches-its-first-wi-fi-6e-capable-wireless-card Now, all we need are the (RMerlin) supported routers to push these cards to their limits. :)

The Qualcomm Immersive Home Platforms (IHP) consist of four new devices designed to deliver Wi-Fi 6 and 6E Gigabit speeds in the home. Modular and compact in design, the new Immersive Home Platforms combine newer networking packet processing tech, Wi-Fi 6 and 6E, and physical design flexibility...

Qualcomm today announced a portfolio of access point and mobile device solutions for the recently-approved 6 GHz Wi-Fi 6E band. The announcements describe two mobile device and four access point / router solutions providing a range of solutions for 6E smartphones, routers and APs, the first of...

The FCC posted this announcement to Twitter about an hour ago "The FCC has adopted new rules for the 6 GHz band, unleashing 1,200 megahertz to boost #WiFi and other unlicensed uses to usher in faster, more efficient broadband connections for the American people. " Cnet had the first article up...

https://www.sniffwifi.com/2020/04/five-facts-about-6-ghz-wi-fi.html I subscribe to this blog's feed and this popped up today. It contains some good info. Especially interesting are the sections about power limits. And the fun fact that indoor 6E APs (which would include consumer routers) cannot...

Wi-Fi device maker Celeno announced it is adding 6 GHz band support to its Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) CL80xx product line, currently available in 4, 6 and 8 stream configurations. With maximum wireless rates reaching 6 Gbps, the new devices support draft 802.11ax features such as OFDMA, DL MU-MIMO...

Broadcom got ahead of itself and the Wi-Fi industry today with its announcement of eight AP devices that support the draft 802.11ax standard in the 6 GHz band, which has recently been dubbed Wi-Fi 6E by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The FCC has not yet released the the new spectrum for unlicensed use. If...