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  1. rmiller1959

    Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E card disappoints with slower than expected speeds (Solved)

    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...
  2. C

    Qualcomm WiFi 6E Access Point with 4k QAM

    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...
  3. Z

    TP-Link AXE5300

    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.
  4. thiggins

    NETGEAR Adds $400 6E Router

    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...
  5. thiggins

    EnGenius launches 6E Access Point

    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...
  6. thiggins

    ASUS GT-AXE11000 5 vs. 6 GHz ... a preview

    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...
  7. psychopomp1

    News CES 2021: NETGEAR Introduces Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band Router

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

    News CES 2021: TP-Link Announces New Wi-Fi 6E Home Networking Products

    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...
  9. L&LD

    News They are coming; Intel Wi-Fi 6E adaptors launched Intel AX210

    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. :)
  10. Julio Urquidi

    News Qualcomm Unveils New Modular Wi-Fi 6E Device Family

    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...
  11. S

    Qualcomm Rolls Out Wi-Fi 6E Lineup

    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...
  12. thiggins

    News Game On for Wi-Fi 6E

    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...
  13. thiggins

    Good blog post about Wi-Fi 6E

    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...
  14. Julio Urquidi

    News CES 2020: Celeno CL8000 Series Gets Wi-Fi 6E Support

    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...
  15. Julio Urquidi

    News CES 2020: Broadcom Releases Wi-Fi 6E Access Point Solutions Samples To Customers

    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...
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