Xiaomi recently formalized its first 6E Wi-Fi router. the Mi Router AX6000 is priced at CNY 599 (around $ 91) and is currently available for booking in China and will make its first sale on January 8. It’s packed with upcoming Wi-Fi features, which we’ll mention shortly. However, it is difficult to get a good idea of the new technology without a practical illustration. In a short clip, that’s exactly what Xiaomi did, putting the Mi Router AX6000 in the center of a huge stadium, then testing the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max and the recently launched Xiaomi Mi 11 for Wi-Fi speed. at different angles and distances. The goal was to see to what extent the 800 Mbps broadband bandwidth entering the router would end up being transmitted to each phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGlne6U0OPs
Before we set the comments section on fire, we realize that this is neither a scientific test nor a very practical one to run. It is squarely aimed at showcasing the theoretical advantages of running a state-of-the-art 6E Wi-Fi router, with a compatible client device, like the Mi 11. The “loss” Apple sees here is simply because it uses a slightly older router. Qualcomm X55 modem, equipped with the company’s FastConnect 6800 subsystem for Wi-Fi, while the Mi 11 benefits from the latest and greatest Qulcomm X60 modem, with its FastConnect 6900. Without going into too many technical details, the latter has Access to the new 6 GHz band, which is one of the main things the “E” of Wi-Fi 6E denotes compared to “basic” Wi-Fi 6. It then performs advanced 4-stream (2 × 2 + 2 × 2) Dual Band Simultaneous (DBS) operation, allowing it to combine a 2 × 2 6 GHz connection with an additional 2 × 2 5 GHz connection, for high speed Theoretical maximum peak peak of 3.6 Gbps.
Of course, you need a compatible and capable router to get even closer to those speeds, this is where the Mi Router AX6000 comes in. It has a theoretical maximum cumulative wireless output of 6000 megabytes / s and is also equipped with a 2.5 Gbps LAN Port. The latter is IEEE 802.3bz compliant and can work with existing Cat 5e Ethernet cables, making it a great way to upgrade, as home internet connections start to exceed the 1 Gbps mark in some places. .
Compared to the ‘vanilla’ Wi-Fi 6, which, by the way, is also a major and long-awaited upgrade over Wi-Fi ac (Wi-Fi 5), which you can learn more about here, Wi-Fi -Fi 6E and the Mi Router AX6000 in particular offer 4 × 4 160 MHz bandwidth, which is double the 4 × 4 80 MHz bandwidth of Wi-Fi 6. Then there is the high-speed transmission technology to 4K QAM modulation, which claims to compress data transmission and achieve 20% higher density and therefore 20% more data transfer at the same time compared to the previous generation 1024 QAM. Taking advantage of that and 512MB of on-board RAM, the Mi Router AX6000 promises blazing speeds for a single device, as well as support for up to 248 simultaneous clients. A feature that will become more and more important with the proliferation of IoT technology.
Xiaomi Mi AX6000 Router
With six independent signal amplifiers, the Mi Router AX6000 also promises excellent coverage and not just in a large open stadium. A single router should be able to effectively cover a large three-bedroom apartment. And if you need something beyond that, the AX6000 supports Xiaomi Mesh. There are also other smart software features included, such as automatic randomization of Wi-Fi passwords and syncing with Xiaomi smart devices that support Xiaomi ChangKai Connect. Additionally, the AX6000 can intelligently identify certain Xiaomi / Redmi phones and automatically switch game-specific network optimization for their Wi-Fi traffic, if needed.
There is still no word on the international availability of the Mi Router AX6000. But judging by how fast some of the company’s other recent routers, like the AX3600 or AX5, handle international ROMs and releases on the market, we might have to wait a bit for the Mi Router AX6000. .
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