Hello, friends of the community.
I have already shared my knowledge about Wi-Fi 6 with you, and I believe that you have a preliminary understanding of Wi-Fi 6. So today, I'd like to talk to you about the fact that we're in the era of gigabit networking, and Wi-Fi 6 routers are almost standard for all new wireless devices. So, do we need to replace the Wi-Fi 6 router?
Let's start!
What Are the Advantages of Wi-Fi 6?
First, let's just briefly review what Wi-Fi 6 is. Wi-Fi 6 is an evolution from Wi-Fi 5. Based on Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6 introduces features such as uplink/downlink MU-MIMO, OFDMA, 1024-QAM modulation scheme, BSS coloring identification, and target wake time mechanism. Therefore, Wi-Fi 6 not only has a higher data rate, but also has a lower network latency, and the device capacity is greatly improved. High-speed devices are not slowed down because low-speed devices occupy resources.
If routers are compared to a fleet, the fleet of Wi-Fi 5 vehicles can only pick up one customer at the same time. Even if there are empty vehicles, the fleet will still start. If a vehicle fails (interference), the entire fleet will fail to start. Wi-Fi 6 can be divided into different teams to pick up customers at the same time. If a vehicle is faulty (interfered), only the team is affected.
For example, we can often find Wi-Fi signals from neighbors at home, but these signals may interfere with our Wi-Fi. However, the interference coloring technology used by Wi-Fi 6 can mark signal frames from neighbors passing through walls so that users' routers can ignore them. Data is transmitted simultaneously on the same channel without mutual interference, reducing the interference rate by 30%.
After reviewing and understanding the benefits of Wi-Fi 6, let's see if you really need a Wi-Fi 6 router?
First: Is Your Broadband Fast Enough?
The most important aspect of network experience is broadband. If the broadband access rate is not enough, even if you replace a better Wi-Fi 6 router, the network experience will not be significantly improved.
So what broadband access rates do you need to use a Wi-Fi 6-class router? At present, 200 Mbit/s is an important dividing line. If your broadband access rate is less than 200 Mbit/s, consider increasing the broadband access rate first.
Second: Do You Need to Connect to a Lot of Wireless Networks?
With the gradual promotion of smart homes, our routers are not only connected to terminals that have high network requirements, such as mobile phones and computers, but also many smart home devices. These devices also affect the network status to some extent, especially when they transmit data, and slow down the network response speed to some extent. Therefore, Wi-Fi 6 introduces the TWT (Target Wake Time) mechanism.
The TWT mechanism is specifically implemented for low-speed devices, and is mainly applicable to smart home products that have low requirements on network bandwidth, for example, Wi-Fi devices that are configured with only 2.4 GHz and 20 MHz frequency bands. When the router exchanges data with these low-speed devices, a wake-up schedule is generated at the same time. The router wakes up the devices for data exchange only when the wake-up time arrives. In addition, the router can also sort the wake-up time of different low-speed devices in advance to avoid network congestion caused by waking up multiple devices at the same time. This is also a technical means to optimize network bandwidth utilization.
The TWT mechanism is not available on Wi-Fi 5 and earlier routers, so if you have a lot of devices that need to connect to a wireless network, the Wi-Fi 6 router is clearly your first choice.
Third: Has Your Main Device been Upgraded to Wi-Fi 6?
When your terminal device, such as a mobile phone or laptop, already supports Wi-Fi 6, you have enough reason to upgrade your Wi-Fi 6 router. After all, only a Wi-Fi 6 router and a Wi-Fi 6 device are the best pairings, and the two devices can work together to achieve the best network performance.
With all the 3 factors summarized above, if you match no less than 2, then I recommend replacing your router with a Wi-Fi 6 router for a better experience.
Here, I would like to recommend this Wi-Fi 6 router from Huawei, AX3:
That's all. Thanks for reading!
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