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WiFi-Geek
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Feb 14, 2017
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R9000 X10 - 160MHz doesn't work. Also, what SFP part required for 10G port?

I bought the AP in the US, and it seems like 160MHz doesn't work / isn't available. What gives? It looks like there are not enough channels allowed - which is the probably reason for it not working....
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  • WiFi-Geek's avatar
    WiFi-Geek
    Feb 22, 2017

    Here's the conclusion to my original posting (to summarize everything). 

     

    For 160MHz support - indeed there is no DFS channel support (North America) in current FW (1.0.1.36). Therefore, contiguous 160MHz bandwidth is not currently possible. 80+80 MHz support is possbile and seems to work fine. (lower channels 36,40,44,48 bonded with upper channels 149,153,157,161). However, I'm not sure what Wi-Fi clients out there have any support for 80+80. 

     

    Regarding 10G port/connectivity - I have been able to connect the R9000's 10G port (via fiber cable with Cisco SFP-10G-SR SFP+ transceivers) to a Netgear ProSafe M4200 switch. That connection is 10Gbps so that's awesome :). From there, you can connect other multi-gig devices (desktops, servers, etc) via either:

    - the remaining 10G fiber/SFP port on the switch
    - the 5Gbps / 2.5 Gbps LAN ports on the switch

    And voila, that gives you a multi-gig (up to 5Gbps in this setup) Wi-Fi network that's ready for future technologies - 160MHz, MU-MIMO, 11ax (with a different AP).

     

    For now, this is a very expensive setup, without much gain in Wi-Fi speeds. When 160MHz support matures, we can expect a maximum throughput (goodput) of about 1300 Mbps in real life. 

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William10a
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Feb 14, 2017

Are you talking about the 60ghz band as the r9000 has one 2.4ghz,one 5ghz and one 60ghz?

Are referring the 160mhz band width as you get the  normal chanels plus four extra if your devices can use them?

The router only will transmit on the 2.4 ghz, 5ghz and 60ghz bands.

the 10g port connection cable is available on the interner but yow need a 10g nic card in your computer to use 10g port on the router.

 

  • WiFi-Geek's avatar
    WiFi-Geek
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    Feb 15, 2017

    Thanks William,

     

    I'm referring to 160MHz bandwidth (on the 5GHz band/interface). There is a setting "160 HT" that you can enable in order for the router to enable 160MHz bandwidth, but it doesn't work - the AP still only uses 80MHz bandwidth.

     

    Regarding 10G connectio - I do have a 10G NIC on my desktop - but it is a 10G LAN/ethernet port - not fiber. I'm not sure what I need on the router side to pull an Ethernet cable from my computer, into the router. Can you point me to the 10G connection cable that you speak of?

     

    Thanks!