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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....
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 switchAnd 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.
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.