AX and MR60

[pisacksen]

How do you direct an iPhone 12 to use the AX band?

[schumaku · Accepted solution]

Both the 2.4 and the 5 GHz radios on the MR60/MS60 systems are WiFi 6 - the 2.4 GHz does peak up to 573 Mb/s (marketing does make 600 out of it) on 40 MHz bandwidth, 2x2, and 1024-QAM; the 5 GHz does reach 1201 Mb/s on 80 MHz bandwidth, 2x2, and 1024-QAM.

All radios connect to the same network - so it's unclear to me what @pisacksen is behind here.

Decent WiFi 6 clients select the better band, supported by the IEEE 802.1r/v RRM. The iPhone 12 also a 2x2 WiFi 6 device, so no advantage for a single client using a "bigger" WiFi 6 system as suggested before.

[Christian_R]

Hi piacksen, 

There currently is no separate AX band. You will just need to have a device that supports WiFi 6 connected to a router that also supports WiFi 6 (ex. Nighthawk AX router) to receive WiFi 6 performance. 

https://kb.netgear.com/000059637/How-is-Wi-Fi-6-different-from-Wi-Fi-5

Christian 

[schumaku · Accepted solution]

Both the 2.4 and the 5 GHz radios on the MR60/MS60 systems are WiFi 6 - the 2.4 GHz does peak up to 573 Mb/s (marketing does make 600 out of it) on 40 MHz bandwidth, 2x2, and 1024-QAM; the 5 GHz does reach 1201 Mb/s on 80 MHz bandwidth, 2x2, and 1024-QAM.

All radios connect to the same network - so it's unclear to me what @pisacksen is behind here.

Decent WiFi 6 clients select the better band, supported by the IEEE 802.1r/v RRM. The iPhone 12 also a 2x2 WiFi 6 device, so no advantage for a single client using a "bigger" WiFi 6 system as suggested before.