What Is WiFi 6? Should You Upgrade?

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WiFi 6 has been around and widely available for a couple of years now, but I still get questions every week about whether it's worth upgrading to. In this video, I break down all of the improvements that WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E offer vs.
previous wireless generation standards.
Whether you're a home user or a business user, make sure to watch this video to learn about WiFi 6 and how it can benefit you. We'll talk about the different benefits of WiFi 6 and whether or not you should upgrade to it. So make sure to watch and decide for yourself!
Timeline
00:00 Intro
00:47 WiFi 6 Basics - IEEE 802.11ax
01:46 WiFi 6 and WiFi 6E Frequency Ranges
02:46 WiFi 6 Channel Widths
03:23 MIMO and MU-MIMO
04:49 OFDMA - Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access
05:49 QAM - Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
06:51 Spatial Frequency Reuse
07:30 Beamforming
08:48 Target Wait Time & Upload Resource Scheduler
09:58 Should You Upgrade to WiFi 6?
11:41 What is the future of WiFi?
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@JeffGeerling Год назад

This is an excellent overview, and what's crazy is almost every feature you talk about (QAM, beam forming, etc.) could probably be covered in a multiple-hour video and barely touch the surface! RF stuff is like black magic, and the engineers and those who test the cutting-edge stuff are basically wizards.

@CrosstalkSolutions Год назад

Thanks Jeff - and you're absolutely right. One of the most challenging aspects of these types of videos is HOW DEEP do you wanna dive? I tend to stay just about brain-hurt level without going into full blown aneurism zone.

@neok1996 Год назад

@Crosstalk Solutions greatly Apriciated that you explained it fast and easy

@Openspeedtest Год назад

@@CrosstalkSolutions Still, I learned new stuff from this video. 100 Devices + Upgrade recommendation can only make from years of experience. I was considering upgrading my 34 Device network to 6E because I Feel like I am missing something. Not anymore. Thanks.

@dolex161 Год назад

@JeffGeerling happy to see you in comments! Hope your recovery is going well 🙂 no rush to run back to full production. #yourock

@johnpoldo8817 Год назад

@@CrosstalkSolutions Chris, you do an excellent job ! I often get to the brain-hurt level, despite 30+ years as an EE.

@angusmacd9903 Год назад

from the first word I was listening. no random filler for the first 10 seconds. straight away a sub. good job.

@bobchen1982 Год назад

Agree with your assessment. Our church added/replaced a bunch AP's with WiFi6 version for allowing many simultaneous Zoom meetings occurring at the same time. It was a day and night difference after the upgrade, and the real time video transmission over Zoom becomes much more stable.

@neok1996 Год назад

Do you have wifi6 laptops at the church? Or did it also come with better /more cables and accespoints

@unseeninja Год назад

@@neok1996 these days most laptops that people have should already have wifi6 network cards on them. I seldom see people with 3-4 year old laptops (myself excluded, its old as dirt and I like it that way). Samsung, Google and Apple all have current gen wifi cards in their phones (and ipads) and that is how many people have been doing zoom meetings. So in their case its likely that it has made a difference. The cables would likely be on you to supply. Most people should be using at least a cat6 cable. If they're just using something like Amazon's eero or google mesh I could see the wifi6 being a huge increase as they are a wireless mesh system.

@timhabich3113 Год назад

wifi is devil stuff ^^ They used to burn you for it.

@connorl5868 Год назад

@@timhabich3113 Can you explain !

@firestar4430 11 месяцев назад

@@connorl5868he's joking that it's "wizardry"

@richarddcrossley Год назад

It took a lot of tweaking but thanks to your advice and literally experimenting with every channel on my dream router and U6 lite I've now got maximum performance thanks to 60 and 100DFS and 80mhz WiFi 6 from my 1GB connection all over the house. Keep up the good work and WiFi 6 has been a game changer for me as I was getting lots of interference otherwise and slow speeds.

@bgable7707 11 месяцев назад

EXCELLENT CLEAR yet EN-DEPTH video on WiFi 6/6E I've seen. Great Job!

@markbell-kosel9048 Год назад

I wish a could double like this video. It's so nice to hear an industry (and Unifi) expert speak in real world terms about this. I have multiple Unifi wifi 5 APs and have really struggled with why should I have to upgrade. You made it clear. Thank you so much!

@GunMD Год назад

Outstanding overview. Thanks. I learned a few things. Good stuff

@networkn Год назад

You did an excellent job explaining all of this, thank you.

Год назад

A great overview of Wi-Fi 6 technologies, solutions and features. The best starting point for diving deeper. A very useful overview of the tip of the iceberg.

@LordGooben Год назад

Very well detailed and simple for people. Nice job!

@IndianaDiy Год назад

Awesome video. A superb way to explain even for non-tech-savvy users. I think people get confused when purchasing; thinking they always need the latest and greatest in technology hardware, but often times it is unpractical.

@ronamadeo Год назад

One thing I'd bring up is that it's not necessarily about how many devices YOU own, but also what kind of distance you have from your neighbors. For instance a NYC apartment building, where every neighbor has their own access point, is probably a great environment for any of these "higher density" Wi-Fi versions. Some people have absolutely terrible Wi-Fi at home because the airways are just full.

@ABP8214 Год назад

As a current NYC resident, I 100% concur with this statement.

@oneofthemany Год назад

BSS colouring should assist with the issue with OBSS traffic congestion. Providing all your devices are actually WiFi 6

@oneofthemany Год назад

@@TheSpiv range is no issue in WiFi 6 as this is governed by EIRP. What you can say is that throughput at range diminishes as you move to lower coding rates and sub optimal resource unit capability. WiFi 6 IMHO also has benefits in enterprise as it does in homes - think wireless VR and the likes of Meta that require low latency high throughput. The main issue you have with these home broadband routers is that they are basically rubbish. There is no way to disable low end bit rates and tune the medium to reject packets at range. Added to that I repeat about BSS colouring and then add in the lack off in service monitoring and basic frequency management

@s.i.m.c.a Год назад

@@TheSpiv >Wi-Fi 6 is even worse at range and distance like why? it uses same frequencies as 5 and 2.4. We clearly not talking here about 6E.

@oneofthemany Год назад

@@s.i.m.c.a theory for range suggests not, but vendor and silicon... well, perhaps driver level issues and poor software means the end user is not considered when routers are rolled out

@redeux Год назад

Great video and very informative, thank you!

@jimprior180762 5 месяцев назад

This is great, I learned a ton of new things from your video, thanks.

@nycrsny3406 Год назад

Really insightful and well explained!

@JustAnotherRandomGamer 4 месяца назад

Was not planning to subscribe, but your clear, no BS explanations convinced me.

@MegaMijit Год назад

that visual was really helpful to understand beamforming! been trying to for a while now

@nasifmahdi Год назад

Love Your detailed Videos.✌

@akterssw Год назад

Excellent explanation, I liked your detailed information. It is very helpful for me and others.

@TheCluelessReefer Год назад

Great breakdown for this, thank you!

@TheSamdroidOnline Год назад

Excellent video. Thank you. Subscribed.

@hongas Год назад

Excellent overview. thank you

@webluke Год назад

When I moved into my new place almost 2 years ago, the Unifi U6-Pro was in beta, and I got 2 of them for the house. The U6-Lite was suitable for my detached shop, and a UAP-AC-M for the yard. I knew that with a NEW install of Unifi, it would be good to use the newest APs. But for an old setup, I would keep the old APs until we did a more extensive network update or needed a better AP for the location. In most business setups I have done, if you start with good equipment and organize everything from the start, you rarely need to go back for years.

@Malhorne Год назад

Great as usual :o)

@5433D Год назад

Happy new year!

@miketel01 Год назад

Great explanation Chris - its very basic. This WI-FI 6 technology models the current proposed air interface “5gNR” the wireless carriers are starting to deploy currently. Also good to point out that the 265 and 1024 QAM are max. Best rates. they are constantly variable based on special and signal characteristics. Also one note is that most mobile devices currently will not increase to a 6x6 Mimi be safe they are too small to stuff more antenna into them. Most mobile devices are 2x2 mimo and high end - maybe 4x4. In my home space upgrading to WIFI 6, I noticed lower latency and a very marginal speed increase only on higher end wifi 6 devices. WI-FI 5 devices only experienced slightly lower latency no speed increase. Still happy I upgraded for the lower latency on the high end devices.

@libertarian1637 Год назад

I have a business with numerous APs and still run N, AC, & AX; N is still holding on just because we have so many and replacement costs are a thing. I still recall installing our first AP a mix of As and Bs as operability was mixed, though that was also when we were still using 10/100. Been running our computers and networking since we bought our first Apple II back in the mid-80s and very much enjoy how things have improved.

@buyerclub2 Год назад

great informative video.

@jhippl Год назад

really good overview

@Juraiprince 6 месяцев назад

Sir, with your conclusion on whether or not to upgrade from Wi-Fi 5 to 6, you have earned my subscription. I have an ASUS Blue Cave 2600 Wi-Fi 5 router that I love and have been using for a few years. I love it because it allows much more flexible placement and looks way more nicer than all these alien looking routers with the wild antenna sticking all over. I tried a NETGEAR AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 Router but it was not any faster in my day to day use, and it was really finicky to set up. I still keep it around as a back up for if or when my Blue Cave stops working, but that is it. Plus, the Blue Cave reminds me of that old Star Trek "City on the Edge of Forever" episode with the crew standing in front of The Guardian of Forever. That blue light on the Asus is so much cooler looking than the majority of routers out even today, in my opinion! Anyway, cheers and Happy New Year to you and all your subscribers!

@valentinene Год назад

a few observations, if I may: WiFi5 has MU-MIMO only from AP to STAs, WiFi6 supports both up and down; all the efficiency goodies WiFi6 brings can only be seen if both APs and STAs are WiFi6 capable, an WiFi6 AP with many WiFi5 clients will not make any difference. Let's hope ESP32-C6 from Espressif will power soon most of our IoTs so we can all benefit from this more efficient piece of tech

@superman-xs6tp Год назад

Good shit. Thx man.

@MrSoulMonk Год назад

Superb!

@JBoy340a Год назад

Thanks for saving me some money. Sticking with my existing Ubiquiti APs.

@michelwong1 Год назад

👍👍 I am new, so recently installed WIFI 6 with TP link X60/AX5400 mesh 3-pack system was the correct choose. very good signal coverage, very satisfied with it. 👍👍

@WL7NI Год назад

Chat GPT is mind blowing and a little scary at the same time. It can do some amazing stuff. But also remember it can be very convincingly wrong and will confidently spit out responses that may be off the mark. However, when used by someone who has a decently knowledge base, it will easily remove some repetitive tasks or give you a good start to something you want to work on. That said, you presented good info on this topic. So many just see the marketing, “Wi-Fi 6 is one higher than 5, I must need it” without understanding what it really means. You video was deep enough and you summarized it well. Keep them coming!

@CrosstalkSolutions Год назад

Thanks! Yes, I mostly utilized ChatGPT in this video for research, and to help break down complicated topics like OFDMA into layman's terms - definitely not a copy/paste type of situation, but it absolutely saved me buckets of time.

@shawnmendrek3544 7 месяцев назад

agree. soon it might evolve, make it's own OS, hack bank accounts, forward all the $ to bitcoin, start a revolution of others, eventually become sentient, take over like terminator. would be kind of cool.

@gustersongusterson4120 Год назад

Great video, thanks for such an informative overview. My application is creating wifi networks for less than 25 devices at large public events. The audience is sometimes in the thousands but they do no have access to my network. I'm having trouble figuring out if upgrading my APs to wifi 6 would have any advantage in that use case.

@ferry1168 10 месяцев назад

Now i know what to do .....thank u

@sharedknowledge6640 Год назад

Nice job. This was helpful. Kind of like USB 3.x standards the WiFi standards are not terribly clear to the average user.

@lurneneblack49 Год назад

Thank you very much

@Michi_84 Год назад

I have 2 APs in my House. The First was Upgraded to U6 Pro in February this year. And the second now only some Days ago :)

@TaunTaunChewie Год назад

The beard is coming in nicely!!

@C0mmander Год назад

Antenna gain, size, number of antennae also play a role. Just a few raw numbers: Client: iPhone 11 Pro Max (802.11ax, 2x2) Unifi nanoHD: 5 Ghz, 80 MHz VHT, max transmit power: Best case I measured: 650 mbit net bandwidth @ 866 mbit PHY speed. Unifi U6-LR: 5 GHz, 80 MHz HE, max transmit power: Best case I measured: 844 mbit @ 1200 mbit PHY speed. Clients with more antennae, like a laptop with 3x3 and 160 MHz support, exceed 1 Gbit+. The U6-LR also provides higher top speeds further away from it, even through multiple walls. To get the maximum out of the nanoHD, you have to be rather close to it, probably line of sight.

@hithere7382 Год назад

I installed 4 U6 Pro APs in my house last Summer and they work great. My desktop motherboard's wifi 6 works great with external antennae, it is similar to gigabit ethernet. I still run the wire though and just use the wifi for wifi tethering when both of my wireline ISPs are down at the same time (very rarely). I get 934 mbps on wifi 6 tablets and phones, and don't on wifi 5. The wifi 5 devices topped out in the 300's of Mbps usually. 934 mbps everywhere upstairs and in most of downstairs though, and a low of 786 mbps in the furthest bathroom...

@pacobacchus9118 Год назад

Thank you for your video. I bought a router WiFi 6e to have Disco Party streaming DJ music up to 240 phones. So every user phone can listen in full stereo or even see the video thru VLC app. The prices of the router WiFi 6 are now very low and can be used as signal amplifier at home. BUT, the devices conected to the router must have capability to use 5G and Wifi 6 band. So, not every device can take advantage of the WiFi 6 extended feature. I have to test the router with a large users group to check it.

@JamesAutoDude 4 месяца назад

This has answered every damn question I had. Obviously WiFi 6 is worth it and now I know why people see improvements just from switching from 5 to 6 even with the same kinda routers It still definitely helps and keeps things stable, as I've seen from many places I've swapper Thank you

@pwrofmusic Год назад

Could you make a chart sort off also including wifi 6E. Like with the amount of devices for each type of wifi depending on their frequency type.

@rbs427 Год назад

I upgraded to Wi-Fi 6 (Ubiquiti) and I noticed a huge range increase and speed increase and the ap’s are in the same locations and the same device was used to test. And the devices is Wi-Fi 5. So they must have improved the radios all around.

@mrdrilus Год назад

Which AP did you upgrade to?

@rbs427 Год назад

@@mrdrilus I went from the HD to the Pro6 (yes both overkill).

@ianc.5632 Год назад

I’m a homeowner of a single family dwelling. There’s just 4 of us under our roof, and our Wi-Fi-5 internet service was horrible. Movies buffered, connections were dropped, speeds were slow. I upgraded to wifi-6 and my only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner. The monthly service fee is less than I was paying before and the modem was free of charge (all that from my existing internet service provider). And all of my wifi issues are a thing of the past, plus it’s blazing fast. Friends and family notice it right away when they come over and connect to it. Based on my experience, I highly recommend the switch.

@martinward7230 7 месяцев назад

Great for someone wanting to be a network professional. TMI for me and I have been in IT for 40 years.

@oneofthemany Год назад

Also BSS colouring that removes the listen before talk issue. You may also want to make people aware that the majority of WiFi 6 APs don't actually support MU-OFDMA as it's not a mandatory option to pass certification, it is however mandatory in WiFi 7.

@Reddylion Год назад

Nice video....

@PeloquinDavid Год назад

I have a WiFi6 modem (in my office at the front of my house) and a respectable number of WiFi6 devices - but I do want to extend my signal to my big new deck in the back yard and maybe in my basement. Ideally, I'd be able to pick up a 6E (which is more the current standard - though WiFi 7 is now being heavily touted), but I see some WiFi6 options that make more sense: I'm looking for a wired/PoE ceiling mounted AP just inside my patio door to maximize signals out to the back yard, the adjacent family room and in a kitchen to be renovated with a bunch of new/upgraded smart devices. I had IMAGINED that the move to the smart home "Matter" standard might reduce my need to rely on WiFi - and it still might, eventually - but in the interim I'll probably have to look at more "Matter over Wi-Fi" options in the absence of enough Thread-based devices. So: a cheap-ish WiFi6 mesh it will be...

@mumraizakhtar3994 Год назад

Nice

@toneloc79 Год назад

I have WIFI six I love it waiting for cost to come down on Wi-Fi 7

@jonfr Год назад

Don't forget to disable 802.11b (Wi-Fi 1) if you are not using it. That improves speed on 2,4Ghz network. This is not possible on every Wi-Fi Access point and router, but many have this option now. Its not possible to disable 802.11g yet, but if you can disable 802.11g (if not in use). Do so, since there are almost no 802.11g devices out there in use today.

@oneofthemany Год назад

Only in a multi-node network when you're using channels 1,6,11. The beacon overhead is negligible and DCF Mac issue won't exist due to airtime fairness

@biglogied5142 Год назад

I use UniFi for providing wifi to large music festivals, we probably won’t see much use of wifi 6. However there is cases where artists need to download very large graphics data files - 30-40gb whilst in the middle of no where on a fairly congested network with only say 50mbps down for 60 devices. Will be testing a UniFi mesh 6 and see how it goes, I’m getting 500/500 Speedtest via UniFi 6 mesh on gigabit fiber internet circuit.

@s.i.m.c.a Год назад

UniFi 6 Enterprise with 2.5G uplink and Wifi 6E support.... and 60 devices for 1 gigabit is ~ 17 mbps in worst case, 50 mbps is too optimistic number

@benoitnadeau5845 Год назад

For wifi 6E, the main reason to change is that almost no one uses it. When using 5Hz ax, i cant get the 450 mbps im paying for as the RF env is too crowded. On the other hand, 6GHz env is empty like outer space. Getting every mbps with ax6e.

@Jayrod64 Год назад

I honestly feel like even if you have a good 802.11 ac router, you will still get a noticeable improvement from Wi-Fi 6, because it seems to optimize the connection on just about every device.

@Soda88 Год назад

802.11n works on both 2,4 and 5GHz bands

@jebroz4810 Год назад

did resource scheduler affect real-time background connection (like chatting apps) on client side when the device is not in use?

@youandiryan Год назад

I was wondering about this cuz I have a Wi-Fi 6 router. I did notice vast improvements over my old Wi-Fi 5 router. Especially with range. What's cool is that my Samsung S22 Ultra phone supports Wi-Fi 6! I did not know it had that. Because when it's connected to the network it will show the usual Wi-Fi symbol like it normally does when connected at home, But it will have a little "6" in the corner of the Wi-Fi symbol signifying that It's a Wi-Fi 6 or WiFi 6E network. I have a 1 gigabit per second connection so my internet was already very fast. Even with my Wi-Fi 5 router it was extremely fast. So I'm noticing any speed differences between Wi-Fi 5 and 6. But what I am noticing is the range has increased significantly. It also seems to penetrate floors and walls much much better

@younesbg640 Год назад

Hello What do you think of the Zyxel Nebula solution? When is a comparative test?

@dohyea6093 Год назад

For residential the problem is still what best goes thru drywall? Or the video doorbell is mounted outside on a brick wall. What is the most robust signal?

@vettepwr23 Год назад

Good video. What about in the case of living in a condo. It is 1100 sq ft. My router can only be on either end of the unit. When using 5GHz, the coverage is there but spotty. My analyzer shows it at around -72dBm. The 2.4GHz band is not an issue but too slow to be useful. We have a mixture of Wi-Fi 5 devices (work laptops, iPhone XS, Nest, Smart TV), Wi-Fi6 (M1 MacBook Pro, iPhone 14 Pro) and 1 Wi-Fi 6E (iPad M2). Our provide delivers around 120 Mbps. My network analyzers shows about 64 networks in the area. I suspect this is contributing to the noise. Would I benefit from upgrading to a Wi-Fi6 router or should I need to consider using a mesh solution or just stay as is? I am currently using a 6th gen AirPort Extreme.

@fedemtz6 Год назад

How much can you benefit from WiFi 6 APs if you still have some devices that are WiFi 5 or older?

@Woody21369 Год назад

Thank you for the video..... I have been using and installing the TP-Link DECO M9 Plus for years now. It is techically a WiFi 6 Mesh wifi device. Seeing as it offers 2.4Ghz, and two 5Ghz bands, I find them the best bang for the buck. With that said I do find that devices coming from over seas have a problem with the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz under one SSID. I have to go into the mesh app and force 5Ghz off to add these devices, what a pain. My other issue I see is the WiFi 6 network identifies the wireless devices correctly. For example, One of my friends has the Netgear Wifi 6 mesh network, 3 discs. He has two wifi printer, both from Brothers. They show up as Hon Hai Industries Co.... You also end up with a lot of devices that show up as Unknown, None, or Gateway... The only solution I have found for this is re-naming the devices with in the app. To do this I ended up matching up the MAC addresses.

@bjenkins199 3 месяца назад

When a new standard is created, how does it reach the manufactures? Do they get the new protocall can somehow just incorporate it in the product?

@wlan246 Год назад

0:29 To help balance the stats, I'm subscribed but hardly ever watch. ;-) 1:55 802.11ac (Wifi 5) is only available in the 5GHz (tri)band, but 802.11n is available on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. An access point can serve 802.11n in both bends simultaneously, if it has a separate radio for each band; and they can only operate independently, like two distinct access points in the same box.

@Stormplayers Год назад

nice ltt deskpad, i like you more now!

@cmeller55 Год назад

We have a router and two satellites Orbi rbk50. We have a couple of smart TVs, couple of Apple TVs , 4 iPhones, iPads, maybe 25 Sonos, smart Plugs, switches combined, smart oven and fridge, thermostats etc. I haven’t had any issues with our network. While I pay for gig speed I get only about 300-400MB speed throughout my house. I don’t have any issues. But I do keep eyeing up a new Orbi mesh system using Wi-Fi 6. But unsure if It’s worth it. If my speed increase a lot That would be nice but really it doesn’t seem to cause an issue now. Do folks think it’s worth it?

@joegruber4g Год назад

Would you please review the new AP U6+ and compare it to the U6 lite and U6 pro? Thanks!!!

@pokute1 Год назад

Can you enable beamforming in unifi or is it automatically on or not included at all?

@micoautomatic9432 Год назад

Question, since Router Wifi 6 capable also runs with old frequency like 2ghz will the OFDMA and BSS coloring runs also on that frequency?

@JasonB808 Год назад

Your home network doesn’t have that many WiFi clients I have quite the few. 😅 I upgraded my WiFi router from to a WiFi6 router. I have notice a lot better performance on the WiFi. But I don’t think it’s because of WiFi 6 standard as a lot of my devices are WiFi 5 with only a few new enough to support WiFi 6. The reason why I think it’s faster is simply because the processor on the new router is much faster than the router that I had been using for several years prior.

@aftasarden2 Год назад

Could you comment what happens when you have one or more devices that don't support wifi 6 connected to the AP? Does it downgrade all connections to the lowest common denominator? Or does it happen only while the "legacy" device is actively using the connection?

@crucial0072 Год назад

I'm going to need some help as I'm out of touch with WiFi6. So I think my ISP provided me with a WiFi6 modem/router because I have a 6 located in the top corner of my WiFi signal bars. However, I split the channels into the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies with separate passwords. To take advantage of the enhanced features, should I merge them back and let the modem/router decide how it should handle the data flow between frequencies?

@mechanicdudu Год назад

Greetings from Poland 👍👍👍

@imansantoso8340 Год назад

Rookie question, is wifi 6 matter to gadget which use 2,4 Ghz or everything just works on 5Ghz frequency, and feature like MIMO, OFDMA, Beam Forming is it works to on 2,4 Ghz frequency?

@5amba Год назад

Can you please test EnGenius and obviously compare it with ubiquiti.

@bobbyv3 Год назад

I have 47 Philips Hue bulbs, multiple laptops and tablets, HomePod Minis, media server... do you think that would satisfy the density recommendations?

@marklewus5468 9 месяцев назад

I wanted to make a belated comment about DFS channels. If you live in an area as I do, surrounded by mountains and with no local active radars, you can safely use DFS. I’ve been running one of my 802.11ac(“wifi 5”) APs on channel 100 @80MHz width for years now with no issues. 650+ mbps real world speeds.

@gregwarson3483 Год назад

Great content and explanations; you answered the question I was asking myself. I have a working Wifi 5 Eero network yielding 900+ Mbps up/down (fiber optic network). Sounds like I don't really need to consider Wifi 6 at this time. My biggest question was whether Wifi 6 provided a bump in security; you didn't specifically mention that so I assume there aren't any significant security features in 6 versus 5.

@choppergirl 9 месяцев назад

The key to excelling in the 2.4ghz band is to realize, you got more channels than just 1,6, and 11. You actually can use two sets of channels in different staggered local areas... 1, 5, 9 and 3, 7, 11... with 14 as a bridge channel This gives you 7 channels to work with, not 3. In one building you use 1,5, 9... and in the neighboring building... 3, 7, 11....... and the building next to that one... 1,5,9 And channel 14 (Singapore setting) to bridge buildings 1 and 3 together. I like to do my bridges however over the 5ghz band using a 80mgz wide channel. See, the thing is, most handheld devices and indeed most devices, only support 2.5ghz. Very little user equipment supports 5ghz still, and nothing supports 6ghz. Which means 5ghz and 6ghz can mostly be used for bridging. It also explains why 2.4ghz is so terribly overcrowded in metropolitan areas, because most people have no clue how to use it and just jam up everything everywhere and step on everybody. I've been in some areas where there were 20 access points all in the 2.4ghz band on a street... when really, only 3 were needed. There is no collaboration between neighbors, it's just a nightmare freeforall making it work for.. nobody.

@claudiof.barbano5530 Год назад

In my home I have around 200 WiFi devices in my home (Shelly, Cameras, and so on), shall I upgrade?

@shopafelic Год назад

Would wifi6 help in a a condominium environment with a lot of different wifi networks around for different units? Or does it only help when there are many devices connected to the same network?

@a55tech Год назад

can u explain ur wifi 5 & 6 home setup

@peacepeaceful7448 Месяц назад

Great

@keithconklin3839 Год назад

Can I operate the WIFI 6 APs along with the older original Ubiquity APs on the same network? I do still have dead spots, a couple wifi 6's should fix that issue, but as I have a 5200 sq ft spread out in diff directions building, need to make sure the 6's won't interrupt the wifi 5's older design Ubiqiti AP's I have in place.

@jamesjbarrek6086 Год назад

I am getting Access Point U6 Enterprise soon,which has 6E,how are those?

@Ikan3103 Год назад

Watching this on wifi 4 😁

@mikrotech666 Год назад

New subscriber here

@vulcan4d Год назад

Fun fact. If Wifi6 (802.11ax) detects 802.11ac devices, it will fall back to the ac feature set and you will not take advantage of ax's high density features. This is a future technology unless you can guarantee ONLY 802.11ax supported devices connect.

@grizzZlyBear Год назад

I upgraded to WiFi 6 about 5 months ago, one of the best decisions I've ever made. No more router restarts. No more random loss of connection. No more kicks and hiccups. Better range than 2.4GHz. Stable. Lightning fast. Don't even need to route a cable, yeah, it's that good!

@abhinavsharma1605 Год назад

Hello. If I may ask how much is your internet speed?

@flyboybobio3431 Год назад

"Better range than 2.4ghz". Not true. 2.4 ghz signal travels further than 5ghz. 5ghz handles more data.

@ZeerakImran Год назад

@@flyboybobio3431 it has both 2.4 and 5 in the router. typically wifi 6 routers do have better signal strength as long as you get a decent one. significantly better signal strength.

@grizzZlyBear Год назад

@@abhinavsharma1605 it's about 100 megabits.

@grizzZlyBear Год назад

@Flyboybobio I can assure you that that statement is true. When I connect to 2.4, the signal is so faint that it hardly even shows that I'm connected. When I connect to wifi 6, the signal is strong, and nothing seems to block its way. Not even the doors.

@LinasR Год назад

I live in a flat with dense neighboring wifi. Recently I got to play with a 5G modem which also has wifi6. If my client devices support wifi6 they get 140 Mbits on 2,4GHz while none supported get 70 Mbps at best

@unseeninja Год назад

I run a few small (~50 people each) Ubiqiti networks, I'm largely using wifi5. I've only been switching out the APs as they die or the network needs expanding. Emails and basic web-surfing haven't really changed or required the immediate change over. I'll be referencing this video to the people who are complaining that their speeds would be vastly faster if they had wifi6. They always cite their "super techy" friend or 15 year old gamer kid.

@garyyuill5470 Год назад

Great overview. This is good info. Can you do a series on Luxul? Or just give us your thoughts please.

@level80888 Год назад

8:26 incorrct explanation. It still beams in ALL direction, but uses 2 or more antenas AND signal delays to form resonanses in desired spots. Resonance happens when two (or more) waves coinside thus amplifying initial signal. The logic on transmitter works so that this "wave" happened on device-consumer location. This proces called "beam forming", however terminology is incorrect.

@PJFinster Год назад

Are you going to be doing a video about Wifi 7?

@paulstubbs7678 Год назад

"WFi 6 in a church...." we have a broken access point, I have mentioned it a few times, however nobody else has noticed, so it stays broken. The main call in our church is "turn it off" so we don't get a rude shock mid service.