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I don't see anything on the spec sheets for the Fritz!Box 7490 that show it has more than 2 radios, like most dual band APs out there today. Google's spec shee
by ejdyksen 11y ago
I don't see anything on the spec sheets for the Fritz!Box 7490 that show it has more than 2 radios, like most dual band APs out there today.
Google's spec sheet [1] specifically has 3 radios:
http://i.imgur.com/x7CMktb.png http://i.imgur.com/x7CMktb.png
The first two radios do MIMO 3x3, and the third radio just has 1 antenna (since it isn't serving client traffic).
While this isn't completely new, it's definitely not common, especially for a consumer-grade AP/router.
[1]: https://on.google.com/hub/#specs https://on.google.com/hub/#specs
- kuschku 11y agoThe Fritz!Box 7490 has 3 radios, for exactly this purpose. That’s how it supports automated channel search without disconnecting users, and how it is able to provide 1.3Gbps via WiFi.
- ejdyksen 11y agoIf it does have 3 radios, that's awesome. They should make that much more explicit. I've looked all over their site, and I can't find anything that confirms this. Everything on their website just references plain old simultaneous dual-band with MIMO antennas. For me, at least, a 3rd radio will be on the list for my next AP, so I'll take a close look at this one, too.
- kuschku 11y agoWell, they claimed it. I am not sure if they do have one, but switching channels and empty-channel-autodiscovery without disconnecting is a feature in the version that I have. The issue is just that AVM produces different versions of the Fritz!Box for every ISP, so some have more storage, or more radios than others.