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6GHz has worse penetration than 5Ghz, but the difference is indeed not as pronounced as it is compared to 2.4GHz. The main benefit is going to be the additiona
by crote 1y ago
6GHz has worse penetration than 5Ghz, but the difference is indeed not as pronounced as it is compared to 2.4GHz.
The main benefit is going to be the additional frequency space. 5GHz effectively has 3ish channels, and 6GHz adds another 3-7 to that. Combine it with band steering and dynamic channel allocation, and you and all of your close neighbours can probably all get your own dedicated frequency.
- vlovich123 1y agoThat’s true. I hadn’t realized that 6ghz has 500mhz of extra spectrum over 5ghz and also doesn’t have to contend with DFS.
- throw0101d 1y ago> 5GHz effectively has 3ish channels, and 6GHz adds another 3-7 to that. It would be useful if vendors shipped with 40Mhz channels by default. A 1x1 40Mhz using 802.11ax will give you a max PHY of 287Mbps: * https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005725/wireless/legacy-intel-wireless-products.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000... * https://superuser.com/questions/1619079/what-is-the-maximum-connection-speed-and-channel-width-on-each-2-4-ghz-and-5-ghz https://superuser.com/questions/1619079/what-is-the-maximum-... Even if you half that, that's (IMHO) probably sufficient for the vast majority of online activities. And if you have a 2x2 client you double it anyway.