What is WiFi 6??? - Speed/Range Test vs WiFi 5 - AX vs AC

I wanted to be lazy and edit my videos on the couch using my laptop connected to my NAS over WiFi . I figured upgraded to WiFi 6 would accomplish that. Did it???

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0:00 Intro
0:40 What is Wifi 6?
4:56 Why am I upgrading?
5:35 Initial Speed Tests
8:40 Real World Speed Test
14:00 Range Test
17:16 Conclusion

[Frog]

Enjoyed the video but feel a lot of people really miss the point of Wifi 6 and "speed". The improvements are focused on multiple clients talking at the same time. Wifi is a shared medium (similar to hubs) -- given more tech uses Wifi it's more about consistency & reliability, which speed then becomes a by-product for Wifi 6. Personally I don't care about the speed for a single device using Wifi on a non-loaded network. Show me the home network doing what people do all the time. Have Zoom calls, streaming the multitude of content, home automation devices chatting, people walking around, ALL at the same time --- Wifi 6 wins hands down.

[benjamincarlson]

love your videos man, keep up the good work. this was pretty informational!

[DrkMaster]

nice to see im not the only one testing those king of things. In my case I upgraded to wifi 6 about a year ago. Back then Wifi 6e was not out. I only have 2 devices that are WIFI 6 capable, my laptop and my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. In my case the WiFi6 signal is way less stable then wifi5. I now use my old tp-link 5400 as my wifi downstair and only use wifi 6 on my Asus ax-11000. Over all I only use wifi 6 to justify the cost and not because it's necessarly better. The range is very good for both routers and I am in a busy neighborhood ( over 10 neighbor wifi network ). nice video, I enjoyed it.

[SKULLEYEZ]

Thanks for another amazing video from you . 😉

[Shadow-cfnw]

Good info. Getting ready to buy a new router and this was very helpful. Thanks!

[OLDMANDOM.Dominic]

Great description of speed test "weakest link" senerio!!! And YESSSS the marketing bull exposed! THANKS!! O am on wifi 4 equipment, but we have newer devices with wifi 6 & 6E. I think we are ok collectively but I do have a bad spot for 5 GHZ band, so I was looking to drop a WAPt in that area just mainly to boost the 5GHZ . I am thinking of just a "2x2" in that area will work, but was trying to look at wifi 6 vs wifi 5. SO, price is my main concern, nice to know that WONDERFUL table of channel width N speed of "1x1" & "2x2!!" Thanks again for the information.

[nordicpride]

To be honest my 6th Gen Apple AirPort Extreme is still amazing in 2022. Have it running on a 500 megabit per second ISP via COX and it produces a solid 400 via WiFi in my mid sized home. It’s rock solid reliability and range are what’s keeping it in service.The 30% theoretical increase to AX isn’t worth the issues I’ve heard of with regard to router connectivity issues… great review!

[erbartlett]

I have watched and read every video or article on the internet around the upgrade and 5 to 6, and no one came close to the thoughtfulness and clarity of your explanation. I've got a Synology RT2600ac and wanted to move to the RT6600ax and use the 2.5g port to get better LAN access to my mac mini with my raid video storage. Id love to see a video on how your wireless setup now works for video editing, and and update in the future to 6e

[gunstrucksbbq]

Thank you well explained. My new mobo supports but the antenna is 2x2 so I can’t expect huge gains.

[dell]

I have 3 Asus RT-AX86S (a variant on the AT-AX86U as the 86S doesn't have a 2.5 gig WAN port. My primary router is connected to a 300 mbps AT&T fiber connection. I have 3 routers to set up an AiMesh network so I don't have dead zones in the house. For a 300 mbps internet connection WiFi 6 handles it with ease. The sticking point that's going to affect most people is the lack of WiFi 6 clients. I have 2 M1 MacBook Airs and an iPhone 12, all of which support WiFi 6. Speed is great. Signal is consistent and fast. I'd say WiFi 6 is worth it, just as long as you have the clients to connect to it.

[marlonmonge]

Hey, I have a weird issue, my laptop NIC is AX and it seems my router is AC (other laptops with an AC NIC, work fine) and in my computer this is causing my network card adapter to stop working, my WiFi icon in the taskbar just disappears and I have to manually turn the adapter and the WLAN service on, any idea?
(Right now I set my network adapter to use AC only)

[silviu]

How many meters are guarantied with a good signal like -30-40 dBm ?

[JavierChaparroM]

Welllp, I sure learned a lot more than I expected haha Thank you very much for the great information!; Do you have a dedicated networking area? or a rack? I think im not the only pervert that would like a tour P: jajaja

[ROGGGaming]

I do a lot of file transfers from Laptop to a HDD connected to a router, I can say the speed going from Wifi 5 to Wifi 6 is almost the same.
I have upgraded my card to Wifi 6E AX210, where Wifi 6 actually shines is Range. Wifi 6 even at the furthest corner will give you better range and speed at longer distance, but if you're in the same room as the router, then expect very minimal speed gain.

[zinc_trioxide]

Maybe test some latency sensitive application like online games where wifi are notoriously bad and induce packet loss during high traffic activity

[Grey-Troll]

Many individuals on reddit, openwrt forums, etc. could have saved you the walk down the road. xD
I'm definitely gonna forget about wifi 6, but for range I'm gonna add a wifi 'halow' access point. That will completely demolish 2.4ghz. I've seen 1km+ is possible depending on location and interference. Still no really great options as far as routers or usb/m.2 adapters(and no driver support for most things) so I'm building a couple of test units with a couple ras-Pis.

That will be cool to be able to use my home connection anywhere within a HUGE radius, and just think about the IOT sensors that could be made possible with such range and the power saving features that are built in to the standard.

[truhunk]

So does wifi 6 connect you to a web site and web surfing quicker than wifi 5, or is the speed gain mostly for downloads ?

[ZeroZhou]

for your 10Gbps port on your switch, better to check if it support to be running on 2.5Gbps mode, otherwise you will only get 1Gbps for your AP, for what i know currently only very few switches support 2.5Gbps, especially special ones, because i didn't find any switch both support 10Gbps eth and 2.5Gbps eth.

[JasonsLabVideos]

Cool video, i liked it, but why are you calling an AP a router ?

[ThePonymaster]

Now, would that be the new IEEE 801.?? 'Crap-ton' standard? LOL!