WiFi 6E takes Pi to 1.5 GIGABITS—faster than my Mac!

A Raspberry Pi is faster than the latest M2 MacBook Air? You bet it is! And it's not clickbait—watch the video to learn about how WiFi 6E is a major upgrade over WiFi 6, and what might be in store for WiFi 7!

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Contents:

00:00 - No, it's not clickbait
01:11 - WiFi 6 is pretty good
02:16 - But 6E is even better
02:48 - The WAX630E is flexing
03:47 - Config isn't perfect
04:54 - M2 vs Pi
05:20 - 6E requires even more upgrades
06:15 - 1.5 Gigabits!
06:57 - QAM, MU-MIMO, and other RF magic
07:43 - Hi Dad!
09:42 - Is 6E for me?

[fstemarie]

Thank you Jeff... And I will next time !

[andymanic]

Hey Jeff, hope you are healing well! I just wanted to let you know that showing neighbor's WiFi SSIDs means you can search for your home location and especially with that many SSIDs (4:51) it's not too hard to narrow it down to a couple streets.. Perhaps worth using YouTube's blur tool?

[Kungpula]

This gem of a man casually uses the "contains sponsored content" better than 99% of YouTube

[UpLateGeek]

Oh hey, I heard they were going to introduce 6GHz at some stage, but I didn't realise it was already in 6E. Which should be embarrassing considering I'm supposed to be a network engineer. I blame the company we got to do our recent wifi upgrade proposal at work, since they didn't mention it at all.

What wasn't surprising is the fact that the raspberry pie beat the mac. Everyone knows you can do just about anything with a raspberry pie if you try hard enough. That's why it's my favourite dessert!

[AviKav]

From what I've heard, the lower penetration of 6GHz is also an advantage. Less penetration, less interference.

[edss]

The RF at 6GHz being clean is only until WiFi 6E/7 hardware becomes common. We had the same story when 5Ghz WiFi was first introduced and now the spectrum is crowded as ever!

Hopefully higher frequency means slightly shorter propagation and less interference!

[hatrez]

Nice to see you back on screen happy telling us about your research you have done. I admire your work and passion for this kinda tech. Keep it up. Greetings from Germany!

[Ransompco]

Fellow IBD patient here(UC), Glad to see you back in action! Hope all is going well.

[DiamondMaster]

The best kind of sponsorship is the kind where YOU get to say whatever YOU want about the product. Unfortunately, noone else ever does this, so good job Jeff!

[tomduncan]

Great to see you made such a speedy recovery.

[fatenevermore]

If you already have a mesh WiFi setup, it might be a bit cheaper to start using WiFi6E. I'm using the TP Link Deco ecosystem with a single 6E access point connected directly into my router and connects to the 2 previous Deco WiFi 6 access points I had seamlessly. Adding some capability and expanding the mesh was a lot easier to justify than replacing basically new equipment.

[reprintedD]

Another great video, Jeff. Thanks for taking the complicated stuff and making it accessible and understandabl, even for this old programmer!

[danielalexander]

Glad to see you up and moving again. I hope the healing is going well. Thank you for all the updates.

[NardjSiy]

Good to see you back jeff... keep healing man... I like your raspi videos. it keeps me have some ideas too...

[richardgarrow]

Hi Jeff, Super glad to see you back. I hope all is well and you are on the mend. All the best for 2023 Jeff. Thanks.

[rider-]

I am glad this video finally hit. I have been missing your content

[AnilArya]

Jeff good to see you up and running : )

[Ancient_West]

"posted 12 seconds Fastest I've ever been to a video posted.

[thatLion]

I hope you healing well, so good to see you in 2023! I wish you lots of good health!

[mikebashford]

Great to see you back in action again.