WiFi 6 Explained

What is WiFi 6 (802.11ax) and WiFi 6E? This is an animated video explaining the features in WiFi 6. WiFi 6 is faster than WiFi 5...but speed wasn’t necessarily its main goal. The main goal of WiFi 6 is to make a WiFi network perform better when a lot of devices are connected to it.
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[Aristowi]

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[haileyr]

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[luvwarhate]

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[BokoTheChocobo]

Your visuals explain everything so simply, your narrating is perfect. Thanks for that.

[kristofferb-e]

A number of manufacturers do not follow the WiFi 6 certification, but are still marked as a WiFi 6 product. The problem here is that they do not follow the Wi-Fi Alliance standard 160Hz from the ax standard (up to 1733 Mbps - 4804Mbps on the shorter 5GHz channel), but instead 80MHz which theoretically stops at 450Mbps. What you have to do before you choose one, if you want to really upgrade the speed at home, is to check in the manual that 160Hz is max. Do not buy anything lower, because then the performance is also worse and you do not really have a real WiFi 6 router.

[RikisVlogs]

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[madlad]

Awesome! Detailed, thorough and specific as always. Thank you for all that you do
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[bobnoob]

lol I've been watching your videos for a few years now. Infact, they're one of the main reasons I got into IT - because they were free to watch. May I ask around what age are you? lol your voice never changes. Thx for the video, I have a router that supports 802.11ax.

[paoloesquivel]

Really informative and helpful video. I am an IT helpdesk and still learning new IT technologies. Thank you PowerCert for this upload, very helpful indeed, and your animation is easy to understand. Great work!

[profitgee]

Best animations and clearest explanations on networking! Great Work!

[Deepak]

Only a few channel are there for such great content.
Really appreciate your hard work.

Started from the first video and now in the middle of this channel.

[julessmith]

I've watched many many tech YT vids and yours are up there as clear, concise and accurate; where you assume the viewer has an attention span greater than a goldfish's. It may help to have dedicated a short section to the client devices and the compatibility needs for them to be also WiFi6 to get the most out of the new Standard. Keep up the great work!

[TheRealKaiProton]

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[suniljaiswal]

This is the best explanation for wifi 6 i have ever heard

[jsrdkev]

This is the best video I have ever seen on WiFi 6.

[wildwestunlimited]

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[rmt]

I just recently got a WiFi 6E network adapter for my PC and we upgraded our modem/router with Xfinity. ( We plan to buy our own very soon ). Before we changed to WiFi 6 I had experienced lag and not so great download speeds. After we got everything updated My PC our speeds improved by a lot and also I have not experienced lag at all. it is the main benefit I am excited about.

Playing Call of Duty this is what I experienced:
Wifi 5
Latency 150+ms and would even jump often to 400ms up to 999ms for a few seconds
Wifi 6
Latency 35ms most of the time. sometimes jumps to 45ms and very rare will go to 50ms.
I do not feel any lag. if there is it is barely even noticeable.

This is worth every penny.

[haikalmiftah]

As a WiFi technician, thanks for the information about new WiFi standard.

Yet there's still other thing needed to consider about WiFi performance: router spesification and distance between WiFi to device.

Usually router has limitation about how many devices can connected at the same time with maximum bandwith given by ISP before it's reduced (For example, TP-Link WR840 could handle 3-4 devices for normal usage or 2 devices for streaming usage before bandwith speed archieved by connected device reduced). Depend of spesification given by the manufacture.

Distance between WiFi to device also important, some devices can only receive WiFi in a short range while the other could receive it in more extended distance (don't forget if a wall, door, etc. could act as a barrier to WiFi signal).

[BrandonZickefoose]

This video is a fantastic resource! Thank you so much for creating this! This is very good information, was easy to understand, and I was pleased to learn the benefits of Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E.

[James_Knott]

You forgot to mention this also applies to separate access points. With an access point, you can put it in the best location and you can also have more than one, if needed to provide coverage. Many APs can use Power over Ethernet (PoE), so you don't need to have AC power nearby.