Wi-Fi 6 vs Wi-Fi 6E: Here's the difference

Wi-Fi 6 is the fastest version of Wi-Fi yet, but now, Wi-Fi 6E wants to take it to a whole new level. Here's what you need to know.

[sptrader]

Remember, the higher the frequency, the Shorter the range.

[mihirchitnis]

Moving to a 6 GHz band will result in less penetration power thereby reducing the range of the wifi signal when using the 6GHz band. The next version of wifi should focus on improving penetration power so that the wifi signal gets less obstructed by the walls of rooms and floors.

[TechGamesAU]

I only just bought a wifi 6 router and now there’s wifi 6E 🤬

[razgrizadler]

2.4GHz = playing your phone anywhere in your house
5.0GHz = playing your phone close to router
6.0GHz = playing your phone besides router
7.0GHz = .... inside your router

[MaZEEZaM]

Well, I was looking at upgrading my router to wifi6 but I guess I will wait till next year, not that long really and my current router still works pretty well.

[Shaojeemy]

Ima just wait for Wifi 6 Definitive Edition

[mindmazejoyed]

If I see my bartender growing extra pairs of hands I'll remind myself I had enough drinks for the day.

[kristfur]

Wireless standards board, "We need to make things easier for people to understand, so Wifi AX is now "Wifi 6", and because this wasn't confusing enough we're going to start adding letters to numbers again."

[engitect]

Glad to have waited to buy a Wifi6 router. Just bought a Wifi5 router for time being and will probably wait till most of the devices get upgraded to make the most of the extra band.

[Elvite]

Is it just me or is Ry is looking more and more like 1970’s George Lucas? Not an insult, by the way.

[LLCoolJol]

Great timing on this video as I have been shopping for a wifi 6 router. Now I will wait for the 6Es later this year! Thanks!

[csgorookie]

i still have 802n router with the 6 MBits/s ADSL internet, wait with inpatience when such things will be available locally

[ColdChills]

Yes, thank you.. I'm going to need an update on this subject

[mobilecommunicationsnetwor]

Does WIFI 6 come up as an option for your SSID to join? Or is this part of WIFI 5? How do you know its working?

[geoffreykail]

Does it make your existing devices faster or does it just go back to the lower band to communicate with them. In other words do the wifi cards need to be upgraded with a new router.

[KripaSingh]

Great. I was thinking of getting the WiFi 6 router this year during the holidays season. Now I'll wait one more year and then get the WiFi 6E router.

[pnmpl]

The whole video was to say that E stand for Expanded but there was no technical explanation about what is the difference.

[lasarith]

0:57 Dr Octopus, found a job during the COVID pandemic I see.

[NeikosGamer]

Will there be wifi 6e mesh hardware out at end this yr or do have wait til 2021

[waynr]

Small nit: strictly speaking there are only two binary "digits" - 0 and 1; but there can be an arbitrary number of bits (short for binary digit) in a transmission! Binary digits (1 and 0) can occur in any bit position of a binary string/number. Get it?