As good as or better; it just expands the number of channels. If you're in an area where all the existing channels are in use, I suppose this would help things out a bit. If you're in an area where there are plenty of channels available, this won't help at all, but it also won't hurt (except for consumer confusion)
An ideal conditions means you are the only one using the spectrum. In that case 6E is the same as 6. But in reality since 6Ghz will only be used by WiFi 6 and above, it has much higher efficiency than in a worst situation where you have WiFi 1 - 5 all operating in 2.4Ghz / 5Ghz spectrum.
802.11be / WiFi 7 will have 6Ghz included by default.
Are 95% of home deployments still 2.4, or has that finally changed? Even the small number of people knowing about and wanting to run 5 often need to run 2.4 also to support 2.4-only appliances, so I imagine adding 6GHz will mean now THREE blocks of spectrum occupied per household.
The beauty of 6ghz is that it would allow for a higher bandwidth, dedicated spectrum for a mesh radio, that could then rebroadcast in the regular 5ghz spectrum for better backwards compatibility. 6ghz to client devices would seem to be less of a priority given the importance of backwards compatibility, even with 802.11ac devices.
My ISP sold me a replacement router this past summer. It only supports 2.4GHz and the ethernet ports are 100mbit. I don't really care because the WAN side runs at 12mbit down and 768kbit up. Traffic between internal systems is minimal because I backup stuff to a USB hard drive. When this router dies, I'll get whatever low end trash the ISP sells me next time around and likely continue not giving a flying f*ck. I'm pretty sure, aside from awareness about the standards and the development of networking technology, I represent the majority of rural broadband customers that don't know and don't care.
"As explained earlier, 6 GHz addresses Wi-Fi spectrum shortage by providing contiguous spectrum blocks to accommodate up to 14 additional 80 MHz channels and 7 additional 160 MHz channels. Wi-Fi 6E devices can make use of the wider channels and additional capacity to provide better performance and support denser deployments."
Doesn't the wider channels function defeat the purpose of the additional discrete channels? You just know people will just be as greedy as they can be to max out their individual throughput and end up making the additional capacity claims a wash. So much for being neighborly.
This was an issue with the 5GHz spectrum which allows only two non-overlapping 80MHz wide channels. But with additional 7 160MHz channels, I'd figure that's enough channels to make all neighbors happy even in a dense appartment building.
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FreckledTrout - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
My WifI is more 6e than your Wifi :)nandnandnand - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
To be clear, Wi-Fi 6E devices will always be (theoretically, under ideal conditions) better than Wi-Fi 6?cosmotic - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
As good as or better; it just expands the number of channels. If you're in an area where all the existing channels are in use, I suppose this would help things out a bit. If you're in an area where there are plenty of channels available, this won't help at all, but it also won't hurt (except for consumer confusion)ksec - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
First You will need 6E Client.An ideal conditions means you are the only one using the spectrum. In that case 6E is the same as 6. But in reality since 6Ghz will only be used by WiFi 6 and above, it has much higher efficiency than in a worst situation where you have WiFi 1 - 5 all operating in 2.4Ghz / 5Ghz spectrum.
802.11be / WiFi 7 will have 6Ghz included by default.
cosmotic - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
Where the heck did the logo come from with the blurry E?nandnandnand - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
5 minutes in MS Paint.TheUnhandledException - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
The logo only appears blurry to people not on wifi 6e. You should upgrade.ABR - Monday, January 6, 2020 - link
Are 95% of home deployments still 2.4, or has that finally changed? Even the small number of people knowing about and wanting to run 5 often need to run 2.4 also to support 2.4-only appliances, so I imagine adding 6GHz will mean now THREE blocks of spectrum occupied per household.c4v3man - Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - link
The beauty of 6ghz is that it would allow for a higher bandwidth, dedicated spectrum for a mesh radio, that could then rebroadcast in the regular 5ghz spectrum for better backwards compatibility. 6ghz to client devices would seem to be less of a priority given the importance of backwards compatibility, even with 802.11ac devices.PeachNCream - Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - link
My ISP sold me a replacement router this past summer. It only supports 2.4GHz and the ethernet ports are 100mbit. I don't really care because the WAN side runs at 12mbit down and 768kbit up. Traffic between internal systems is minimal because I backup stuff to a USB hard drive. When this router dies, I'll get whatever low end trash the ISP sells me next time around and likely continue not giving a flying f*ck. I'm pretty sure, aside from awareness about the standards and the development of networking technology, I represent the majority of rural broadband customers that don't know and don't care.PacoBell - Sunday, January 12, 2020 - link
"As explained earlier, 6 GHz addresses Wi-Fi spectrum shortage by providing contiguous spectrum blocks to accommodate up to 14 additional 80 MHz channels and 7 additional 160 MHz channels. Wi-Fi 6E devices can make use of the wider channels and additional capacity to provide better performance and support denser deployments."Doesn't the wider channels function defeat the purpose of the additional discrete channels? You just know people will just be as greedy as they can be to max out their individual throughput and end up making the additional capacity claims a wash. So much for being neighborly.
UtilityMax - Sunday, January 26, 2020 - link
This was an issue with the 5GHz spectrum which allows only two non-overlapping 80MHz wide channels. But with additional 7 160MHz channels, I'd figure that's enough channels to make all neighbors happy even in a dense appartment building.