WiFi5 or WiFi6? How to choose a home router in one article?

In September 2019, the WiFi Alliance announced the launch of the WiFi 6 certification program. So what exactly is WiFi6? What is the difference between WiFi6 and WiFi5? Choose WiFi6 or WiFi5?

So today, let’s talk about this topic for everyone.

Compared with 802.11ac WiFi 5, WiFi 6 has a fast transmission speed, a wide frequency band, and a high capacity. The maximum transmission rate of WiFi6 has been increased from 3.5Gbps to 9.6Gbps, and the theoretical speed has been increased by nearly 3 times. In terms of frequency bands, WiFi 5 only involves 5GHz, and WiFi 6 covers 2.4/5GHz, which completely covers low-speed and high-speed devices; in terms of modulation mode, WiFi 6 supports 1024-QAM, which is higher than WiFi 5's 256-QAM, and has higher data capacity, which means higher data transmission speed.

In terms of transmission speed, many people may not understand it. In terms of broadband, in fact, WiFi6 can support up to 1000M broadband. If you want to maximize the effect of WIFI6, you can only feel the beauty of WIFI6 under gigabit broadband. On the other hand, most households use 100M broadband or even lower bandwidth. That is to say, for most households, WiFi6 is not substantially improved, and WiFi5 is more than enough.

On the other hand, there are not many terminal devices that support WiFi, such as mobile phones, tablets, computers, etc. Only the top flagships support WiFi6, so the use of WiFi6 is not very useful. Therefore, the current WiFi 6 routers on the market are mainly concentrated on Internet (mobile phone) brands, such as Huawei, Xiaomi, 360, etc., while traditional router manufacturers have relatively few WiFi. However, this does not affect some people to experience WiFi6.