Dynalink DL-WRX36 - Faq; Basic; What Is Wifi 6; What Is the Difference between Wifi 6 and Wifi 5

DynalinkXDL-WRX36 | FAQ & Troubleshooting
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FAQ
 Basic
What is WiFi 6?
WiFi 6 is also knows as 802.11ax. WFA (Wi-Fi Alliance) uses numbers to simplify the name of the standards.
WiFi 6 (11ax) features 1024-QAM, which provides high-throughput in both 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, and supports
MU-MIMO & Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) to improve the channel capacity and
efficiency for enabling more clients to access the WiFi networks.
What is the difference between WiFi 6 and WiFi 5?
WiFi 6 operates in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands and features improvements in throughput, multiple-device
support, and WiFi spectrum efficiency. WiFi 6 also increases the number of devices that can connect and
simultaneously benefit from high-speed wireless networks.
Published year
WiFi
WiFi standard
Frequency band
1997
1
st
generation
IEEE 802.11 (WiFi 1)
2.4GHz
1999
2
nd
generation
IEEE 802.11a/b (WiFi 2)
5GHz / 2.4GHz
2003
3
rd
generation
IEEE 802.11g (WiFi 3)
2.4GHz
2009
4
th
generation
IEEE 802.11n (WiFi 4)
2.4GHz or 5GHz
2013
5
th
generation
IEEE 802.11ac (WiFi 5)
5GHz
2019
6
th
generation
IEEE 802.11ax (WiFi 6)
2.4GHz or 5GHz