Does beamforming technology replace expensive Smart antennas with switchable diagram or adaptive array? Let's answer this question by testing various Zyxel Wi-Fi 6 access points. How does Beamforming work in general Beamforming technology is the most frequently used function in the new generation of intelligent antennas at Wi-Fi access points 6. The essence of Beamforming technology is that an array of antennas is used to “control” or transmit radio signals in a certain direction, and not ...

If you choose an access point for rooms with high traffic, for example, for restaurants, halls of business centers or for conference halls, then you most likely need a model with Wi-Fi 6 support and a total bandwidth above 2Gbps. As a rule, such devices have a price of about $1000, and their characteristics exceed the requirements of a typical customer. If you choose an access point for rooms with high traffic, for example, for restaurants, halls of business centers or for conference halls, ...

Let's consider a typical case: a large retail chain opens hundreds of new stores, each of which plans to use IoT infrastructure using Wi-Fi 6. In order to facilitate the setup and commissioning of equipment, in other words, so that the sysadmin does not hang around all 100 stores, you can turn the deployment process upside down: first set up the network, and then lay the cables and mount the devices. Today ZyXEL provides you with such an opportunity when using the Nebula service. Let's ...

... Main features of the ProFi controller The ProFi software controller is designed ... cloud. After installation, the ProFi controller will automatically start, and ... yet presented a gateway with ProFi control, however, according to ... . Events and Notifications The ProFi controller stores all network events ... with support for 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) and the 2x2 MU-MIMO ... increasing the range due to beamforming. There is also VLAN support ... .11ax standard. Conclusions The ProFi control controller mainly reduces the ...

Finally, Keenetic has released PoE access points for the Enterprise sector. Having absorbed all the developments made in the entire history of the company, they suddenly turned out to be very strong players offering excellent remote control, well-functioning VPN, and Wi-Fi 6 support, which has been lacking in the company's lineup for so long. Despite the fact that Keenetic routers were originally created for the home segment, they have firmly entered the business segment, or rather its niche ...

Today we are considering a budget Wi-FI 6 standard access point for outdoor performance. This model is considered as a building block for building Mesh networks or as an opportunity to expand the coverage of existing Wi-Fi 6 on an area without any increased performance or range requirements, but with management through the Nebula cloud system. The NWA55AXE model implements the 2x2 antenna formula, so the maximum speed by the standards of the 802.11ac standard is low - 1200 Mbit/s in the 5 GHz ...

Who would have imagined that something new could be invented in network equipment, but Ruijie Networks did it. The concept of a self-organized network, when everything is configured automatically and administered from a smartphone, is very unusual and modern, and most importantly - accessible even for the smallest objects. Ruijie Networks Company (read [ru:iji Networks]) is a relatively new player in our market, although the brand itself has existed since 2000, and deals exclusively with ...

The flagship access point with Smart Antenna technology allows you to install a VPN tunnel directly between yourself and the office gateway, so that all working resources in your own VLAN are available to the user. It is also now possible to configure authentication via Google Auth for even greater network protection. Today we are considering the top Wi-Fi 6 access point made by Zyxel. This is a truly "omnivorous" access point, designed for installation both in rooms with a large ...

For comparative testing of Wi-Fi 6 access points, a new test stand based on Intel AX200 and iPhone was required. We tested the speed on the line of sight, through the walls, and also compared the design of three popular access points. Every major manufacturer of Wi-Fi equipment has already presented its business solutions for the modernization of restaurants, hotels and other public places. And there is an explanation: owners of brand-new iPhones want to see how the Wi-Fi network implements ...

Migrating to Wi-Fi 6, do you hope that at least the cable structure will remain the same, running on the old twisted pair 2.5 GBase-T? Let's look at the example of the universal PoE switch Zyxel, how a multi-gigabit switch that supports speeds from 1 to 10 Gbit/s with a cheap cable works, what features it provides and how it is configured via the cloud. The adoption of the Wi-Fi 6 standard raises the requirements for the cable infrastructure of the LAN: most mid-level access points already ...