Just as 5G is the new network standard, there is also a new generation of Wi-Fi technology called Wi-Fi 6. Wi-Fi 6 brings upgrades in speed (9.6Gbps against Wi-Fi 5’s 3.5Gbps) and more. Today, Xiaomi announced its first Wi-Fi 6 router, the Mi AIoT Router AX3600 alongside the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro.
The Mi AIoT Router AX3600 is a flagship router powered by Qualcomm’s IPQ8071A chipset and paired with 512MB of RAM and 256MB of storage. The chip has four Cortex-A53 cores and is clocked at 1.0GHz. It also has a 1.7GHz dual-core NPU for network acceleration which is why it is marketed as a 6-core chip. Xiaomi says up to 248 devices can be connected to the router.
The router has 7 high-gain antennas. One of the antennas is an IoT device antenna, two are 2.4GHz antennas and the remaining five are 5GHz antennas. Devices can connect via 2.4GHz or 5GHz networks. Xiaomi says the AIoT antenna also supports dual-frequency and provide speeds of up to 150Mbps for IoT devices. When compared to the Mi Router AC1200, the new router is 155% faster.
The router also supports OFDMA technology (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access) which allows the router to send data to multiple terminal devices using only one transmission. Other routers that don’t support OFDMA have to send data via multiple transmissions which is less efficient. However, the terminal device has to support OFDMA too.
[envira-gallery id=”305324″]The Mi AIoT Router AX3600 works with the Mijia app and setting it up is easy. The device automatically detects IoT devices around you and allows you to set up a one-click configuration for easy connection. You can also use the dedicated WiFi App which has now been updated to version 5.0 that brings new features such as real-time notification when a device connects or disconnects from the network.
The router supports WPA3 security protocol and IPv6. It has four ethernet ports on the back and ships with a 12V 2A power adapter
The new router has a price tag of ¥599 (~$86) and comes in black. It is available for pre-order on Mi.com but there is no info on when it will begin shipping to owners.
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