Xiaomi MiWiFi Mesh
A new Xiaomi network product awaits us in the coming months. Xiaomi's product manager Thomas Tang introduced the Xiaomi Mesh via the Chinese microblogging service "Weibo". Consisting of two new Xiaomi routers with Qualcomm Dakota chip, the Mesh Suite promises transfer rates of up to 2567 Mbit/s. Both routers are equipped with 2x2 independent 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz amplifiers, which means that Xiaomi promises higher signal strength and signal range.
Particularly interesting: the Xiaomi mesh routers are also powerline adapters. Here, the network is set up using the cables of the domestic power lines. Three gigabit WAN / LAN ports are available for setting up a conventional LAN. The Mesh can be configured and controlled using the well-known MiWiFi app.
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Even in a medium-sized apartment, a conventional WLAN quickly reaches its limits. One solution is repeaters, which however use the same channel and slow down the network increasingly and make it difficult to change the WLAN of the end devices. A mesh in turn connects all access points to a single network. This ensures a strong transmission and reception performance and a perfect network coverage to the last corner.
The disadvantage of building a mesh network is often the high price of each node. Xiaomi in turn offers its network technology at a particularly low price. If that also applies to the new mesh router, you could build a powerful mesh network for little money! So it remains exciting when and at what price the Xiaomi Mesh Set will be released.
Erik
4. March 2019 10 to: 03
I waited for that. If that still costs below 100 €, it is bought immediately.