WiFi 6 has been with us for a while now, but the adoption of this new wireless standard has been a bit lackluster. And it’s not for lack of clients, WiFi 6 is in new devices for sure. I consider the main reason to be poorer availability, as WiFi 6 has so far appeared mainly in top router models costing hundreds of euros, which only a connoisseur will reach for. But with the arrival of the affordable RT-AX53U, this situation is changing.
Methodology
The aim of the tests is to show the real transfer speeds between the router and the client in a panel building environment, not under laboratory conditions. This means that there are many other WiFi networks in the area, and during the 10-meter distance test, the signal must pass to the third room, with the individual rooms separated by reinforced concrete walls but open doors.
Upload and download tests are performed using the TamoSoft Throughput Test application, where we select the results of TCP upload and TCP download. The router is connected to our test bench for graphics cards using several types of connections – 1 and 10 Gbps RJ45 or SFP+ DAC cable serves as a server. The client is a laptop Asus ZenBook 14 with the Intel WiFi AX201 card, which supports WiFi 6, i.e. the 802.11ax standard. The transfer takes exactly 1 minute. All tests are performed twice and the results are the average of both measurements.
