The popular Chinese manufacturer has officially introduced its new set of Mesh routers with the label Xiaomi Home Wi-Fi. In addition to the fast connection and NFC functionality, it is also good news that one package contains two pieces of equipment to cover the connection.
Xiaomi Home WiFi: New Mesh routers from the Chinese brand
New three-band device Xiaomi Home Wi-Fi comes in matte black color. One piece of this device has dimensions of 229,6 x 137 x 56 millimeters. The router contains an integrated processor Qualcomm IPQ5018, as well as 512 MB of RAM, for smooth operation and fast connection.
Thanks to powerful hardware, the router has enough power to connect up to 496 devices at the same time. A system of two devices creates a local wireless connection, the so-called A mesh connection that outwardly looks like a single Wi-Fi router, or one Wi-Fi network.
A big advantage of this model is wide connectivity. It includes bands 2,4 GHz (2×2, supports IEEE 802.11ax protocol, the theoretical maximum speed can reach 574 Mbps), 5,2 GHz (2×2, supports IEEE 802.11ax protocol, the theoretical maximum speed can reach 2402 Mbps), and also 5,8 GHz (4×4, exclusive Mesh frequency band, supports IEEE 802.11ax protocol and 4K QAM, the theoretical maximum speed can reach up to 2882 Mbps).
As far as coverage is concerned, the manufacturer states that a combination of two routing units can cover an area in an area of 350 m2. This is sufficient even for the largest households, or a house with a garden.
The equipment also includes NFC antenna for quick smartphone connection, there are vents for heat dissipation, adaptive WAN / LAN ports or the possibility of connection with the well-known Xiaomi Home mobile application.
The three-channel router contains an operating system MiWiFi. It is supplemented with an intelligent routing system based on the OpenWrt Linux distribution.
Encryption support is also available WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA3-SAE, as well as the creation of "Black lists" or "White lists", SSID hiding, guest mode and game acceleration function. The sales package of this product includes two routers, two network adapters, a network cable, and a brief user manual.
Price and product availability
New with the name Xiaomi Home Wi-Fi is already being sold on the manufacturer's official Chinese website. The selling price stopped at the value of 1499 Chinese yuan, which in current conversion is approximately 214 € respectively 223 USD. We do not yet have any other information available about the possible global availability of this product.
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