> I usually have more than two dozen internet-connected devices running, including smart speakers, a thermostat and a bathroom scale. That appeared to make my home an ideal test environment for Wi-Fi 6.
mu-mimo (802.11ax) requires client side support, since it's a way to make clients use different channels than the main channel they would have used pre-802.11ax. i'm skeptical this test actually tested mu-mimo, that the wifi 6 router was doing anything new or better.
not impossible though. it helps that some pre-wifi 6 devices (802.11ac, 2014) started getting mu-mimo/802.11ax support but only on 5GHz bands. so some not fresh devices may have support. i believe anything with 802.11ax support on both bands qualifies as wifi 6. haven't found good links to support this though! i wonder when the first client 802.11ax devices emerged!!
mu-mimo (802.11ax) requires client side support, since it's a way to make clients use different channels than the main channel they would have used pre-802.11ax. i'm skeptical this test actually tested mu-mimo, that the wifi 6 router was doing anything new or better.
not impossible though. it helps that some pre-wifi 6 devices (802.11ac, 2014) started getting mu-mimo/802.11ax support but only on 5GHz bands. so some not fresh devices may have support. i believe anything with 802.11ax support on both bands qualifies as wifi 6. haven't found good links to support this though! i wonder when the first client 802.11ax devices emerged!!
the Wikipedia reference is pretty solid: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ax