“What does it mean to say this router is a Wi-Fi 5 Router? How is Wi-Fi 5 different form wi-fi 6 or some other number?”

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• As usual, the latest Wi-Fi standard offers faster data transfer speeds. If you're using a Wi-Fi router with a single device, maximum potential speeds should be up to 40% higher with Wi-Fi 6 compared to Wi-Fi 5. Wi-Fi 6 accomplishes this through more efficient data encoding, resulting in higher throughput.

  Answered by wifi2020 5 years ago

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• Hi. Wi-Fi 5 is the IEEE 802.11ac standard. The Wi-Fi Alliance that manages wireless networking standards rebranded the different generations of Wi-Fi, making it clear that Wi-Fi 6 is IEEE 802.11ax and Wi-Fi 5 is 802.11ac.

  Answered by Linksys Staff 5 years ago

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