[eBay Plus] Xiaomi Mi AIoT AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Router $49.95 Delivered @ Xiaomi Mi Official Store eBay

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Clear on 06/07/2021 - 14:16 ebay.com.au (2311 clicks)
Last edited 06/07/2021 - 14:20 by 1 other user

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Low price on this router beating last time's popular deal and is excellent value for a budget WiFi 6 router. It's also shipping from Xiaomi Australia's official eBay store.

As an added bonus this router is running OpenWRT with a Xiaomi reskinned interface. There's a review of the router here from Gadget Guy.

Features

4-way independent signal amplifier
Large 256 MB memory
Mesh networking
Fast WiFi6
Optimized for Mi Smart Home

Specifications

Product specifications
External dimensions: 247×141×180 mm

Product colour: White

Hardware configuration
product name: Mi Router AX1800

Processor: IPQ6000 quad-core A53 1.2 GHz CPU

Network Acceleration Engine: Single-core 1.5 GHz NPU

Memory: 256 MB

2.4G Wi-Fi: 2×2 (supports up to IEEE 802.11ax protocol with a theoretical maximum speed of 574 Mbps)

5G Wi-Fi: 2×2 (supports up to IEEE 802.11ax protocol, theoretical maximum speed up to 1201 Mbps)

Antennas: 4x external antennas

Cooling: Passive cooling

Product ports:
– 1× 10/100/1000M adaptive WAN port (Auto MDI/MDIX)
– 3× 10/100/1000M adaptive LAN ports (Auto MDI/MDIX)

LED indicator: 2x (System indicator x1, Internet indicator x1)

System reset button: 1x

Power supply port: 1x

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  D3m3ntia on 06/07/2021 - 17:02

  Bandwidth wise, no better than an AC1900, but, $50..

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  Sendaris on 06/07/2021 - 17:11

  Does this have an AP-only mode? I don't need the routing but it looks like it'd be a cheap/fast AP…

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  mooreshady on 06/07/2021 - 18:36

  Thanks OP. Gonna use it for my HFC NBN when signing up with superloop! On a 50/20 NBN.

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  s1Lence on 06/07/2021 - 20:22

  would this be good for gigabit fttp, or is the ax3600 or ax6000 a better choice? current router maxes out at 60-70mbps for wifi

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    MasterScythe on 12/07/2021 - 14:35

    +1

    If money isn't a huge limiting factor, there's no point in cutting back on 'new' wireless technologies.
    If you get the fastest spec now, then it should still be A-OK, so long as wireless AX remains a used standard.

    With that said:
    In the mean time, you should be able to go into your current router and make sure it's on 'N Only' mode.
    Wireless-N is rated at 150Mbps (while still on the 2.4ghz band), and 'requires' at least 1:1 MIMO, so your speeds should at least double.

    While you're tinkering in the wifi settings, grab WiFi Analyzer on your phone, and see what channel is most crowded.
    Try to stick to: 1, 6, 11
    Whichever of those has the least WiFi networks from neighbours and such on it, 'lock' your router to that one.

    If you can see the "20Mhz\40Mhz" setting in there, perform a file-transfer test with each setting forced (force 40mhz, then force 20mhz), to see which is better.
    While in theory 40Mhz is 'faster' if there are too many neighbours, your frequency is now overlapping 2 channels, and wifi is 'polite'.
    This meaning it'll wait it's turn.
    Waiting for 16 clients (over 2 channels) to tell your router 'airwaves are free now, your turn', will take significantly longer than waiting for half that many, if you're only covering 1 channel.

    Real world testing is required to know if the theoretical 40mhz speed-boost is impacted by the packet latency of more devices; for reference, I've never gone over 20mhz on Wireless-N; so I'm limited to 150mbps; that would double if I did want to use 40mhz.
    But I'm all about fast pings, and zero latency, I want snappy and reliable, not delayed, but with fast download speeds.

    I'm a network engineer, and locking old routers to 'N Only' mode is my current make-it-so-it-works trick; Most people are very happy to get a reliable 150Mbps wirelessly; especially considering MIMO will now 'always' work.

    The only recent things to need non-N is the Nintendo DS, so if you're not using a Nintendo DS, 'everything' should just work, once you lock it to N-Only.
    B & G support, just aren't needed anymore in 90% of cases, and leaving that mixed mode simply enabled on the firmware can cost 25% throughput…. It's nuts.

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    MasterScythe on 13/07/2021 - 23:59

    Would love to know your results when you get a chance to 'fix' your wifi :)

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      s1Lence on 14/07/2021 - 00:52

      I've ordered the AX3600 and am waiting for that, it was quite affordable at ~$130. Unfortunately it doesn't have any USB ports so I might try to connect my current router (the iiNet TG-1) to the AX3600 when it arrives and see if that works to serve media files across the network.
      I did try to use only bands 1, 3, 6, 11 (or some other ones that weren't crowded) and change the mhz but it didn't seem to make a difference.

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        MasterScythe on 14/07/2021 - 12:01

        Huh, looking at google, that router might actually be N only; thats a little unique.

        But also confusing, as you should be getting Better than 60-70Mbps

        Its not falling back to G, because thats slower than what you're getting…

        I wonder if the client devices are properly tuned; they might still be on "auto" everything.

        Its just odd; im using an old asus router in N mode, and im easily 5 meters away from it, and I manage 120mbps; and this router is OLD compared to yours.

        How odd.

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          s1Lence on 16/07/2021 - 19:49

          @MasterScythe: I set up the AX3600 and so far it's alright, here are some rough results:

          2.4 GHz 1.5m: 123/43
          2.4GHz ~13m: 107/39
          5 GHz 1.5m: 551/47
          5 GHz ~13m: 350/46

          Wired ethernet speed: 700-800/40-50 (varies a lot for some reason)

          For around $130 it's okay, definitely a big upgrade over the TG-1 in every way (other than the fact that the AX3600 has 1 less lan port and no USB ports so it can't be used as a dlna server).

          Now I just need to see if I can connect my old router to the new one to use as a budget NAS to serve media files across the network.

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  fleetoiler on 13/07/2021 - 12:40

  Signed up to ebayplus for a month & bought one of these, but turns out it won't be suitable for my needs. Doh!

  Before I go through the ebayplus return process, anyone in Brisbane miss out and want to buy it? PM me.

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