My Alien has not "separate 5 GHz radio"
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My AFi-ALN-R-EU has not "separate 5 GHz radio", Why?
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I believe it’s because the EU versions have 2 WiFi 6 AX radios unlike the US version.
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yep, EU model is a FULL WiFi 6 capable device.. the extra WiFi 5 radio is only on the US model, which is in my eyes a early revision model
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@Gofast only one WiFi 6 AX radios at 5GHz .
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@wii at 5.2 and 5.8 Ghz (whereas, I belive, that is not the case in the US version)
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@Raghu-Kannan the US version has 5.2 and 5.8.
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@Gofast kinda sorta not really according to this thread (there is a more detailed explanation on another thread somewhere"..
https://community.amplifi.com/topic/4270/different-version-for-the-uk/2
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@Raghu-Kannan Im not sure exactly what you’re replying to or talking about.
The thread you sent doesnt explain anything about 5.2 and 5.8.
The US version WiFi 5 radio operates at 5.2 GHz.
The WiFi 6 radio operates at 5.8GHz.This has been confirmed, nothing more to say.
Since the UK version has 2 WiFi 6 radios I’m assuming they both operate at 5.8GHz. But I haven’t looked into it as I don’t live there.
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@Gofast yup, I was trying to say exactly what you said!
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The US Alien (model AFI-ALN-R) has a single 8 stream 802.11ax radio which operates exclusively on the 5.8 GHz only band
The EU Alien (model AFI-ALN-R-EU) has a single 8 stream 802.11ax radio which operates across the full 5 GHz spectrum
The potential 5 GHz 802.11ax performance of both models is exactly the same, with the only difference being more channels are available for the EU model because the single 802.11ax radio can operate on either the 5.2 GHz or the 5.8 GHz bands
The US model allows for 4 additional streams (thus more total potential throughput) on an 802.11ac radio that exclusively operates on the 5.2 GHz band
The single 4 stream 2.4 GHz 802.11ax radio is the same between the two models
- US model = 16 total available streams (4+4+8)
- EU model = 12 total available streams (4+8)
Neither model has two 802.11ax 5 GHz radios
If there is a UK model that has two 802.11ax 5 GHz radios it would be very interesting to know more about it...
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Hi @wii - the image you posted is for the US spec model which includes an additional 802.11ac radio not present on the EU model
The technical specifications for the EU model (AFi-ALN-R-EU) can be found here: https://eu.store.ui.com/collections/amplifi/products/amplifi-alien-router
Or you can download the datasheet PDF here:
https://dl.ubnt.com/ds/afi-aln-r-eu-ds.pdf