{"id":726,"date":"2020-12-28T10:46:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T15:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/?p=726"},"modified":"2021-09-22T08:31:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T13:31:50","slug":"using-wi-fi-6-to-bridge-at-gigabit-speed-with-the-engenius-ecw230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/2020\/12\/28\/using-wi-fi-6-to-bridge-at-gigabit-speed-with-the-engenius-ecw230\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Wi-Fi 6 to Bridge At Gigabit Speed with the EnGenius ECW230"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the advantages of Wi-Fi 6 is faster speeds and distance. Mesh access points can take advantage of these increased speeds as well as client devices. Once you have a access point connected to Wi-Fi mesh you can then use it’s wired port to connect to a device or switch to extend a network inside or between buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did some testing with two of the EnGenius ECW230 V3’s a 4×4 Wi-Fi 6 access point with 2.5Gb ethernet port. I used a laptop with a 5Gb Sabrent USB 3 ethernet adapter<\/a> and external power supply for the ECW230. The other ECW230 was connected to a EnGenius ECS2512FP 2.5Gb PoE switch<\/a> my desktop was also connected to this switch at 10Gb using a SPF+ twinax cable.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I setup a hidden SSID on the EnGenius cloud and deployed it to both ECW230’s. This way there are no client devices connected and we will get full throughput. I used iPerf on both computers to test speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I first tested at 5 feet and was able to maintain close to 1Gbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next I tested at 50 feet with multiple walls in between the AP’s I was able to maintain 350Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So another advantage of Wi-Fi 6 access points is they make a great bridge. You could also use the outdoor ECW260<\/a>‘s to bridge between two buildings at fast speeds. More information on the ECW230 here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the advantages of Wi-Fi 6 is faster speeds and distance. Mesh access points can take advantage of these increased speeds as well as client devices. Once you have a access point connected to Wi-Fi mesh you can then use it’s wired port to connect to a device or switch to extend a network … <\/p>\n

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