If you haven’t been paying close attention to WiFi standards over the last few years the change in naming might be confusing. Especially having WiFi AC switching to WiFi 5. The part where things get even more confusing though is when we have WiFi 6 and then later WiFi 6E. Officially both fall under the 802.11ax standard but the E designation adds the 6 GHz band alongside 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz which have been used in the past. I’ve taken a look at multiple WiFi 6 products but with 6E I have had devices that support it but no access point to check it out yet. Well, EnGenius has finally brought out their ECW336 WiFi 6E access point and today I’m going to check out what sets it apart from their WiFi 6 models so let’s dive in and check it out.
Product Name: EnGenius ECW336 Wifi 6E Access Point
Review Sample Provided by: EnGenius
Written by: Wes Compton
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Specifications |
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Standards |
IEEE 802.11ax on 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.11ax on 5 GHz IEEE 802.11ax on 6 GHz (Backward compatible with 802.11b/g/n/ac) |
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Processor |
Qualcomm® Networking Pro 1210 Platform |
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Antenna |
4 x 2.4 GHz: 5 dBi 4 x 5 GHz: 6 dBi 4 x 6 GHz: 5 dBi |
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Physical Interface |
1 x 10/100/1000/2500/5000 BASE-T, RJ-45 Ethernet Port 1x DC Jack 1 x Reset Button |
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LED Indicators |
1 x Power 1 x LAN 1 x 2.4 GHz 1 x 5 GHz 1 x 6 GHz |
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Power Source |
Power-over-Ethernet: 802.3at Input 12VDC /2A Power Adapter (Not Included) |
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Maximum Power Consumption |
22.5W |
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Wireless & Radio Specifications |
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Operating Frequency |
Dual-Radio Concurrent 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, & 6 GHz |
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Operation Modes |
AP, Mesh |
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Frequency Radio |
2.4 GHz: 2400 MHz ~ 2835 GHz 5 GHz: 5150 MHz ~ 5250 MHz, 5250 MHz ~ 5350 MHz, 5470 MHz ~ 5725 MHz, 5725 MHz ~ 5850 MHz 6 GHz: 5.925GHz~6.425GHz, 6.425GHz~6.525GHz, 6.525GHz~6.875GHz, .6875GHz~7.125GHz |
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Transmit Power |
Up to 23 dBm on 2.4 GHz Up to 23 dBm on 5 GHz Up to 23 dBm on 6 GHz (Maximum power is limited by regulatory domain) |
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Tx Beamforming (TxBF) |
Increasing signal reliability and transmitting distance. |
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Radio Chains/Spatial Stream |
4x4:4 |
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SU-MIMO |
Four (4) spatial stream SU-MIMO for 2.4GHz and four spatial streams SU-MIMO for 5GHz up to 3,548 Mbps wireless data rate to a single wireless client device under 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz radios. |
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MU-MIMO |
Four (4) spatial streams multi-user (MU)-MIMO for up to 4800 Mbps wireless data rate to transmit to two (2) two streams MU-MIMO 11ax capable wireless client devices under 6GHz simultaneously. Four (4) spatial streams multi-user (MU)-MIMO for up to 2400 Mbps wireless data rate to transmit to two (2) two streams MU-MIMO 11ax capable wireless client devices under 5GHz simultaneously. Four (4) spatial streams multi-user (MU)-MIMO for up to 1148 Mbps wireless data rate to transmit to two (2) two streams MU-MIMO 11ax capable wireless client devices under 2.4GHz simultaneously. |
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Supported Data Rates (Mbps): |
802.11ax: 6 GHz: 5 GHz: 18 to 2400 (MCS0 to MSC11, NSS = 1 to 4) 2.4 GHz: 9 to 1148 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 4) 802.11ac: 6.5 to 1733 Mbps (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 4) 802.11n: 6.5 to 600 Mbps (MCS0 to MCS15) 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 48, 54 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11 |
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Supported Radio Technologies |
802.11ax: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) 802.11ac/a/g/n: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple (OFDM) 802.11b: Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) |
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Channelization |
802.11ax supports high efficiency (HE) —HE 20/40/80 MHz 802.11ac supports very high throughput (VHT) —VHT 20/40/80 MHz 802.11n supports high throughput (HT) —HT 20/40 MHz 802.11n supports very high throughput under the 2.4GHz radio –VHT40 MHz (256-QAM) 802.11n/ac/ax packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-SPDU Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) Certified |
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Supported Modulation |
802.11ax: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM 802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM 802.11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM 802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK |
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Management |
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Multiple BSSID |
8 SSIDs for 2.4GHz, 5GHz, & 6 GHz radios |
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VLAN Tagging |
Supports 802.1q SSID-to-VLAN Tagging Cross-Band VLAN Pass-Through Management VLAN |
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Spanning Tree |
Supports 802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol |
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QoS (Quality of Service) |
IEEE 802.11e compliant WMM |
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SNMP |
v1, v2c, v3 |
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MIB |
I/II, Private MIB |
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Wireless Security |
WPA3 Enterprise WPA3-PSK (SAE) WPA3/WPA2-PSK Mixed WPA2 Enterprise WPA2 AES-PSK Hide SSID in Beacons MAC Address Filtering, up to 256 MACs per SSID Wireless STA (Client) Connected List SSH Tunnel Client Isolation L2 Isolation |
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Environment & Physical |
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Temperature Range |
Operating: 32ºF~104ºF (0ºC~40ºC) Storage: -40ºF~176 ºF (-40ºC~80ºC) |
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Humidity (non-condensing) |
Operating: 90% or less Storage: 90% or less |
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Dimensions & Weights |
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ECW336 Device |
Weight: 1.34 lbs. (607 g) Length: 8.27" (210 mm) Width: 8.27" (210 mm) Height: 1.31" (33.2 mm) |
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Packaging |
Weight: 2.5 lbs. (1134 g) Length: 9.65" (245 mm) Width: 9.65" (245 mm) Height: 3.35" (85 mm) |
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Package Contents |
1 - ECW230S Cloud Managed Indoor Access Point 1 – Ceiling Mount Base (9/16” Trail) 1 – Ceiling Mount Base (15/16” Trail) 1 - Ceiling and Wall Mount Screw Kits 1 - Quick Installation Guide |
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Certifications |
FCC CE |
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Warranty |
2 Year |
