Router XIAOMI AX9000 WI-FI 6 - overview
“Horned” routers and a bunch of antennas and amplifiers will no longer surprise the buyer. The Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS has already managed to prove to the whole world the effectiveness of such systems. First the ROG series, then the AiMesh AX. Only the price stopped buyers (it starts at $500 and goes up). Therefore, the novelty - the XIAOMI AX9000 WI-FI 6 router immediately attracted attention. Similar characteristics and half the cost play in favor of the Chinese brand. But is everything as good as the manufacturer is trying to tell us about the gadget?
Router XIAOMI AX9000 WI-FI 6: specifications
| Declared Wi-Fi Standards | IEEE 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac / ax and IEEE 802.3 / 3u / 3a |
| Wireless channels | 2.4, 5.2, 5.8 GHz (simultaneous operation of bands) |
| Processor | Qualcomm IPQ8072 (4xA55@2.2GHz and 2x1.7 GHz) |
| Memory | 1 GB RAM, 256 GB ROM |
| Theoretical speed | Up to 4804 Mb / s |
| Encryption | OpenWRT: WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK / WPA3-SAE |
| Router management | Web interface: Windows, Android, iOS, Linux |
| USB | Yes, 1 port, version 3.0 |
| Охлаждение | Active (1 cooler) |
| Price | $ 250-400 |
In terms of technical characteristics, the manufacturer Xiaomi has declared a lot of useful things. Including the game mode, which allows a tunnel to be built under a certain port. By the way, all the settings vaguely resemble the functionality of Cisco routers, only simplified to a minimum. Which makes the XIAOMI AX9000 WI-FI 6 more attractive to ordinary buyers.
The price of the router is incomprehensible. In Chinese stores, for the same device, sellers want from 250 to 400 US dollars. This run is very embarrassing. And there are questions about the quality of such an attractive, at first glance, product. After all, it does not happen that the price fluctuates as much as 2 times.
Review of XIAOMI AX9000 WI-FI 6 router
To say that a network device is large is to say nothing. The router is huge. Let the build quality and thoughtful cooling system be up to the mark. But these dimensions simply do not fit into the head. It is about the size of a Xerox laser MFP. A router needs a special shelf or a lot of free space on the desktop.
I was very confused by the functionality. At least, on the current firmware, it was not possible to achieve the construction of a dedicated channel for certain devices and programs. And there was something to compare. A couple of antediluvian devices - Cisco 1811 and Air-ap1832 work much more efficiently. And here the effect is zero.
But there is a nice moment. The declared characteristics of "breaking through" reinforced concrete walls with a Wi-Fi signal are confirmed. And that's great. And at a very long distance. One such XIAOMI AX9000 router can solve the problem of building a wireless network in any private multi-storey building. No need to spend money on repeaters and AiMesh systems. Here the Chinese were very surprised.