Xiaomi: Particularly affordable WiFi 7 router now globally available

The Xiaomi BE 3600 is now available for customers in North America, Europe, the UK, India, Japan and Australia as a direct import via Geekwills. Currently priced at $49, customers should also expect to pay at least up to $18 in shipping costs for delivery times of up to 15 days. For $30, customers can have the device shipped by DHL, UPS or FedEX for a delivery time of 5 to 10 days. Import fees may apply, thus potentially increasing the overall price by a further 20%. 

The router is said to support WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/be and provide MIMO support. For the 2.4 GHz band, the maximum possible data transfer rate is specified as 688 Mbit/s, while this is given as 2.882 Mbit/s for the 5 GHz band. As usual, these are theoretical values only, which are normally difficult to achieve in practice. A single Ethernet port with a data transfer rate of up to 2.5 GBit/s is installed, while the other adapative ports can also manage gigabit speeds. This means that link aggregation is likely to be possible. 

An SoC from Qualcomm with four 1.1 GHz processing cores is installed. The internal storage amounts to 256 MB. The four antennas also support beamforming, thus guaranteeing strong connection stability and network coverage. Should this be insufficient, up to 10 Xiaomi WiFi routers can be combined to form a mesh network. The concurrent connection of up to 128 clients is said to be possible; configuration of the router not only takes place via app, but also via a web interface. However, customers outside China should not necessarily rely on first-class support, as language could be a barrier, as well as a possible lack of approval.