The RTL8157 USB network card has reached the hundred-yuan mark, rekindling interest in 5GBASE-T. However, my previous estimates on the speed of its adoption were overly optimistic. Among the 800 series boards, only MSI has made significant progress. We may have to wait another year to see if the 900 series with Nova Lake / Zen6 will arrive.Correspondingly, wireless routers have yet to be refreshed… Considering that WiFi 7 has been out for a while, perhaps it’s time to revisit high-end products from WiFi 6, such as enterprise-grade access points (APs)?As a novice, I don’t want to buy an AC, so the AP must support FAT mode—most newer products do.Back in the WiFi 5 era, the Aruba 330 series already utilized NGBASE-T. The information I found on 5G and 2.5G is somewhat inconsistent, but now “picking up” WiFi 5 is really not interesting; let’s look at the “next generation” instead.
https://www.securewirelessworks.com/datasheets/access-points/ds_ap330series.pdf
https://arubanetworking.hpe.com/techdocs/hardware/aps/ap330/ig/AP-330_IG_EN.pdfI looked around on the market, and there are few disassemblies of WiFi 6 from Cisco and Ubiquiti, and they cost in the four-digit range; the Aruba 530 is about six to seven hundred… still too expensive for a bargain hunter, otherwise, I would consider local brands?The first one that comes to mind is H3C, where the WA6528 only costs around 300 and has a 5G Ethernet port, but… it only supports FIT? The ones that support “Anchor networking” (which should be similar to Aruba’s virtual controller) are more expensive.(Why is there a separate high-density model?)
https://www.h3c.com/cn/Products_And_Solution/InterConnect/Products/IP_Wlan/Then there’s Ruijie. I don’t think their technical strength is particularly strong, but that “public welfare” app is quite good, so it might be worth a look? Unfortunately, there aren’t many disassembly sources available (perhaps the installation volume isn’t large?), and this V3 suffix has a certain TP aesthetic (escape).
https://www.ruijie.com.cn/cp/wx/Finally, I have my eyes on Huawei—I’ve seen some big shots on forums picking up bargains, which planted the seeds of envy (laughs).
https://cyberbus.net/post/156However, finding a bargain is a matter of chance, and as a novice, I probably won’t need 10G wireless, so I ended up with the “lowest-end” 5760-51.Please note that not all items in the image are APs; the 5760-22WD is even more FIT than the FIT AP.It seems that the last digit after the model number indicates the Ethernet port speed?
https://hwp24.com/articles/review_of_huawei_airengine_8760_rx1_and_airengine_6760r_51_external_access_points/The label in the image indicates “basic capabilities,” and it can unlock 8T8R through RTU—personally, I think this speed increase is not very significant?
Does this feature seem more useful?
The condition is not very good, with stains on the surface and dents on the heat sink:
The plastic parts also have cracks:
The logo is almost worn off (laughs).
However, the interior is relatively clean, with no signs of water ingress.
What more could you ask for at this price?
The rated power is quite considerable; it is said that the HiSilicon solution has a higher power consumption? It is important to note that the power interface is not the common 552x (by the way, does this voltage exceeding 36V pose a risk of personal injury?)
I haven’t disassembled it; interested readers can check out the disassembly by others on Ruijie BV1ND4y1u72c:
Power it on and see; the seller has reset it, and the default is cloud AP mode:
I don’t know why there is still an event from 2021
Perhaps it is related to the software version?
Switch to FAT:
You also need to register an account:
Selecting Australia can achieve a higher transmission power? But if the mobile terminal power can’t go up, it won’t help:
If you select single AP, will you need to reset anything when adding devices later? Otherwise, just select multiple APs.
Checking the documentation, I found that some low-end models can manage the same number in bridge/gateway mode, I guess it’s a firmware limitation similar to the 22WD rather than a performance bottleneck?
https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/zh/doc/EDOC1100222157/96b8cd4bEnabled smart upgrade, and later when connected to the external network, it prompted that it was already the optimal version—didn’t specify whether it was the latest version (laughs).
When saving contact information, a privacy statement popped up, and I realized that APs have far fewer terms to agree to than “normal electronic products” (laughs).
By the way, “online upgrade” itself also has agreements:
After setting the basic information, I entered a configuration wizard similar to consumer-grade products:
Do spaces need two escape characters? (If it were a few years ago, I might have tried to make it work, but now I’m too lazy to tinker.)
I don’t need this thing to act as a gateway, switch to bridge mode:
Can’t your AP determine whether the current management connection is wired or wireless?
If the previous “wizard” looks no different from consumer-grade, this part has a bit of an enterprise feel:
By default, there is also a dynamic rate limit for terminals; should I turn it off when running large numbers at home? (Is this threshold a bit low, with hundreds of terminals competing for gigabit bandwidth?)
The default bandwidth is 20M—consumer-grade likes to max out at 160M.
The phone can measure -2 dBm against the AP shell, of course, just for fun:By the way, what role does this LeaderAP SSID play? Where can I turn it off?
I don’t quite understand this 40+/40-
Why is there no similar option for 80/160?If 6GHz is already a done deal, is there hope for the promotion of ad/ay’s 60GHz in future generations?
https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/zh/doc/EDOC1000113314/2d2a4a3cThis part… I will post Huawei’s tutorial; if readers are interested, they can take a look:
Switch to tri-band and take a look:
Why does adjusting the radio frequency require a full reboot (what is the “general fault” of Ping? This is the first time I’ve seen it)?
Maximum 80 during tri-band:
Check the official website for updates—can’t find an account, looking for a substitute on the market for 5 yuan.
I upgraded once before (the version is higher but the size is optimized better?)
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It seems that flash + backup is a total of 256M?
R024 is about 10% larger:Finally, to demonstrate the effect of 5GBASE-T, I plan to find four WiFi terminals that do not have bandwidth limitations to “test the speed” simultaneously—I don’t expect to reach the theoretical maximum, but if each can reach 700M, a total exceeding 2.5G would be fine… but I currently don’t have many devices at hand; I’ll talk about it when I have the opportunity.