WAX6xx-6E (Wi-Fi 6) customer notes / discussion

dkyeager

1) Both the WAX620D-6E and WAX640S-6E are Nebula Cloud managed, Controller-managed, and Standalone.  Not yet supported in the USG Flex 500.

2) The WAX620D-6E and WAX640S-6E support the FCC extension of the 5Hz band (5.15 to 5.35 GHz; 5.470 to 5.850 GHz instead of 5.15 to 5.35 GHz; 5.725 to 5.850 GHz

3) The 5GHz and 2.4GHz are only 2x2 making them really an expansion of the WAX510D since the WAX610D and WAX650S are 4x4

4) Has 2.5GHz Ethernet port instead of 5GHz

5) WAX640S-6E uses 3 watts less than the WAX650S

6) WAX640S-6E has more rectangular shape

7) Only the WAX650S has Bluetooth management

8) WAX640S-6E unknown ability to detect rogue APs (The WAX650S does).

9) The WAX620D-6E and WAX640S-6E do not support 6GHz 320MHz

10) 3rd quarter for the WAX640S-6E.   At this time, I have not seen the WAX620D-6E in stock.

Add anything below that I missed or changes.

Zyxel_Jay

Hi @dkyeager

 

Thank for your summary. It is very understandable.

We upgrade some information.

4)Has "2.5Gbps Ethernet port instead of "5Gbps".

7)WAX640S-6E also supported Bluetooth

8)WAX640S-6E is supported ‘detect rogue APs ‘ in the managed mode and standalone mode

(1)(10) WAX640S-6E and WAX620D-6E will launch in July, and they can be managed by USG Flex 500, but they only support 2.4G and 5 G in this phase,  We will fully support 6E configuration by AP controller at the beginning of 2023..

Here is the official product specification link. The below is provided for people who need.

WAX640S-6E https://www.zyxel.com/products_services/802-11ax--WiFi-6E--Tri-Radio-Unified-Pro-Access-Point-WAX640S-6E/specifications

WAX620D-6E https://www.zyxel.com/products_services/802-11ax--WiFi-6E--Dual-Radio-Unified-Pro-Access-Point-WAX620D-6E/specifications

 

Any product specification and information will upgrade on these links.

Or any question can discuss in this article.

Sincerely

Zyxel_Jay

dkyeager

Just want to clarify that the 5GHz expansion does not currently cover the FCC 5.850-5.895GHz (5.9GHz) which will increase the number of 5GHz channels of all sizes. This frequency is not expected to become available until after July 20, 2022 (https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-612A1.pdf relating to https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-367827A1.pdf).  Perhaps Zyxel has the ability to cover this in their firmware at a future date.