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HUAWEI calls its own figure theoretical

Two HUAWEI units

The WiFi AX3 New, a dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router, and the WiFi Mesh 3+, a dual-band Wi-Fi 6 mesh node sold singly. Both are listed on the European Amazon stores and have no Amazon.com listing.

What is stated

The router’s own page calls its 3,000 Mbit/s a theoretical speed — a candid word that most listings avoid — and names 160 MHz channels and 1024-QAM, with both band rates. The mesh node quotes its coverage in rooms rather than in square meters or feet.

What is not

Neither page counts an Ethernet socket or an antenna. For an American home, the routers and mesh sets with Amazon.com listings on the same shelves are the ones to compare.

Every HUAWEI unit reviewed here

What each HUAWEI review concluded

  • HUAWEI WiFi AX3 New — A router that is unusually straight about what its headline number is and unusually quiet about everything with a cable in it.
  • HUAWEI WiFi Mesh 3+ — The radio side is stated plainly and the wired side is not stated at all.