Interested in knowing what the benefits of WiFi 6 feature that is on the V4 camera . I have a WiFi 6 router.
Is having a bunch of V4s rather than V3s better for bandwidth loading? Why should that feature be a consideration when choosing a camera?
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Wifi 6 provides more bandwidth, potentially better range in congested areas (not a huge amount) and WPA3 encryption ability. However there are reports that the WPA3 may not be working with the v4, may need to wait for a firmware fix.
I wouldn’t make it a deciding factor in choosing a camera though, those things are relatively minor improvements which may or may not make any difference depending on your wifi environment and how many cams/other devices you have on 2.4ghz, etc.
Dave27, Thank you for the response.
I have about 30 items, lights, sockets, door-water-motion sensors, v2, v3, DB, etc… Any comments?
Unless you upgrade them all to Wifi6 it probably won’t provide much (if any) benefit, but the cam should work just as well as existing ones as it uses about the same bandwidth as the older 1080P cams.
One big benefit is it uses things like OFDMA and MU-MIMO so it can handle multiple devices more efficiently. In easy to understand terms, it helps the smart camera maintain a stable connection even in a busy network environment.
It also gives better range and coverage and stability and forces compliance with WPA3 security for any who use that (most don’t because there are still a lot of incompatible devices).
It does improve reliability.
Even if most of your other devices aren’t WiFi 6, it is my understanding that the ones that are WiFi 6 will still perform better than the WiFi 5 devices on the same network and the WiFi 5 devices shouldn’t have a negative impact on the WiFi 6 stuff.
WiFi 6 is definitely better, but whether you notice the difference will depend on a lot of variables. If you currently have some connectivity issues with any devices, then it’s likely WiFi 6 will show a good improvement, but if your WiFi 5 devices already work well, you may not notice any difference. Either way is a good outcome.
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For the most part until everything on the band/radio is AX, the improvements are pretty small. They can coexist and the AX devices will see some benefit, but the N devices (keep in mind this is WIFI 4 since it is 2.4ghz) will hamper a lot of the new benefits.
The two threads I’ve seen I believe were both ISP routers. We know how well those work. Is yours running AX/Wifi6 along with WPA3 or is it connecting at N/Wifi4?
I believe both started seeing the issue after the latest firmware update, not sure if you’ve updated, I seem to recall you’d often hold off?
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I couldn’t tell you that as that info is hidden behind a paywall with the Eero and I’m to cheap to unlock the feature 
I usually hold until the coast is clear. In this case I am all up to date 4.52.9.1134
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