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AVM Fritz!Box 7530 Wireless Router WLAN AC+N Router (DSL/VDSL, 866 MBit/s (5GHz) and 400 MBit/s (2,4 GHz) with Supervectoring, Smart WiFi, FRITZ!OS, FRITZ!App, UK Version

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Generally speaking, speeds recorded using a number of devices were very good, and coverage, especially on devices with Wi-Fi 6 radios, was also great, better than some other Wi-Fi 6 hardware I’ve tested.But make no mistake, this isn’t a whole-home mesh system without those repeaters.

I am James, a UK-based tech enthusiast and the creative mind behind Mighty Gadget, which I’ve proudly run since 2007. Passionate about all things technology, my expertise spans from computers and networking, to mobile, wearables, and smart home devices. The clearest difference between upgrading from Wi-Fi 5 to Wi-Fi 6 is coverage improvement. You can see from the results that it’s possible to get usable speeds on Wi-Fi 6 client devices much further away, such as 69Mbps in the garden. Wi-Fi 6 test

However, the Fritz!Box 7530 does include a modem as well, so you can simply use it as a straightforward, clutter-free replacement for your existing modem or router. You also have the option of connecting two or more Fritz! routers – including more expensive models such as the Fritz!Box 7590 that we reviewed last year – as part of a high-speed mesh network for larger homes. You can also get a Fritz Mesh Kit. I get rid of ADSL years ago when Virgin became available on my street, so I had to set this up using the existing Internet option where the LAN 1 port becomes your WAN port. Bridge mode’ means setting a router up to disable its routing function so it becomes a simple bridge and copies stuff between its two interfaces

ath10k_ahb a000000.wifi: wmi print 'P 48/48 V 16 K 144 PH 176 T 186 msdu-desc: 2500 sw-crypt: 0 ct-sta: 0' ath10k_ahb a800000.wifi: htt-ver 2.2 wmi-op 6 htt-op 4 cal pre-cal-file max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1For a SOHO situation, it's a good one-stop shop that's easy enough to micromanage and expand as the situation dictates – and the app management and comprehensive firmware put those controls at your fingertips. We disliked The Upstairs test is taken one storey up and roughly 15 metres away from the router, while the Garden test is approximately 20 metres away, with two closed doors and two load-bearing walls between the router and the clients. Results below are averages, rounded up: Wi-Fi 5 test Digging deeper into the settings, you’ll find a separate control panel for managing satellite devices including AVM Fritz! Repeaters, which can form a mesh network, as well as a USB/Storage menu, which allows you to manage the contents of and connections to a NAS drive. You can also tinker with Wi-Fi channels, which is handy if you’re living somewhere where there’s a lot of interference from other people’s networking devices.

The Router has a slightly unusual 3×3 5Ghz radio, so it should be able to handle a bit more congestion than many 2×2 routers. However, with WiFi 6 clients, you can only connect at 2×2, and this is limited to the 80Mhz channel width giving you a theoretical maximum throughput of 1200Mbps. Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 96.00 BogoMIPS (lpj=480000) It's not bad, by any means, but middling Wi-Fi performance puts all those additional extras (and the 7590's pretty high price) into perspective if you're not going to take full advantage of them. It's great to have so many options and the FRITZ!Box 7590 offers more than you could ever truly need. Speeds were generally very good, although, again, this is par for the course for Wi-Fi 6 devices, which are swiftly becoming the norm. Any new phone or laptop you’re likely to buy today will almost certainly have Wi-Fi 6 and, while older devices will still be compatible with newer Wi-Fi 6 routers, you’ll be missing out on benefits like faster speeds and greater coverage.Media server makes music, pictures and movies available to devices in the home network (DLNA/UPnP AV) NB: What happens with the vdsl.bin symlink is not yet tested. If you tried it, please clarify this section.

bridge: filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables is no longer available by default. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this. One symlink needs to be created on the device. Log in via SSH and run the following command on your box: Credit to AVM for building a router that, like its forebears, doesn't look like any other router out there, but its visual appeal is questionable at best. Final verdictThat raft of features, outside of very specific use cases, just isn't required, so paying a little extra for mid-range Wi-Fi power might sting. Like a lot of routers, the Fritz!Box 7530 AX will automatically prioritise the strongest, most stable connection available, even if it’s not the fastest. This means in practical terms, the further you move away from the 7530 AX, the sooner you’ll be bumped off of the faster 5GHz and moved on to the slower (but more readily available) 2.4GHz band.

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