MSI's RadiX BE22000 Turbo WiFi 7 Router Looks Like Something From a Sci-Fi Movie

[TheLostSwede]

If you're looking at upgrading to WiFi 7, but don't want a router that looks like a dead bug, then maybe MSI has the router for you, with its upcoming RadiX BE22000 Turbo router. The BE22000 part in the name refers to 802.11be which is the IEEE naming for WiFi 7 and the max theoretical throughput of the router, i.e. 22 Gbps combined across all bands. The RadiX BE22000 Turbo supports 320 MHz channel width, or twice that of WiFi 6 and it's the main reason why WiFi 7 can be so much faster than WiFi 6.

Other features include AI QoS which MSI claims automatically prioritises gaming packets over other types of data packets being sent by the router and it can be configured via a companion app. The RadiX BE22000 Turbo also supports MLO or Multi-Link Operation, which enables supported clients to connect to the router using more than one frequency band for increased throughput. MSI didn't reveal much when it comes to the hardware features of the router, but it does have a pair of 10 Gbps ports, as well as four 2.5 Gbps, making it a better choice than ASUS' recently announced RT-BE96U, which only has Gigabit ports in addition to its two 10 Gbps ports.



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[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Now that looks like a star wars flyer

 

[TheLostSwede]

Hi,
Now that looks like a star wars flyer

Not the worst design so far for WiFi 7 routers.

 

[bonehead123]

If they REALLY wanted to make it stand out from the ho-hum crowd, they should have put the router body on top of the legs/wings, and made channels in them to hide the cables.....IMHO of course

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

The 2 10g+ 4 2.5G is really nice to see appearing on these routers.

 

[ThrashZone]

Not the worst design so far for WiFi 7 routers.

Hi,
Yep much better than prometheus dead bug
Star wars darth vader ship

 

[Gmr_Chick]

The Star Wars geek - and arachnophobe - in me digs this design. Finally no spiders!

 

[sepheronx]

The Star Wars geek - and arachnophobe - in me digs this design. Finally no spiders!

So when you buying it?

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Nightmares seeing that asus router coming at you

 

[TechLurker]

It's tempting, given the 4x 2.5GbE ports, but I'm already in the ASUS ecosystem more due to their AiMesh allowing for recycling of older ASUS routers as mesh nodes, and the fact that I could replace the default antennae with larger ones or directional ones as-needed. Or even reroute the antennae, via SMA cables. I do kind of hope ASUS releases one that has 4x 2.5GbE ports, or even 4x 5GbE ports as a mid-year refresh, somewhat like how they refreshed the AX11000 from a 5GbE single port to a 10GbE single port, then later released the AXE16000 variant that built on top of the AX11000.

 

[Tomgang]

Hmm well what does the Dark lord think himself of this?

 

[PLAfiller]

It's got "turbo" in the name...

 

[Bwaze]

It's got "turbo" in the name...

"In a networking device, a turbocharger (often called a turbo) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust data. It uses this energy to compress the intake stream, forcing more bits into the computer in order to produce more internet for a given connection."

 

[TheLostSwede]

It's tempting, given the 4x 2.5GbE ports, but I'm already in the ASUS ecosystem more due to their AiMesh allowing for recycling of older ASUS routers as mesh nodes, and the fact that I could replace the default antennae with larger ones or directional ones as-needed. Or even reroute the antennae, via SMA cables. I do kind of hope ASUS releases one that has 4x 2.5GbE ports, or even 4x 5GbE ports as a mid-year refresh, somewhat like how they refreshed the AX11000 from a 5GbE single port to a 10GbE single port, then later released the AXE16000 variant that built on top of the AX11000.

Bad news for you, WiFi 6E and WiFi 7 consumer routers aren't allowed to have removable antennas.
It's a legal requirement, not a standards requirement.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Apparently it has motorised antennas that moves to adapt the signal as needed.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Stopped the vid before it made two V's "><"

 

[TechLurker]

Bad news for you, WiFi 6E and WiFi 7 consumer routers aren't allowed to have removable antennas.
It's a legal requirement, not a standards requirement.

That kind of sucks. I guess I'll have to buy the best "old-gen" routers with removable antennae for the directional panels I use to point out to the backyard when it inevitably comes time to upgrade those.

Any link to the legal reasoning? I'm more interested in why the shift to fixed antennae.

 

[TheLostSwede]

That kind of sucks. I guess I'll have to buy the best "old-gen" routers with removable antennae for the directional panels I use to point out to the backyard when it inevitably comes time to upgrade those.

Any link to the legal reasoning? I'm more interested in why the shift to fixed antennae.

It's related to the transmit power and interference on the 6 GHz band from what I know.
I can't find anything specific that mentions it, but if you change the antenna on the router, the transmit power changes and that means the device is no longer within the spec if was certified for. Apparently it's only for consumer devices though, so if you by professional gear, this limitation isn't there, but you might need a license to legally use those products.

This is the closests I've been able to find to an explanation.

Wi-Fi 7 ‘doubles down’ on the low latency and high throughput gains

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