TP-Link's 802.11AD router: Talon AD7200

[NumLock21]

 

TP-Link has launched their Talon AD7200 router. World's first, to support the newest 802.11AD wireless spec that runs on the 60GHz band, which is faster than gigabit lan.

Running on 802.11AD, users can basically download 4K movies just under 8 minutes, 100 photos in a second or less, and HD movie less than 40 seconds. it's now available at most e-tailer for a cheap price of $349.99

I'm still running on 802.11G 

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Wireless AD: Supports 802.11ad, the latest breakthrough in wireless technology, for Wi-Fi speeds faster than Gigabit Ethernet

AD7200 Multi-Band: Runs three separate Wi-Fi bands, 60GHz (4600Mbps), 5GHz (1733Mbps), and 2.4GHz (800Mbps)

Leading-edge antenna design: Creates superior Wi-Fi coverage with eight external antennas, beamforming, and beam-steering

Future-proof your network: Works with all existing Wi-Fi devices and all future Wireless AD devices

MU-MIMO: Communicates with several devices at once to reduce wait times and speed up connections

4-Stream: Increases overall wireless speeds by adding an extra data stream to the 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi bands

1.4GHz dual-core processor: Handles multiple connections at the same time to keep your network running at peak performance

Gigabit Ethernet: Create fast, reliable wired connections with four Gigabit Ethernet ports

Dual USB 3.0 ports: Transfers files, music, movies, and photos on attached drives across your network at incredible speed

VPN: Securely access files on devices connected through USB and Wi-Fi from anywhere

Guest Network: Provides visitors with Wi-Fi access separate from your main network

Parental Controls: Manage when and how connected devices can access the Internet

Tether: Makes it easy to manage your Wi-Fi settings anywhere with the free TP-LINK Tether app (Android, iOS)

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/222561/tp-link-announces-the-worlds-first-802-11-ad-router-the-talon-ad7200

http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-9_AD7200.html

[mikat]

so are there actually devices that can receive AD wifi?

[LAwLz]

7 minutes ago, mikat said:

so are there actually devices that can receive AD wifi?

The Snapdragon 820 has support for it hardware wise. I don't know if any Android device has support for it in software though.

[2FA]

10 minutes ago, mikat said:

so are there actually devices that can receive AD wifi?

Well 802.11AD is backwards compatible with older devices so you could buy this now and then once devices that support 802.11AD come out, make use of the higher speed.

[zMeul]

this is really old news:

WiGig is kinda' shitty:

• low range
• cannot penetrate walls; even the slightest obstacle can cause a drop in data transfer speeds

[mikat]

1 minute ago, LAwLz said:

The Snapdragon 820 has support for it hardware wise. I don't know if any Android device has support for it in software though.

ah ok, but wouldn't it be better for these new technologies to focus on sustained 50 Mbit up & down through walls and such instead of this really high performance thing with shit wall penetration?

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23 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

 

World's first, to support the newest 802.11AD wireless spec that runs on the 60GHz band, which is faster than gigabit lan.

But is it really?  I mean, quoting a Mbps that's more than 1000 is one thing, but does it actually achieve those speeds?

[NumLock21]

2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

But is it really?  I mean, quoting a Mbps that's more than 1000 is one thing, but does it actually achieve those speeds?

60GHz runs at 4.6Gb/s vs gigabit that runs at 1Gb/s. Will it actually run at that speed in the real world. Probably not.

[Mew]

First thing that the name reminds me of is league of Legends.  

[LAwLz]

4 minutes ago, mikat said:

ah ok, but wouldn't it be better for these new technologies to focus on sustained 50 Mbit up & down through walls and such instead of this really high performance thing with shit wall penetration?

For regular WiFi it is really hard to just go "let's focus on making it sustained 50Mbps". At the end of the day, getting reliable speeds is a matter of getting a clean signal, and that is extremely hard when you got things like multipathing, other interference and objects dampening the signal. It's not so much a technology problem as it is a problem with the laws of nature.

 

If you are talking about 802.11ad then don't worry, it is not meant to replace 802.11ac. The intention is to have ad for some particular use cases (maybe wireless docking stations, displays and such) and ac for your ever day web browsing.

I don't really think 802.11ad makes sense to have in a router. It will be far more useful in peer-to-peer scenarios.

[wrath]

U can turn it upside down and get a little table , maybe a cup holder?

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8 minutes ago, kurahk7 said:

First thing that the name reminds me of is league of Legends.  

With the optional LoL addon, this is what happens when it activates the 4600 Mbps super speed mode  

 

[Unhelpful]

30 minutes ago, zMeul said:

 

Launch / Announce does not equal unveil. It's launching now.

[AHaskin14]

Looks super cool. Hopefully this standard is adopted more broadly and more devices can utilize it's power.

[zMeul]

33 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

I don't really think 802.11ad makes sense to have in a router.

I agree!

 

this does not make any fucking sense at all

to provide that bandwidth, your source needs a hardline connection to the router or be in the same room (for a WiGig connection), then the router needs to be in the same room with the destination device - why not provide a hardline connection to the destination in the 1st place?

[NumLock21]

2 hours ago, zMeul said:

this is really old news:

WiGig is kinda' shitty:

• low range
• cannot penetrate walls; even the slightest obstacle can cause a drop in data transfer speeds

Yes it was, demo at ces. No point of necroing old 3+ month thread

[Unhelpful]

3 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Yes it was, demo at ces. No point of necroing old 3+ month thread

No... Not at all. That was unveiling, this is a launch.

[NumLock21]

4 minutes ago, JoeyDM said:

No... Not at all. That was unveiling, this is a launch.

Some might already know about this during ces.

[Unhelpful]

4 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Some might already know about this during ces.

It doesn't matter... The fact that it's available from newegg today is news.

 

http://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9B-33-704-301&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleBiz-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleBiz-PC-_-pla-_-Network+-+Wireless+Routers-_-9B-33-704-301&gclid=CjwKEAjwpfC5BRCT1sKW2qzwqE0SJABkKFKR62layO1XFbZ-rjHDlsxOzauu_mxIzw6d60W4fJg2kBoCB7Xw_wcB

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, JoeyDM said:

It doesn't matter... The fact that it's available from newegg today is news.

Yep, thus why i post thread.

[Unhelpful]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

Yep, thus why i post thread.

What do you mean?

[zMeul]

41 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

No point of necroing old 3+ month thread

I didn't

 

I just pointed out the fact that all of this is not exactly new info - the tech specs were already known

 

also, from a consumer perspective, the existence of this router does not make any sense at all - it's like putting a waterblock on a GeForce 210 

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, zMeul said:

I didn't

 

I just pointed out the fact that all of this is not exactly new info - the tech specs were already known

 

also, from a consumer perspective, the existence of this router does not make any sense at all - it's like putting a waterblock on a GTX210 

No more like putting a waterblock to onboard graphics. Oh wait...

[euniqe]

umm 5ghz already has mad range issues - how is this going to work with 30 times the frequency?

[snowComet]

A press event was held in Hong Kong on 18/05 for this router, and a live demo with the Acer Travelmate P446 Notebook, the first notebook with 802.11ad receiver in the world was shown there. This is the result.

 

 

https://www.pcmarket.com.hk/2016/05/18/802-11ad%E6%96%B0%E5%88%B6%E5%BC%8F%E6%AE%BA%E5%88%B0-tp-link%E9%A6%96%E7%99%BCad7200%E6%A5%B5%E9%80%9Frouter/ (in Chinese)

 

 

 

http://www.hkepc.com/14029/TP-LINK_%E6%A5%B5%E9%80%9F%E7%B6%B2%E7%B5%A1%E7%94%A2%E5%93%81%E7%99%BC%E4%BD%88%E6%9C%83_%E6%8E%A8%E5%87%BA%E5%85%A8%E7%90%83%E9%A6%96%E6%AC%BE_802.11ad_%E7%84%A1%E7%B7%9A%E8%B7%AF%E7%94%B1%E5%99%A8 (in Chinese)

 

Also, the firmware of this router is now available on the TP-Link Emulator page:

http://www.tp-link.com/en/emulators.html

 

http://www.tp-link.com/resources/simulator/AD7200_Emulator_new/index.html

 

PS: no guest network on 60Ghz