New Internet Box 5 with Wi-Fi 7 - also for copper connection

Roger G So according to the certification data sheet that was once “leaked” it doesn’t have 6 Ghz, but that was then taken offline again

I would definitely be happy about 6 Ghz, especially as a backhaul for the WB3

Roger G Unfortunately, you’re wrong ;-) The IB5 definitely does not have 6GHz WLAN. The IB5pro does.

JanineZ Does anyone know when the good piece will be available for Wingo customers? 😉

I don’t even know how long it took for the IB3 and IB4 to be available for Wingo customers, but I think it was pretty quick because of XGS-PON, which the IB2 can’t do

In any case, the Wingo IB3 was only available to fibre optic customers for a long time, but that only changed about a year ago. Just over a year ago I had to fight hard to get an IB3 with a copper connection, but then it worked (all the accessories for fibre were included, but the copper connection also worked)

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Then the only solution for the 6.0GHz is with WLAN boxes.

Hello everyone,
Do you already know more about a possible new WLAN box with WI-FI 7?
Greetings

Steiyulla31

Only Swisscom’s development and technology department can know that.

JanineZ

I have been using the IB5 pro (successor to the IB4) for some time now. I am extremely satisfied with the IB5Pro, especially because of the significantly improved wireless capabilities with 11 antennas. The WLAN quality has improved so much that the WLAN also reaches the bedroom and bathroom, where the two Internet radios now work without occasional interruptions (1× 2.4 MHz, 1× 5 MHz (newer device).

The IB5 is about as thin as the IB4, which greatly reduced its stability. I really appreciate the somewhat thicker and lower housing of the IB5 Pro, which does without the round base, so that the box stands a little more securely.

Our tablets and smartphones are connected to the IB5 Pro and the two WLAN boxes 3 (basement and guest room, kitchen) via WLAN 6 GHz extremely quickly and very stably. The TV, which is connected to the WLAN Box 3 in the guest room with a LAN cable, also works excellently, although the connection between the WLAN Box and the IB5Pro is set up via a WLAN connection. The WLAN-Box3 in the basement is connected to the IB5Pro in the flat via LAN and “radiates” into the entire basement of the house built in 1928.

If I’d had the choice between the IB5Pro and the IB5 when the IB5Pro was released, I would have chosen the IB5Pro because of the significant improvements in the WLAN area.

With both IBs, the 2.5 and 10 GB connections are only useful if the entire home network (switches, PCs, etc.) is also converted to these speeds. However, as a 10 GB fibre optic connection is of little use to the normal user (I have tested it extensively with 1 and 10 GB subscriptions), it is not (yet) worthwhile for the home network either. As soon as the remote sites on the web have switched to 10 GB, it could be worthwhile. That’s why I’m saving CHF 10 per month again and using the 1 GB fibre optic connection, which is currently perfectly adequate.

Best regards

Gian

Roger G Quite simply because you are using a WLAN box with 6GHz. Then it will be displayed there ;-)

gian
With both IBs, the 2.5 and 10 GB connections are only useful if the entire house network is also converted to these speeds (switches, PCs, etc.).

It is not necessary to convert the WHOLE house network.
If, for example, the only PC with a 2.5G/10G network card is connected directly to the IB5/pro, this does not affect the rest of the home network…..
Of course, if there is a NAS with a 2.5G port, for example, a corresponding switch is required. But the rest can stay as it is….

Roger G So, of course you’re right about 6GHz, the IB5 doesn’t have it. But it is visible in the GUI, as I have a WB3 in operation and you can set the WLAN of the WB3 “remotely” via the IB GUI.

Werner I don’t have a test WLAN Box in operation. But we could optimise the GUI of the IB5 a little so that you can see that the 6GHz applies to the WLAN Box.