Xiaomi Routers: Xiaomi BE10000/BE7000/BE6500 Pro/BE5000/BE3600, Xiaomi AX6000, Redmi AX6000, Redmi AX5400/Gaming, Xiaomi AX3200/AX3000, Xiaomi AX3000T

[xiaofan]

Yup I tried that earlier, wifi still below 800 it seems (using mobile *not wifi7 to test)

No need WiFi 7, but you need to use a good WiFi 6 client (with 160MHz channel bandwidth support).

Good WiFi 6 clients example: laptop with Intel AX200/201/210/211.

Not so good WiFi 6 clients examples: all iPhones except iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max as they do not support 160MHz channel bandwidth.
https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/deployment/dep268652e6c/web

 

[Justbear]

Seems working now after some troubleshooting

Getting 1268mbps down and 612 up

 

[xiaofan]

Another Xiaomi BE5000 tear-down video from KookShare.

BTW, personally I like the vertical form factor of Xiaomi BE3600 and BE5000.

 

[xiaofan]

Xiaomi BE6500 Pro tead-down
https://www.acwifi.net/27123.html

Review -- it is quite well received by different reviewers.

 

[xiaofan]

Xiaomi BE3600 teardown
https://www.acwifi.net/26827.html

知电晓春哥 thinks it is not really much better than Xiaomi AX3000T though. Still I tend to think it will be a good mesh node with Xiaomi BE6500 Pro or Xiaomi BE7000.

 

[xiaofan]

Xiaomi BE7000 teardown
https://www.acwifi.net/24893.html

Xiaomi BE7000 is actually not bad but somehow 知电晓春哥 thinks it is not as good as Xiaomi BE6500 Pro based on 知电's testing.

 

[xiaofan]

Xiaomi BE10000 teardown
https://www.acwifi.net/23365.html

Reviiew is quite good after the WiFI 7 firmware updates.
知电晓春哥
路由器评测】升级固件，小米万兆路由器终于“扬眉吐气”！
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15s421K7N9/

 

[WJY]

just curious


I am currently using Asus Zenwifi AC (CT8)-mesh and intend to upgrade to Xiaomi Be6500 Pro
How many unit do I need? 1 or 2? Standard 4rm HDB but with lots of blind spot /wallls


Can I integrate the following xiaomi product seamlessly?

• Xiaomi robot vacuum
• Thermometer
• Xiaomi CCTV
• Xiaomi Air Purifier
  
  Thank You
  

 

[xiaofan]

just curious

I am currently using Asus Zenwifi AC (CT8)-mesh and intend to upgrade to Xiaomi Be6500 Pro
How many unit do I need? 1 or 2? Standard 4rm HDB but with lots of blind spot /wallls

Can I integrate the following xiaomi product seamlessly?

• Xiaomi robot vacuum
• Thermometer
• Xiaomi CCTV
• Xiaomi Air Purifier
  
  Thank You

Looks like you do not have LAN ports in the rooms and that is probably why you use a triband Asus ZenWiFi CT8 mesh system (probably using wireless backhaul).

If that is the case, Xiaomi BE6500 Pro may not be a good solution as it is a dual band system. Please post the floor plan with the details like the location of the ONT and current placement of the two Asus ZenWiFi CT8 units.

We can then see if it is a good idea to use single Xiaomi BE6500 Pro to cover the full flat. If not, then the better solution may be two units of Xiaomi AX9000 triband in this case. Local version is at about S$249. China version of Xiaomi AX9000 is a bit cheaper. XIaomi BE10000 is of course another option but it is more expensive.

As for the IoT devices, I do not use them but it is said that the app is region locked. Xiaomi BE6500 Pro can only work with the China Mijia app as far as I know. So it may not work for your devices if they are the global version. I may be wrong here though. Hopefully others can help you in this regard.

I do not use the app but rather use the Web UI with my Xiaomi 3000T and the next Xiaomi BE5000 which should arrive by the end of this month.

 

[WJY]

Looks like you do not have LAN ports in the rooms and that is probably why you use a triband Asus ZenWiFi CT8 mesh system (probably using wireless backhaul).

If that is the case, Xiaomi BE6500 Pro may not be a good solution as it is a dual band system. Please post the floor plan with the details like the location of the ONT and current placement of the two Asus ZenWiFi CT8 units.

We can then see if it is a good idea to use single Xiaomi BE6500 Pro to coverage the full flat. If not, then the better solution may be two units of Xiaomi AX9000 triband in this case. Local version is at about S$249. China version of Xiaomi AX9000 is a bit cheaper. XIaomi BE10000 is of course another option but it is more expensive.

As for the IoT devices, I do not use them but it is said that the app is region locked. Xiaomi BE6500 Pro can only work with the China Mijia app as far as I know. So it may not work for your devices if they are the global version. I may be wrong here though. Hopefully others can help you in this regard.

I do not use the app but rather use the Web UI with my Xiaomi 3000T and the next Xiaomi BE5000 which should arrive by the end of this month.

the 2 red cross marked the location of existing CT8 mesh with the main one (ONT) at living room

Yes you are right. I do not have LAN ports in bedroom

 

[WJY]

Does BE6500 Pro come in global version?

Prefer the look as it is more sleek rather than antenna sticking out.

 

[xiaofan]

Does BE6500 Pro come in global version?

Prefer the look as it is more sleek rather than antenna sticking out.

No global version yet for Xiaomi WiFi 7 routers.

 

[WJY]

No global version yet for Xiaomi WiFi 7 routers.

Noted thanks

 

[xiaofan]

the 2 red cross marked the location of existing CT8 mesh with the main one (ONT) at living room

Yes you are right. I do not have LAN ports in bedroom

I tend to think 2 units of Xiaomi BE6500 Pro may work in your case, even though it is certainly not the ideal solution (pulling a cable, or using triband mesh solution). You may have to play with the placement to get better results.

Still it will be much better that you can pull a cable to connect the two units to use Ethernet backhaul. I understand sometimes that is not preferred by the family members.

You may want to read the following reference thread and there are some creative ways of using a single router. And you may want to buy one Xiaomi BE6500 Pro to see how it goes before buying the second unit. And you can buy cheaper second node like Xiaomi BE3600 or Xiaomi BE5000.

Reference: Home network for older flats without LAN ports in the rooms
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...flats-without-lan-ports-in-the-rooms.6646066/

 

[xiaofan]

Nice report of using Xiaomi BE5000 with WC 2.5Gbps plan.

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...band-provider.5494964/page-105#post-152698060

Received my $60 xiaomi BE5000 router. Use chrome for google translate

Dual WAN needs to be set. the default setting is ok. Just connect 2 cables from ONR into any 2 ports of xiaomi router.

When dual wan is set, built in vpn and QoS function is disabled which is not a huge loss.

No need for any complicated setup or configuration! Almost plug and play

I can recommend this as a cheap router for 1+1 setup! thanks to @xiaofan

Added the cheap $30 2.5Gbps switch to add more 2.5Gb and 10Gb ports to the xiaomi router:

No bufferbloat issue with QoS off

 

[yusoffb01]

Nice report of using Xiaomi BE5000 with WC 2.5Gbps plan.

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...band-provider.5494964/page-105#post-152698060

5Ghz band with 160mhz width on wifi 6 or 7 can hit about 1.8~2Gbps
6Ghz with 320mhz width can do 3.2~3.6Gbps
no need for 6Ghz band for 2.5Gb plan. So this router is perfect

 

[FinalTidus]

Hi all.

I am pretty new to Xiaomi routers. But I just took the plunge and bought a XM BE7000 router to try to replace my good old Netgear R7000 Nighthawk router which I have been using for a good close to 9 years. This good old router is very stable and reliable as I have been getting around 600mbps on wireless. Very good considering this is a WiFi 5 router.

But I am very interested in the recent developments on WiFi 7 (yes I skipped WiFi 6 entirely) and found that Xiaomi sells cheap and seemingly good WiFi 7 routers. Shortlisted the BE7000 and decided to try it.

My question is, is this router a good replacement for my R7000 router? I understand that a cheap WiFi 7 might not be a better router than a top of the line WiFi 5 router. So like to get opinions from experts here.

I normally use for torrenting, Netflix, work call and video conference and the occasion online operation of my Xiaomi robot vacuum when I am outside.

I am currently on a 1gbps plan so I also want to make full use of the bandwidth available.

My phones all are WiFi 6 capable and my PC is WiFi 5 capable AC9560 but support 160mhz band if this is useful information. When I check my PC and phones I am connected at max speed of 867mbps only. So will this router increase my link speed?

But I understand that it's for China market and the interface is all in Chinese. And you need MI Home to get to the interface?? Is it true??

I am also wary of the possible telemetry to China on spying and things like that. Not sure if my concerns are genuinely warranted?

 

[sky00sky]

@WJY

I replaced 3 CT8 nodes for 2 AX9000 its a definite upgrade. (Wireless backhaul old apartment Lan cables poor)

Had contemplated waiting for quad band BE, since china dun seems like Quad band soon so the hopes for cheap Quadband wont be a reality.

As for the UI have to use the china mihome, eventhough most of my items is china version i never really linked them up. But it seems the app detected some of my fans and what not.

Price paid probably 1/4 of the Asus BQ 2 pcs.

 

[xiaofan]

Hi all.

I am pretty new to Xiaomi routers. But I just took the plunge and bought a XM BE7000 router to try to replace my good old Netgear R7000 Nighthawk router which I have been using for a good close to 9 years. This good old router is very stable and reliable as I have been getting around 600mbps on wireless. Very good considering this is a WiFi 5 router.

But I am very interested in the recent developments on WiFi 7 (yes I skipped WiFi 6 entirely) and found that Xiaomi sells cheap and seemingly good WiFi 7 routers. Shortlisted the BE7000 and decided to try it.

My question is, is this router a good replacement for my R7000 router? I understand that a cheap WiFi 7 might not be a better router than a top of the line WiFi 5 router. So like to get opinions from experts here.

I normally use for torrenting, Netflix, work call and video conference and the occasion online operation of my Xiaomi robot vacuum when I am outside.

I am currently on a 1gbps plan so I also want to make full use of the bandwidth available.

My phones all are WiFi 6 capable and my PC is WiFi 5 capable AC9560 but support 160mhz band if this is useful information. When I check my PC and phones I am connected at max speed of 867mbps only. So will this router increase my link speed?

But I understand that it's for China market and the interface is all in Chinese. And you need MI Home to get to the interface?? Is it true??

I am also wary of the possible telemetry to China on spying and things like that. Not sure if my concerns are genuinely warranted?

Anwered here already.
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...band-provider.5494964/page-106#post-152729828

 

[xiaofan]

Nice report of using Xiaomi BE5000 with WC 2.5Gbps plan.

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/...band-provider.5494964/page-105#post-152698060

The use case above is for WC 2.5Gbps plan -- using Xiaomi BE5000 Dual WAN Load Balancing capability to break 1Gbps barrier.

I have just got my Xiaomi BE5000. I am going to simulate the use case with SIMBA 2.5Gbps plan (assuming that they fix the connection to local speedtest server issue).

Upstream OpenWRT router (iperf3 server) 2.5G LAN port -- Xiaomi BE5000 2.5G WAN port (router mode) -- CH36 Wireless, 160MHz channel bandwidth -- wireless client Acer Windows 11 laptop with Intel AX201 WiFi 6 adapter (iperf3 client)

(Automatic WAN port selection -- Google Translate)

At 3m distance, wireless speed can achieve > 1Gbps.
Download: 1.30Gbps
Upload: 1.14Gbps

PS C:\work\speedtest\iperf-3.16-win64> .\iperf3.exe -c 192.168.48.1 -R
Connecting to host 192.168.48.1, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.48.1 is sending
[  5] local 192.168.31.125 port 12952 connected to 192.168.48.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec
[  5]   1.00-2.01   sec   150 MBytes  1.25 Gbits/sec
[  5]   2.01-3.01   sec   149 MBytes  1.25 Gbits/sec
[  5]   3.01-4.00   sec   157 MBytes  1.33 Gbits/sec
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   159 MBytes  1.34 Gbits/sec
[  5]   5.00-6.01   sec   156 MBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec
[  5]   6.01-7.00   sec   151 MBytes  1.27 Gbits/sec
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   158 MBytes  1.32 Gbits/sec
[  5]   8.00-9.01   sec   150 MBytes  1.26 Gbits/sec
[  5]   9.01-10.00  sec   154 MBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec  1.52 GBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.51 GBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

PS C:\work\speedtest\iperf-3.16-win64> .\iperf3.exe -c 192.168.48.1
Connecting to host 192.168.48.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.31.125 port 12948 connected to 192.168.48.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   139 MBytes  1.16 Gbits/sec
[  5]   1.00-2.01   sec   142 MBytes  1.18 Gbits/sec
[  5]   2.01-3.00   sec   152 MBytes  1.29 Gbits/sec
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   129 MBytes  1.08 Gbits/sec
[  5]   4.00-5.01   sec   128 MBytes  1.07 Gbits/sec
[  5]   5.01-6.00   sec   139 MBytes  1.18 Gbits/sec
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   124 MBytes  1.03 Gbits/sec
[  5]   7.00-8.01   sec   131 MBytes  1.09 Gbits/sec
[  5]   8.01-9.00   sec   132 MBytes  1.11 Gbits/sec
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   139 MBytes  1.16 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.32 GBytes  1.14 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.02  sec  1.32 GBytes  1.13 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

50cm very close range.

Download: 1.44Gbps
Upload: 1.30Gbps

PS C:\work\speedtest\iperf-3.16-win64> .\iperf3.exe -c 192.168.48.1 -R
Connecting to host 192.168.48.1, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.48.1 is sending
[  5] local 192.168.31.125 port 13164 connected to 192.168.48.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.01   sec   173 MBytes  1.44 Gbits/sec
[  5]   1.01-2.00   sec   149 MBytes  1.25 Gbits/sec
[  5]   2.00-3.01   sec   177 MBytes  1.47 Gbits/sec
[  5]   3.01-4.00   sec   166 MBytes  1.40 Gbits/sec
[  5]   4.00-5.01   sec   174 MBytes  1.45 Gbits/sec
[  5]   5.01-6.00   sec   176 MBytes  1.49 Gbits/sec
[  5]   6.00-7.01   sec   178 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec
[  5]   7.01-8.00   sec   173 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec
[  5]   8.00-9.01   sec   178 MBytes  1.48 Gbits/sec
[  5]   9.01-10.01  sec   175 MBytes  1.47 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.02  sec  1.68 GBytes  1.44 Gbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec  1.68 GBytes  1.44 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
PS C:\work\speedtest\iperf-3.16-win64> .\iperf3.exe -c 192.168.48.1
Connecting to host 192.168.48.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.31.125 port 13169 connected to 192.168.48.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.01   sec   161 MBytes  1.34 Gbits/sec
[  5]   1.01-2.00   sec   173 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   160 MBytes  1.35 Gbits/sec
[  5]   3.00-4.01   sec   169 MBytes  1.41 Gbits/sec
[  5]   4.01-5.01   sec   148 MBytes  1.25 Gbits/sec
[  5]   5.01-6.20   sec   186 MBytes  1.31 Gbits/sec
[  5]   6.20-7.01   sec   127 MBytes  1.32 Gbits/sec
[  5]   7.01-8.01   sec   155 MBytes  1.31 Gbits/sec
[  5]   8.01-9.01   sec   138 MBytes  1.16 Gbits/sec
[  5]   9.01-10.01  sec   138 MBytes  1.16 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec  1.52 GBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.01  sec  1.52 GBytes  1.30 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.