How Orange intends to add WiFi 6 to its Liveboxes without having to replace them

A Wi-Fi repeater 5

This is the Proxima project, a Wi-Fi repeater that can be connected to the Livebox to extend Wi-Fi coverage. The latter connects directly to an electrical outlet via a power supply. So far, nothing extraordinary because this type of material exists with all internet service providers. For example, Free unveiled its Wi-Fi repeater with the new Freebox Pop box.

Orange Proxima project // Source: Inpact-Hardware / Orange

When used as a repeater, this equipment broadcasts Wi-Fi 5 signals… since it is connected to the Wi-Fi 5 network of Livebox 5 or Livebox 4.

It is also a Wi-Fi router 6

Where it gets interesting is that this Wi-Fi repeater can also replace the Wi-Fi module of a Livebox 4 or 5. In this case, it connects directly to the Livebox via an Ethernet socket, and the Wi-Fi module. Fi of the box is disabled.

Orange Proxima project // Source: Inpact-Hardware / Orange

For the moment, no technical indication on the performance of Wi-Fi is given, we do not know the signal strength, the number of antennas, or the frequency bands taken into account ... only the connection between this equipment and the Livebox is via a 1 Gbit / s Ethernet port. The speed of Wi-Fi 6 will therefore theoretically be limited by this link.

Closing the delay of the Livebox 5

This solution would allow the Livebox 5, but also the Livebox 4, to benefit from Wi-Fi 6 which is supposed to offer better stability, greater capacity and better speeds.

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As a reminder, the Livebox 5, like the Freebox Pop, are not compatible with this new wireless standard, unlike the new boxes from Bouygues Telecom (Bbox Fiber Wi-Fi 6) and SFR (Box 8).

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