Xiaomi Mi WiFi 3 AC1200 Router Gets 128 MB Storage, Sells for $40 Shipped

The first Xiaomi Mi WiFi router brought the cost of 802.11ac WiFi to the masses, and it is now selling for less than $30 including shipping, but the company has now launched Xiaomi Mi WiFi 3 router with some improvements, including a total of 4 antennas and more storage, and sold on e-retailer such as GearBest and GeekBuying for just under $40.

Xiaomi_Mi_WiFi_3Xiaomi Mi WiFi 3 router specifications:

  • Wi-Fi SoC – Mediatek MT7620A @ 580MHz
  • System Memory – 128 MB DDR2
  • Storage – 128 MB SLC NAND Flash
  • Wi-Fi
    • Protocols – IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
    • Transmission Rate – 300Mbps max @ 2.4GHz 2X2  MIMO, 867 Mbps max @ 5GHz 2X2  MIMO
    • Wireless Security – WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK encryption, wireless access control (black and white list), SSID hiding
    • 2.4 GHz Channels: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13
    • 5 GHz Channels: 149,153,157,161,165
    • 5 GHz DFS (dynamic frequency selection) channels: 36,40,44,48,52,56,60,64;
    • 4x external antennas
  • Ethernet – 2x 10/100M Ethernet (LAN), 1x 10/100M Ethernet (WAN)
  • USB – 1x USB 2.0 host port for external mass storage or 3GB dongle
  • Misc – 3x LEDs, reset button
  • Power – 12V/1A
  • Dimensions – 195 x 131 x 23.5mm
  • Weight – 220 grams

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The router runs MiWiFi operating systems with configuration via its web interface, Android or  iOS apps. I understand that the router’s web interface is only in Chinese, but the apps also support English. However, the original router also supports OpenWrt, and considering there aren’t that many differences, the new version should already or soon be supported. You may find more details on the product page in Chinese.

Via AndroidPC.es

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Andrew
Andrew
7 years ago

Help me understand why you’ve got a wireless throughput of up to 867 Mbps and you then cripple that with a wired throughput of 100 Mbps. If I’ve got a Gbps network set up then best case is that my wireless devices are capped at 100 Mbps talking to wired machines and worst case is that this device slows my entire network down to 100 Mbps.

Are these solely for wireless devices that connect straight to the internet over a connection that’s capped at 100 Mbps ?

Marios
Marios
7 years ago

According to other sellers this is a gigabit router. Can’t wait for an English firmware.

bernstein
bernstein
7 years ago

@Marios
they probably got it wrong, xiaomi’s tec-spec’s have it at 100Mbps, plus the soc only has two RMII interfaces, for gigabit support it’d need an external chip connected via pcie…

Methanoid
Methanoid
7 years ago

Does it include free Spying for the Chinese Govt?

boudyka
boudyka
7 years ago

It seems to be trend, other recent chinese routers for the china market on another well known site are also 10/100 yet all claiming gigabit, they are being sold as though Cat 5e is so so last year, and its our fault for not using wifi, with broadband now getting upwards of 200-300mbit, erm kinda shots itself in the foot.

Steve
Steve
7 years ago

Do any ‘so called’ 300/867Mbs WiFi routers really deliver sustained throughput in the >100Mbs range? Aren’t they like ‘so called’ 500Mbs Powerline adaptors (also usually sold with 100Mbs connections)? The claimed speeds are seldom anywhere near what they achieve in real-world situations.

Ravi
Ravi
7 years ago

SOC can not be 7620A, it must 7621A which dual core. MT7620a is only two radio 802.11n and no 802.11ac

Harley
Harley
7 years ago

I believe that the product is called “MiWiFi”, not “Mi WiFi” (even though it is part of Xiaomi “Mi” series).

Anyway, unless you are an OpenWRT developer yourself I would wait until they add support for this:

https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start?dataflt%5BBrand*~%5D=Xiaomi

https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/xiaomi/start

Looks like very capable hardware for the price, wonder when a three band model will come out?

Marius Cirsta
7 years ago

I this were a gigabit router then yeah sure but since it’s not, no thanks. I still care about wired performance and sometimes those 4 gigabit ports come in really handy.

Unai
Unai
7 years ago

@bernstein
MT7620A supports up to 5 Fast Ethernet ports and 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports. The difference is that the FE ports include the PHY and gigabit ports don’t. An external gigabit phy nowadays costs less than 1 dollar, but they prefer to ship a deceptive product.

Leonardo
7 years ago

Any other option for a cheap wired gigabit and AC router ?

Marios
Marios
7 years ago

Archer C7 TP-LINK is the cheapest I could find. Not xiaomi cheap though. Some people say it’s good but I have no experience with it.

Arnab
7 years ago

@Methanoid
Exactly, It will include some sort of spyware, like the Tenda.

eas
eas
7 years ago

bernstein :
@Marios
they probably got it wrong, xiaomi’s tec-spec’s have it at 100Mbps, plus the soc only has two RMII interfaces, for gigabit support it’d need an external chip connected via pcie…

Yes, Xiaomi specs say 100Mbps.
No, the ‘A’ variant of the SoC used in this device has two RGMII interfaces. The ‘N’ variant has an integrated PHYs for 5 fast ethernet ports and no RMIIs.

eas
eas
7 years ago

Andrew : Help me understand why you’ve got a wireless throughput of up to 867 Mbps and you then cripple that with a wired throughput of 100 Mbps. If I’ve got a Gbps network set up then best case is that my wireless devices are capped at 100 Mbps talking to wired machines and worst case is that this device slows my entire network down to 100 Mbps. Are these solely for wireless devices that connect straight to the internet over a connection that’s capped at 100 Mbps ? If you have a wired gigabit network set up, how does… Read more »

paul
paul
7 years ago

The spec above is missing lots of important parts: What is the Tx power, Rx Sensitivity (dBm), Antenna gain dB, is there a Guest Account, and of course the typical energy consumption (not the power brick capability) given that it will probably be on 24/7. I would like to see a full test under OpenWRT before considering it further.

eas
eas
7 years ago

@Ravi
Wrong on so many fronts.

Most dual-band routers use a second chip for the 5GHz band, and the WiFi SoC for the 2.4GHz band.
This device is no different, as explained by the other commenter.

Moreover, the MT7621 SoCs don’t have ANY integrated WiFi, and so dual band routers based on them typically include two WiFi chips, one for 2.4GHz and one for 5GHz.

Beyond that, there are multiple offerings in the MT7621 family, including a single core version.

eas
eas
7 years ago

@Harley Xiaomi has a few higher end products. I’d expect their first 3-band offering to appear at those higher price points. Agree about the OpenWRT support. I have the earlier, two antenna, version of this device. It is nominally supported in 15.05.1, but I’ve found it to have serious problems in AP mode, particularly on the 5GHz radio. For that device, the stock firmware is OpenWRT based, but depends on proprietary binary drivers and other non-standard enhancements. There are also 3rd-party OpenWRT based firmwares that use more of OpenWRT, but still depend on binary drivers. I think its good to… Read more »

blauwers
blauwers
7 years ago

I can easily get speeds of 300-400 Mbps with a decent USB antenna (not a tiny dongle, mind) and the R7000. That’s in the same room, though. It drops to 60-80 Mbps through two brick walls.

Andrew
Andrew
7 years ago


Okay, I guess that makes more sense now, thanks for the reply.

mdel
mdel
7 years ago

eas : Agree about the OpenWRT support. I have the earlier, two antenna, version of this device. It is nominally supported in 15.05.1, but I’ve found it to have serious problems in AP mode, particularly on the 5GHz radio. There are also 3rd-party OpenWRT based firmwares that use more of OpenWRT, but still depend on binary drivers. I think its good to distinguish between OpenWRT and these derivatives. i also have the old 2 antennas version, i did try to find custom firmwares back then but ended up installing stock openwrt (after getting my “dev” access through their android app… Read more »

Patrick Hu
Patrick Hu
7 years ago

Did anyone got any idea how many wifi user can be support by this Xiaomi Mi WiFi Router 3 Dual Band APP Control with 4 Antenna? So this router wouldn’t hang or lacking . Just thinking can this be use & replace the original router from ISP in church building?

Lohith
Lohith
7 years ago

I am unable to connect my western digital elements external harddrive to the MI router 3. should I use any adapter as it is USB 2.0 interface?

irwan
irwan
7 years ago

@Patrick Hu
Any half decent 3rd party router is better than ISP provided router.

Dave
Dave
7 years ago

Question I have one of these working fine on the wireless network, I get ~90Mbps downlaod which is far better than I was getting with the old cisco router (now Bridged) one issue I’ve noticed is that the wired ports are only providing ~2Mbps. I know they’re 10/100 but I thought they would be able to handle more than that. Does anyone know if there is a setting missing? Oh and my internet speed is 240M, i tested the wired network just before switching to bridge mode and was getting ~215M. I uise this over cat5e in the walls to… Read more »

anotherone
anotherone
7 years ago

Any news about a new gigabit router from Xiaomi?

marco76
marco76
7 years ago

Hi !
I’m also interested about a new gigabit router. My network is in gigabit and my internet is in fiber optic (France – 800mb/s).

No news from Xiaomi?

anonymous
anonymous
6 years ago

@Methanoid
Tomato, tomato…

Is it better to have China or US govt spying on you?

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