Why does Buffalo support Wi-Fi standard mesh?Why "Wi-Fi 6 all models compatible"?I asked

Demand for improvement of home Wi-Fi has soared, and the needs of "large houses"

First of all, Taro Shimura of Buffalo Co., Ltd. (General Manager of the Business Headquarters) gave an overview of the history of the introduction of EASYMESH.

"At present, the share of Wi-Fi 6 is steadily expanding in the market, but due to changes in the social environment from last year, the demand for improving the Wi-Fi environment in telework has increased, and Wi-Fi relay aircraft.Demand is growing rapidly, and that trend is still continuing. "

"With the spread of teleworking, the number of people moving to a larger living environment than before has increased, and products that can reach Wi-Fi, such as relay machines, can be reached and easy to pick up.It has come. This time, we realized our Wi-Fi 6 compatible router and the full-line lineup of "EASYMESH". "

For more details, please refer to the content of the announcement on June 3 (this article), but the use of standardization specifications will increase the number of devices that can connect to the market, and as a result it will be easier to select and connect to users.It is a strategy that aims to lead to ease.

But why is it EasyMesh now?

The company has previously sold products that use unique mesh technology as Wi-Fi 5 products.Of course, there should have been the option of continuing this.

Buffalo Co., Ltd. Tomohito Nakamura (Director of Consumer Marketing Division of the Business Headquarters) said this point as follows.

"EasyMesh has two release versions, the early R1 and the successor R2. R1 can be connected to the manufacturer for the time being, and the R2 used in our products this time is more.The function is implemented. I saw the R2 specifications, so I was able to judge that it is practical and can provide products that have merit even if the customer purchases, so this time, the introduction of the full lineup is introduced.I decided. "

However, it is annoying that there are two standards, the proprietary standard and EasyMesh.Some manufacturers would have had the option of continuing to fight in the market, mainly based on the unique standards developed by the company instead of Easymesh.

In this regard, Nakamura says, "We first prioritized spreading to the world."

"It is up to you to choose which manufacturer products to choose. We are very focused on this point. We are not narrowing the range of options with our own standards, but by competing in an open standard called EasyMesh.We strive to be able to choose our products with options. We aim to make the technology of "mesh" special to be a limited, limited technology. "

The technology that has been unique to the manufacturer so far will be generalized as a standard.This scheme reminds me of a certain technology.

Yes, the relationship between "AOSS" and "WPS".

In the past, Buffalo sent out a push button-type Wi-Fi automatic setting technology "AOSS" to the world (2003).

This led to the fact that Wi-Fi Alliance later developed a standard specification of Wi-Fi setting called "WPS".After that, Buffalo has created a situation in which both AOSS and WPS technologies on their products to "connect with any product" and contributed to spread the WPS to the world.

The use of EasyMesh in a full lineup this time is exactly the return of the AOSS/WPS situation.By adopting EasyMesh, which leads the Wi-Fi market, the user has created a situation in which users can "connect to Wi-Fi with a house in the house" without being aware of the differences in mesh standards.