Nokia WiFi Beacon 3.1: specs and speed limits
The Nokia WiFi Beacon 3.1 is a Wi-Fi 6 mesh unit that fiber providers often supply. This page lists its specs from Nokia's product page and its FCC filing (FCC ID 2ADZRBEACON31). A second grant, 2ADZRBEACON311 (2025-01-16), is also titled WiFi Beacon 3.1 (fccid.io).
Specs
| Spec | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Wi-Fi class | AX3000 | Nokia |
| Wi-Fi generation | Wi-Fi 6 (computed: from the AX class prefix) | Nokia |
| Bands | 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; no 6 GHz | FCC grant; Nokia |
| 5 GHz frequencies on grant | 5180–5240, 5250–5320, 5500–5720, 5745–5825 MHz | FCC grant |
| 2.4 GHz streams | 2x2 MIMO | Nokia |
| 5 GHz streams | 2x2 MIMO | Nokia |
| 2.4 GHz channel widths | 20/40 MHz (grant: "supports 20MHz and 40MHz bandwidths") | FCC grant, 15C |
| 5 GHz channel widths | 20/40/80 MHz on the FCC grant; Nokia states 160 MHz support (see note) | FCC grant, 15E; Nokia |
| WAN port | One 10/100/1000Base-T, RJ-45 | Nokia |
| LAN ports | Two 10/100/1000Base-T, RJ-45 | Nokia |
| Coverage (maker claim) | up to 140 m² (1500 sq. ft) per unit | Nokia |
| Backhaul | Ethernet or Wi-Fi (shared; computed from maker wording) | Nokia |
| Wireless backhaul band | not yet sourced | — |
| Maximum backhaul rate | not yet sourced | — |
| Antenna gain | Two declared antenna sets. AOT: 2.4 GHz 3.00 dBi; 5 GHz 3.10 (U-NII-1, 2A), 2.90 (U-NII-2C, 3). DZZ: 2.4 GHz 2.64; 5 GHz 2.64 (U-NII-1, 2A), 2.84 (2C), 2.76 (3) dBi | FCC MPE report R2308A0899-M1, §3, p5 |
Note: 5 GHz width conflict
The FCC grant for 2ADZRBEACON31 says "The device supports 20MHz, 40MHz and 80MHz bandwidths" on 5 GHz (FCC grant). Nokia's page says "Supports 160 MHz channel width" (Nokia, read 2026-10-31). We report both. The later grant 2ADZRBEACON311 was not checked for 160 MHz.
What this means for speed
- The WAN port is 1 Gb/s, so the most TCP data this unit can pass from your provider is about 949 Mb/s (computed, RFC 6349 §4.1.1).
- Both bands are 2x2. A 2-stream phone or laptop can use all the streams the Beacon 3.1 offers on one band.
- Its channel widths are not yet sourced from the FCC filing, so we do not state its top per-band rate.
Sources
- Nokia WiFi Beacon 3.1 product page: https://www.nokia.com/broadband-access/in-home-connectivity/home-wi-fi/wi-fi-beacon-3-1/
- FCC grant 2ADZRBEACON31 (fccid.io copy): https://fccid.io/2ADZRBEACON31
- FCC grant 2ADZRBEACON311: https://fccid.io/2ADZRBEACON311
- RFC 6349 §4.1.1: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6349.html
UNSOURCED count: 2. (backhaul band, backhaul rate)
No test results are published on this page. SpeedBench has not lab-tested this model.