WiFi 7... Arriving 'soon'.

[L&LD]

Intel's Wi-Fi 7 Adapters, Chipsets Arriving Soon

Wi-Fi 7 is almost here. Kind of.

www.tomshardware.com

Looks like Gen 1 WiFi 7 is a definite skip.

 

[coxhaus]

I just got Wi-Fi 6 working and I don't think it roams as well as AC. I am not sure they are going to do much work on it now since they are pushing ahead for Wi-Fi 7.

 

[Tech9]

I also recently replaced my access points with business class Wi-Fi 6 units. The speed and roaming are excellent. Almost 800Mbps to wireless AX clients is going to be enough for many years. I don’t use 160MHz channels.

 

[coxhaus]

I just got Wi-Fi 6 working and I don't think it roams as well as AC. I am not sure they are going to do much work on it now since they are pushing ahead for Wi-Fi 7.

My roaming with 2 iPhones and using Wi-Fi 6 drops a couple of words using my Cisco 150ax APs. My old Cisco WAP581 wireless APs dropped no words on roaming. So there is a little difference. But I can tell the 150ax APs are faster with higher connects rates. My ax devices connect at 1201 rates now and has snappier responses.

 

[Talat]

I also recently replaced my access points with business class Wi-Fi 6 units. The speed and roaming are excellent. Almost 800Mbps to wireless AX clients is going to be enough for many years. I don’t use 160MHz channels.

I also started upgrading to wifi6 which I think is adquate for my house clients.

With my current speed of 500Mbps i feel its just a waste of money to think of wifi 7

 

[Talat]

Intel's Wi-Fi 7 Adapters, Chipsets Arriving Soon

Wi-Fi 7 is almost here. Kind of.

www.tomshardware.com

Looks like Gen 1 WiFi 7 is a definite skip.

Make that 2

 

[Talat]

In fact, I may change my direction by invsting in a decent wifi6 mesh system rather than the 10 routers scattered in my 3 floors house

 

[sfx2000]

I also recently replaced my access points with business class Wi-Fi 6 units. The speed and roaming are excellent. Almost 800Mbps to wireless AX clients is going to be enough for many years. I don’t use 160MHz channels.

The primary home WLAN is still on WiFi5/11ac - the client side is a mix of 11ac/11ax/11n, and in my testing for my particular client mix, WiFi5 is good enough for the moment...

Dev/Testing - I've got WiFi7 access point up and running, but I'm still looking for client silicon...

 

[Tech9]

WiFi5 is good enough for the moment...

Definitely. I just found a good offer for Ruckus R750 units replacing previous R610.

 

[sfx2000]

Definitely. I just found a good offer for Ruckus R750 units replacing previous R610.

 

[Tech9]

Never seen one, but if it works well and does what it needs to do - why not?

 

[PR3MIUM]

And new Intel WiFi 7 Drivers are out:

Treiber® für Intel Wireless Bluetooth® – Intel® Wi-Fi 7 Produkte

www.intel.de

 

[RMerlin]

And new Intel WiFi 7 Drivers are out:

And the changelog states it only works as Wifi 6e, as the OS still lacks Wifi 7 support. Quite a mess there...

 

[sm00thpapa]

Hello, I'm still using my eero pro. But I am very excited for WiFi 7. I'm using 6 eero pro's for whole home coverage including back yard and pool area and it works well. I also see that WIFI 7 will be very expensive. The eero WIFI 7 Max is going for $1,699.99 for 3 units. Ouch!

 

[L&LD]

I'm excited about WiFi 7 too. But (buy?), not yet.

Depending on what the results of the new product in the following link deliver, we may just need WiFi 7 APs, and let the overpriced pre-certified hardware die (and give manufacturers pause about these ridiculous prices they think these current, underpowered, beta products command.

An upgradable Router/NAS/PC all in one? Yes.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-powered-mini-pc-nas-25gbe-router-aio-retails-for-dollar269 Depending on the firmware/OS, this is what I've been asking for, for the last decade. Time will tell if it is anything worthwhile looking at.

www.snbforums.com

 

[Christos]

I always skip first gen. I moved to WiFi 5 as soon as we got “wave 2” and I will leave it for WiFi 6E.

 

[coxhaus]

It will be interesting to watch if they are 10gig with homeowners needing to support it.

I have no need for 10gig interfaces in my house. I do have a Cisco L3 switch with 4 10 gig ports that I don't run as it is a little noisy, not bad though so I could run it.