News WiFi 7 by 2024 for Intel equipped laptops.

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It's going to be interesting to see what the silicon vendors provide on the router SoC's...

The potential bandwidth needs for WiFi 7 (up to 40 Gbps) will push all interfaces, from PCI-e to DDR to MII's out to the switch and internal buses...

 

[RMerlin]

It's going to be interesting to see what the silicon vendors provide on the router SoC's...

You can already see the specs for Broadcom's SoC here. Lots of bandwidth added to the Ethernet side of things:

• Integrated 10/5.0/2.5G multi-Gig phy for WAN or LAN
• 3x USXGMII Ethernet ports
• Quad integrated GbE PHYs

BCM4916 Quad-core ARM v8 compliant 64-bit processor for residential access point applications

Wi-Fi 7 doubles the bandwidth of Wi-Fi 6 and 6E with the introduction of 320 MHz channels. BCM4916 is a quad-core ARM v8 compliant 64 bit Processor for residential access point (AP) applications.

www.broadcom.com

That would open the door for quad 10 Gigs Ethernet.

 

[RTWZ80]

You can already see the specs for Broadcom's SoC here. Lots of bandwidth added to the Ethernet side of things:

• Integrated 10/5.0/2.5G multi-Gig phy for WAN or LAN
• 3x USXGMII Ethernet ports
• Quad integrated GbE PHYs

BCM4916 Quad-core ARM v8 compliant 64-bit processor for residential access point applications

Wi-Fi 7 doubles the bandwidth of Wi-Fi 6 and 6E with the introduction of 320 MHz channels. BCM4916 is a quad-core ARM v8 compliant 64 bit Processor for residential access point (AP) applications.

www.broadcom.com

That would open the door for quad 10 Gigs Ethernet.

I'll finally be able to upgrade the RT-AX89X plus 2 X GT-AXE11000 setup currently used for 10Gbps fiber broadband...

 

[BreakingDad]

Nice article! The (wireless) future's so bright, we got to wear shades!

Ah Timbuk 3, takes me back.

 

[sfx2000]

That would open the door for quad 10 Gigs Ethernet.

Getting more options in the N-Base-T and Wireless adapters would be great - that's been a pain point for many if things are not directly built in the the laptop/desktop space...

Router silicon and radios are ahead of the game there (good thing), but recent experience with WiFi-6e (choice of one) and 2.5/5Gbit add-in boards (choice of q couple) is very limiting...

 

[RTWZ80]

Getting more options in the N-Base-T and Wireless adapters would be great - that's been a pain point for many if things are not directly built in the the laptop/desktop space...

Router silicon and radios are ahead of the game there (good thing), but recent experience with WiFi-6e (choice of one) and 2.5/5Gbit add-in boards (choice of q couple) is very limiting...

I've been using Thunderbolt 3 10Gbe ethernet adapters (backward compatible) in place PCI-E network cards/adapters. There're also a number of them for 2.5Gbe and 5Gbe from Sabrent, Plugable, QNAP, Caldigit, OWC etc. Only the 10Gbe adapters require a Thunderbolt 3 port on your PC to work. The rest are compatible with USB C 3.2 ports. If you want something that runs cooler (NBase-T adapters tend to run hot) QNAP and Sonnet both sell Thunderbolt 3 to SFP+ 10Gbe ethernet adapters as well. But that'll mean buying a switch with SFP+ ports to use with them.

As for wireless USB dongles/adapters, unfortunately they're all Wifi 6 dual-band MU-MIMO at the moment. Plenty of Wifi 6E PCI-E network cards from Asus, TP-Link and WavLink out there on Amazon though.

 

[RTWZ80]

If you're using an AMD PC, USB4 ports will work for the 10Gbe ethernet adapters too.

 

[Talat]

WiFi 7 is coming up fast, thanks to Intel.

Intel Plans to Bring Wi-Fi 7 to Client Platforms by 2024 | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

Lots of room to find a good 6E router in the meantime.

I just upgraded my laptop and pc with intel's Ax210ngw wifi 6e so can enjoy them at least for 2 years