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Not excited for 7, or even really for 6. No meaningful benefit I can see at the present time.
- WiderMouthOpen2 years agoEsteemed Contributor
If you have older devices, there isn't a whole lot of benefit but Wi-Fi 6 can still help in heavily congested areas. Wi-Fi 6E goes even further by using a entirely new band(6Ghz) which almost no one is using. However it's mainly for LOS applications. I am not sure what Wi-Fi 7(be) adds but I will be going down that rabbit hole when I upgrade. I am waiting 6 months AFTER Wi-Fi 7 is finalized which could be as late as 2024.That way all the firmware bugs are worked out.
- Bruce2 years agoHonored Contributor III
I am not sure what Wi-Fi 7(be
WiFi 7 supports 320 MHz widths…double of WiFi 6. It's 802.11be.
- WiderMouthOpen2 years agoEsteemed Contributor
How does the 5Ghz low vs 5Ghz high work as mentioned here? Is it just dedicated radios for different channels on the 5Ghz band? Also, I hear Wifi 7 multi-link can decrease latency? Is that what it's for?
- Darkatt2 years agoHonored Contributor
They would do better to add 900mhz to routers, instead of going higher. 900mhz has a much better range at the same low powered transmit levels.
- WiderMouthOpen2 years agoEsteemed Contributor
But then they can't brag about higher transfer rates...even though almost no one uses that speed.
- Lovemylab2 years agoContributor III
Understand, and I am prone to "over-engineering" as my wife likes to say. In my case, with ethernet backhaul, some of the benefits go away since I don't need the dedicated wireless connection between modems. My Samsung S22 will do over 500 mbps running Speedtest using a 5ghz connection to the first gen Google routers and out over the Cox network. At that point, more speed doesn't help and the only connectivity issues I have are with devices that don't release and reconnect seamlessly when moving around the house. If/when my Google routers start going out, I would probably go to the Google Pro WiFI units, which are not backward compatible so I'd be swapping out everything.
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