First Wi-Fi 7 device supported by Cox.
Was checking the modem page and noticed two things. First the Ubiquiti UCI modem is no longer on the supported list. However the page for it is still up. Probably a moot issue since you can't seem to...
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Not excited for 7, or even really for 6. No meaningful benefit I can see at the present time.
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.
I am not sure what Wi-Fi 7(be
WiFi 7 supports 320 MHz widths…double of WiFi 6. It's 802.11be.
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?
5 ghz incorporates 3 sets of channels, the lower band channels 32/36/40/44/48/52/56/60/64 then 96-144 in multiples of 4, then 149-177 again in multiples of 4. Each group has 20mhz channels, then 40 mhz channels, (groups of 2), then 80 mhz channels, (groups of 4) and each set has a single 160 mhz channel. So lower and higher probably means 2 sets of 5ghz transmitters, one in the 32-64 channel group, and the other in the 149-177 channel group.
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.
But then they can't brag about higher transfer rates...even though almost no one uses that speed.
You can have high transfer rates using 900mhz. it's the width of the band, not the frequency itself that determines the amount of data being transferred.
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.
