Having a mesh built in so that an Apple TV or HomePod extends the network would be great. Kind of like what is happening with Thread etc.
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Intel to Introduce Wi-Fi 7 in 2024 as Apple Plans Imminent Move to Wi-Fi 6E
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Having a mesh built in so that an Apple TV or HomePod extends the network would be great. Kind of like what is happening with Thread etc.
NightHawk better watch out. I think Disney/StarWars has a few patents on that space ship. 🤖
So it's just a speed improvement over 6E?
I want better range.
I want better range.
Yup, they love coming from behind.
There's physical limitations to range.... the preferred is just to get a mesh network of routers.
Wifi 6 is a strategic mistake, the wifi alliance should be thoughtful about their environmental impact when they keep dumping standards. after 6E when wifi operates as fast with bluetooth level power consumption maybe then it's worth the upgrade.
Wireless is pants, always has been. I'm waiting for 10 gigabit networking to hit sensible pricing.
That thing looks like is lying in wait for Skynet and will flip over and attack.Oh and what about the ASUS ROG wireless AX11000 tri-band Wi-Fi 6 gaming router?
Hey honey, why is the Roomba demolished?
I live in a shared house so only have one room. My desktop is connected via Ethernet, and everything else is on my WiFi. Frankly, I am happy as long as I can consume media and basic web browsing via WiFi. All the major stuff that requires ethernet is done on my Mac Studio.
Because home WiFi routers have been commoditized so much it makes little sense for Apple to complete in that market. Similar to low-cost displays and laser printers.
Old is old, 802.11 AC doesn’t perform as well as 802.11 AX (Wi-Fi 6). 6E is still quite new as there aren’t that many products that even suppport that in common consumer goods like TVs for example. Incorporating Wi-Fi 7 will be even further delayed it seems using 6E as a model.
Yes, such as Apple Silicon, right? Apple doesn't compete in commodity markets like WiFi routers - that would make no sense. That's the reason Apple stopped making laser printers many years ago.
Maybe they're waiting for the Matter standard to become finalized before entering.
Theoretical speeds are nice, but worthless if you need higher frequencies and bigger slices of said frequencies.
Well my Mac Studio Ultra on order will have 10Gb Ethernet. My BTO 2018 Intel mini file server has the 10 Gb ethernet option. I have yet to find an inexpensive 10Gb ethernet hub to take advantage of these speeds. There are several ethernet hubs with two 10Gb and six to eight 1Gb ports. Only some have good reviews so buyers be aware.
There was definitely a market for them, especially when all these mesh type products took off which weren't exactly cheap either.
And there is a big privacy angle that can be looked at as well, given all the traffic in your home is being routed through these devices.
Consumers don’t care and don’t need more than 1 gbps transfer rate. This will fizzle and be irrelevant.
I will likely be upgrading to a 14 this year, so it's nice to see that it might include support for 6E. Hopefully they can add it on the new iPads as well because I will likely be upgrading that this year too. I just upgraded from a Netgear Nighthawk X6 R8000 - AC3200 - WiFi 5 router to a Netgear Nighthawk RAXE300 WiFi 6E router mainly for VR, but it made an instant difference in speeds the other devices get. We've had 450 Mbps internet for a couple of months before I got the router, but I never saw speeds higher than 320 Mbps. 450 on the dot with the new router, plus the range is a lot better. I can only imagine what double speeds with WiFi 7 will be like. I will probably upgrade to gigabit fiber at that point.
Sure, but easy of deployment is worse, and portability sucks.