iPhone 15 Pro Expected to Feature Wi-Fi 6E: Here's What That Means

[InvertedGoldfish]

Wifi 7 can combine 2.4Ghz 5 Ghz and 6 Ghz bandwidth. So range will not be a problem. Speed will drastically reduce as your device will be using 2.4 Ghz frequency the further you move away from your router. Wifi 7 also has beamforming and Mu-mimo improvements to give better range. If you set up your router to beam 3 different Wifi networks on 3 frequencies and you connect your 6e/7 devices only to 6Ghz network, then ofcourse you will have range issues.

Range? I think most people should, if anything, dial back their power.

Go stand on the edge of your property and lower the power until you can’t connect

 

[btrach144]

Wifi 7 can combine 2.4Ghz 5 Ghz and 6 Ghz bandwidth. So range will not be a problem. Speed will drastically reduce as your device will be using 2.4 Ghz frequency the further you move away from your router. Wifi 7 also has beamforming and Mu-mimo improvements to give better range. If you set up your router to beam 3 different Wifi networks on 3 frequencies and you connect your 6e/7 devices only to 6Ghz network, then ofcourse you will have range issues.

That’s literally how 6E works if you’re using a single SSID. If you’re close, 6Ghz, then you drop to 5GHz, then you drop to 2.4.

6Ghz range is too small to be meaningful unless you have at least a 3 node mesh network.

I have a AXE16000 top of the line router and it’s good for 20-40ft. That’s it for 6Ghz.

 

[d5aqoëp]

That’s literally how 6E works if you’re using a single SSID. If you’re close, 6Ghz, then you drop to 5GHz, then you drop to 2.4.

6Ghz range is too small to be meaningful unless you have at least a 3 node mesh network.

I have a AXE16000 top of the line router and it’s good for 20-40ft. That’s it for 6Ghz.

6e doesn’t combine 2.4Ghz + 5Ghz + 6Ghz to aggregate their bandwidth. Wifi7 does. There is a difference

 

[svish]

Will be good to have this on the latest iPhones

 

[Stromos]

My ASUS router allows me to set the WPA level per band. So WPA2 for 2.4, WPA2/WPA3 for 5GHz, and WPA3 for GHz is what I’ve selected. But they all use the same SSID.

So I agree with the other poster. I do not need a separate SSID. My iPad moves freely across all bands.

So all your devices are on the same VLAN. Dangerous game with IOT devices but I’m not gonna start preaching. Mixed WPA2/3 has compatibility issues across the board. Your devices are being locked to bands killing any benefit of band steering. Out of range of 5ghz and using WPA3 you can’t use 2.4ghz etc.

Your iPad is definitely not moving freely across all bands unless you’re using WPA2. So at that point not sure why you have WPA3 enabled. If you were using WPA3 you would be locked to 5-6ghz band. If you use the same SSID with all those modes you have no way to dictate which mode you’re using to connect. If a device sees 2.4ghz as the best signal it’s going to use WPA2. Devices don’t switch modes unless you forget the network and happen to connect with WPA3 then it’s WPA3 only.

 

[killhippie]

The signal not going as far is a good thing. It limits interference from nearby houses. If you want a truly great wireless internet system, run hard lines to your mesh points. You get the advantage of less penetration through walls and you get fast access to all the points in your house.

The signal is so easy to knock out its just not worth it, 6 is fine, and 7 is out next year and wiith a bandwidth of 48Gbps (more like 30-40Gbps in real use) and still a phone does not need those speeds, 7 makes 6E look old and it is already as i said the shortest lived Wi-Fi standard ever I believe. Wifi 7 routers will be finalised next year clients out in 2025, so 6E is just not worth the buy in. I will point out I beta tested a 6E router and I don't use 6E on my iPad Pro. 6Ghz is just fine. I also like to separate each SSID and as for Apple routers did they have SPI firewalls. I thought they didnt, well some didn't at least. Also anyone using a router that's not had a update in the last year + is asking for trouble. No security patches means its wide open to abuse and DNS poisoning is the least of your troubles with what is out there port scanning every router every day. Also always put IOT devices on a separate VLAN or you are asking for trouble. Also WPA3 is now standard and using a long ASCII password is your best defence the longer it is and the more entropy involved the harder it is to use a brute force attack.

 

[brizna]

Doesn’t matter if you are a Bell customer in Canada.

Cause non of the devices work on 6E (6Ghz) with Bell GigaHub 6E modem. Tired of reaching out to support for my MacBook Pro M2 Pro and iPad Pro

 

[InvertedGoldfish]

Doesn’t matter if you are a Bell customer in Canada.

Cause non of the devices work on 6E (6Ghz) with Bell GigaHub 6E modem. Tired of reaching out to support for my MacBook Pro M2 Pro and iPad Pro

What works in Canada?

From all my time there, not much works well, and if it does it’s ether illegal or will be regulated to death lol

That said, some beautiful women in Montreal and BC, and Timmies makes a killer curler

 

[Powerbooky]

The only advantage being that people's poor decisions stay contained within their own property. 2.4 GHz is low enough that it bleeds out several houses away on each side and through the back yards of homes near me. 5 GHz tends to fade about one house away. Hopefully 6 GHz should be contained to one's own home, so their poor Wi-Fi configuration won't affect anybody else.

Houses with mostly plaster walls and ceilings, yes. Houses with brick and dry concrete walls, or plain wood have a lower attenuation. Fortunately most regulators have limited the EIRP in the 6GHz band to 30dBm for AP's and the FCC even limited client devices on 6GHz to 24dBm. Fingers crossed.

 

[Denzo]

I’m clearly not the target market.

I have a wireless N router and wireless “6”. Both feed off my 100mbps connection. I notice zero difference in speed and coverage and they are many generations apart.

Maybe in some super niche use cases there is some detectable difference that would make you want this but I’m hesitant to believe.

 

[jimbobb24]

Nothing. It will mean nothing. My router is an Apple AirPort Extreme with 5 and it still works without any problem for 20 devices all doing streaming and other stuff. 6E not going to impact home users very much.

 

[xpxp2002]

Nothing. It will mean nothing. My router is an Apple AirPort Extreme with 5 and it still works without any problem for 20 devices all doing streaming and other stuff. 6E not going to impact home users very much.

People in dense areas with a higher noise floor, like an apartment building, will benefit from the greenfield spectrum greatly.

 

[HPDoor]

Apple is working in secret on the new Airport Extreme. You heard it here first 😬.

 

[_Spinn_]

It won’t affect me. My 9 year old router is still going strong.

 

[Shah!n]

 

[magbarn]

Apple is working in secret on the new Airport Extreme. You heard it here first 😬.

I would love that. All the current mesh systems stink compared to my Apple Airports. The routers have to be rebooted every several weeks or so due to glitches. I tried orbi, eero, and deco. The only time my Airports had to be rebooted is when the power went out. I just had to upgrade because I exceeded the 40 device limit on the airports which made them unstable.

 

[SFjohn]

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Next year if we get WiFi 7 those numbers should quadruple! 🤞🏻