WiFi 7 certified in the UK?

jaybee said:
WIFI6 is fast enough for mobile devices even when gaming surely?
9.6Gbps theoretical max throughput of wifi 6 no?
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Mobile devices rarely have the antenna setup or spacial streams to hit high numbers, they tend to stay 2x2 and your extra performance comes from the updates to the transport stream like better modulation, frequency and width etc.

Its not the gaming itself, yes if online gaming on handheld you rarely need the capability of Wifi 5 but the ability to get data on and off a device is key to improving the experience, faster the better.
 
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sandys said:
Anywhere you want higher bandwidth, improved density handling and interoperability, target will be mobiles devices like laptops, to another high bandwidth device like a NAS or laptop for example.
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But that's a minority use case - how many people at home actually have a NAS? How many people regularly transfer huge files between laptops?
Even in an office environment then people using those exact use cases (E.g. professionals doing video editing and the like), use docking stations and hardwired connections for reliability and guaranteed speed.

sandys said:
People seem to always think Wifi is just for phones for some reason and that people all just sit at desktops or docking stations at home or in the office, weird.
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Outside of professional or enthusiast use, then phones are the main device that uses wifi. The question then is, what does having > Wifi 5/AC speeds on your phone (or laptop) enable you to do that you couldn't before?
 
Don't forget WiFi 7 isn't just about speed. There's quite a few features to help with congestion as well, which should overall help with latency. One feature I'm interested in is the puncturing feature, which should help with WiFi networks that overlap with each other, although I'm assuming that requires most of the networks to be using WiFi 7 to make proper use of it. Not a problem here at home in the suburbs, but at work in the city 2.4GHz and 5GHz is a mess.
 
Armageus said:
Outside of professional or enthusiast use, then phones are the main device that uses wifi. The question then is, what does having > Wifi 5/AC speeds on your phone (or laptop) enable you to do that you couldn't before?
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The same thing faster internet and faster wifi have always done, more in less time plus all the other bits like improve congestion and latency, if the ever increasing speeds and transport tech do nothing for you why did you even jump on the AC bandwagon? :p
 
sandys said:
The same thing faster internet and faster wifi have always done, more in less time
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So nothing then :p

sandys said:
if the ever increasing speeds and transport tech do nothing for you why did you even jump on the AC bandwagon? :p
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When I upgraded my out of support router, then my new Router came with AC :)

Honestly though - could have stayed with N for the few devices I use wifi on - everything that matters is wired anyway :)
 
XeNoNF50 said:
Sounds DOA if a standard like this only serves one room. WiFi 6 pretty much the limits of usable WiFi then? Won't ever get better delivering speeds at range?
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It’s not range as such - the range outdoors is 200-300m but the higher the frequency just doesn’t penetrate as well. The waves are closer together so they bump into the atoms in whatever they are passing through more often and get blocked or scattered as a result. It’s just physics.
 
WJA96 said:
Let’s be blunt, WiFi6E and WiFi7 uptake is being driven by VR gaming and VR pr0n. To get the realism you need very fast links and you get that with 6GHz traffic.
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Links between what to what though? Are they not still reliant on internet speeds serving the game content which will be at best 1 gigabit?
 
Orcvader said:
More to do with the PC and VR headset, so no need to have a dedicated cable to connect the two.
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Yeah, like when you have the game running on the PC and it serves it to the Quest Headset linking with steam? I can't imagine a time when WIFI6 would not suffice for that though. We are talking a niche of niche use case here surely for the ultimate high bandwidth VR games that would require it, with expensive hardware all round?
 
jaybee said:
Yeah, like when you have the game running on the PC and it serves it to the Quest Headset linking with steam? I can't imagine a time when WIFI6 would not suffice for that though. We are talking a niche of niche use case here surely for the ultimate high bandwidth VR games that would require it, with expensive hardware all round?
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Have you seen the price of graphics cards? Cost isn’t an issue for a lot of people.
 
tangey said:
1) If you are referring to my wife, I live in a bungalow
2) If you are referring to your wife, I'll consider it, is she fit ?
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Very. :)
It was this that I was referring to:

WJA96 said:
Let’s be blunt, WiFi6E and WiFi7 uptake is being driven by VR gaming and VR pr0n. To get the realism you need very fast links and you get that with 6GHz traffic.
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WJA96 said:
Links between headsets. It’s not just the interaction with the internet, it’s also the interaction with other players (or participants) locally.
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Locally meaning local LAN?

Walks into lounge...
"Alright fam, I'm just doing Angela White on VR, anyone care to join?"
 
WIFI 7 was supposed to make 6GHz usable - due to stronger signal and more bands. But it seems likely that it wont materalise outside US.
We are getting shafted again, there is no point in reading US reviews of these routers, they will perform very differently here(to be frank, its similar with wifi 6 - EU speeds on it are nowhere near speeds you can have in the US - especially with things like dedicated backhaul on UNII-4)
 
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