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Wi-Fi 8 is appearing at CES before most of us have switched to Wi-Fi 7
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I did the same, WiFi 6 came out then they announced WiFi 6E was around the corner and when I looked into it, 6E was the one that really gave performance boost, its my understanding that WiFi 6 just helps with congestion from lots of devices, doesn't really give you much of a performance boost on single devices. I use openwrt though, so I've been waiting for a WiFi 6E capable openwrt supported router to come out.
Then there's also the part where your clients have to support it too, and I realized all my devices are old and don't support 6GHz anyway.
The one thing that will probably finally get me to upgrade is I'm debating about buying a Steam Frame, and I'll probably need faster WiFi for that. I'll probably have to go with a generic WiFi AP just for the Frame, until openwrt have a supported model.
If the faster wifi is for streaming from a computer, last I checked the Steam Frame is coming with a USB dongle to facilitate that so it doesn't have go over your network.
Nice, didn't know that, thanks!
I have a thrift store Asus Wi-Fi 6 (AX6000) router. I ended up just turning off 5ghz. My smart home speakers, bulbs, and streaming sticks work so much better now. Every corner of the house and the driveway are consistently covered, so I'm happy.
I went on my router and split my 5ghz and 2.4ghz into two separate SSIDs, and then added all my smart devices to the 2.4ghz and my cell phone to the 5ghz network