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NETGEAR WiFi 7 Devices in 2024
NETGEAR appears to be positioned to launch new WiFi 7 devices in the upcoming year, as noted by the CEO: "The business is relying on a strong pipeline of WiFi 7 introductions in 2024 across all our ...
What we will certainly see in the WiFi 7 market - for the infrastructure/router/access point as well as on the client side - will be two classes of WiFi 7 devices:
- 2x2, 320 MHz, 4K QAM, 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz bands, max speed 5.8 Gbps (for example the Intel BE200 based systems)
- 2x2, 160 MHz, 1K QAM, 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz bands, max speed 2.4 Gbps (for example the Intel BE202 based computers)
Said this, the 320 MHz 4K QAM class does require a 10 GbE infrastructure (or the equivalent wireless backhaul bandwidth, see for example the Netgear Orbi Series 9 models), while the 160 MHz 1K QAM class does need at least a 2.5 GbE infrastructure. Which impact MLO will have - especially in dense WiFi areas where the these single bandwidth isn't available - time and real-world implementations will show. Operating WiFi 7 on GbE does not make much any sense - a waste of everything.
I am speculating that NETGEAR will offer an advanced version of the RS700 router with dual-WAN capabilities in 2024 because (a) other manufacturers sell consumer routers with that feature [e.g., Synology RT6600ax ], and (b) NETGEAR already has the technology to deliver that feature [e.g., LAX20, LBR20, PR60X]. Time will tell....