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Wi-Fi 7 Marketing is Lying About it's Biggest Feature (www.youtube.com)
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Wi-Fi 7 routers promise game-changing speed, lower latency, and more stable connections. All thanks to features like Multi-Link Operation (MLO). But do these routers actually deliver on everything their marketing promises? We tested the MLO capabilities of 25 routers to see if the hype is justified, or if it’s all just marketing.

Article so you can swerve the video: https://dongknows.com/wi-fi-7-mlo-multi-link-operation-explained/

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Future proofing, at some point I will go 2.5gb sync or higher on my Internet pipe, the connection I think can go 10gb sync with some upgrades to the local exchange.

Also because I can, and almost everything else I own for my back haul already has 10gb ports and the bandwidth to support it including my router and all my switches.

Do I need it? Absolutely not, its just fun to do and the only reason I haven't done so yet is cost of suitable hardware.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah I tend to wait until I could at least hypothetically use it because you pay a big premium to "future proof". 10Gbit is still too pricey for me to roll out.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Its not that bad if you go with mikrotik, but their configuration isn't for everyone as its a long way from say Asus in terms of simplicity.

    Their budget 8x10gb is about £220, pretty reasonable for a fully managed switch. Sure its not going to let you max out all 8 ports at the same time with multiple vlans even with the hardware offload, but whose expecting that from a budget switch?

    I am never really going to benefit from it fully, not least in the short to medium term. What I will get is the fun from upgrading.

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