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TP-Link conducts Wi-Fi 8 trials, promises better reliability and lower latency

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41 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 18 Oct 25 18:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.371s | source
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throw0101a ◴[23 Oct 25 10:50 UTC] No.45680395[source]▶
Perhaps worth noting that 802.11bn is dubbed "Ultra High Reliability (UHR)":

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11bn

So they're explicitly look at more than just adding more bits per second.

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skavi ◴[23 Oct 25 11:04 UTC] No.45680473[source]▶
I wonder how consumer Wi-Fi 8 products will be marketed.

“Now More Reliable!” in a spiky red circle alongside the unchanged highly theoretical bandwidth numbers?

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1. PaulKeeble ◴[23 Oct 25 11:36 UTC] No.45680678[source]▶
Seems to me its mostly a version focussed on the enterprise, just like wifi 6 was. I suspect many consumers will just skip it like they did wifi 6 as it brings very little for them. Wifi 7 is a big jump from wifi 5 (and 6) in performance but its still not complete, way too many devices that only support dual band and not supporting the various forms of MLO properly. Still no open source firmwares supporting it either.