The standard wifi 7 It’s here to stay, and a good example of this is that the well-known manufacturer of professional networking equipment, EnGenius, has launched its first professional AP with this new high-performance Wi-Fi 7 standard. The manufacturer EnGenius is one of the few who has brought one to the market Professional AP with Wi-Fi 6E standardSpecifically, the model that supports this technology is the ECW336. Now EnGenius has gone one step further and introduced this EnGenius ECW536Do you want to know what are its main features and what speed it can offer?
All manufacturers are starting to present their solutions with the new Wi-Fi 7 standard as it promises higher wireless speed, better connection stability by combining different frequency bands and many other improvements to make the user experience even more perfect. EnGenius is one of the leading manufacturers of professional networking equipment, so it was expected that the company would be one of the first to bring this equipment to market.
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The main features of this new professional access point are the integration of simultaneous triple band with Wi-Fi 7 and Class BE19000. In the 2.4GHz band we can get one Speed ​​up to 1440Mbps, thanks to its four internal antennas in MU-MIMO 4T4R configuration and 40 MHz channel width. In the 5GHz band we can get one Speed ​​up to 5800Mbps, thanks to its four internal antennas in MU-MIMO 4T4R configuration and the supported channel width of 160 MHz. Finally in the new 6GHz band we can get one Speed ​​up to 11600Mbpsthanks to its four internal antennas in MU-MIMO 4T4R configuration and the contiguous channel width of 320 MHz available to us in this frequency band.
This professional WiFi access point has all the features and innovations of the Wi-Fi 7 standard:
- Using 4K QAM modulation instead of 1024QAM allows more data to be sent with the same signal (12 bits versus the previous 10 bits).
- 320MHz contiguous channel width (6GHz band only).
- With Multi-Link Operation (MLO), you can increase performance and reliability by simultaneously connecting wireless clients to two radio bands.
- Multi-RU & Punctuating allows you to avoid interference from other APs on the same channel, increases speed and reduces latency because we have a clean channel.
Given the high WiFi speeds that this professional AP can offer, we are sure that any very bandwidth-intensive tasks like 8K streaming, virtual reality gaming and even file transfers from a high-performance NAS server will be handled quickly and very efficiently . According to the manufacturer, this AP would support up to 512 simultaneous users for each frequency band.
Due to the high speeds of the Wi-Fi 7 standard, it is essential to have a wired network that matches these very high WiFi speeds in order not to be bottlenecked. For this reason, the manufacturer EnGenius has incorporated a 10GBASE-T multigigabit port with PoE++ (up to 60 W). Thanks to this 10G port we can transfer data at high speeds to make the most of wireless connectivity. Of course, we also need a PoE++ switch with these ultra-fast ports in order not to be bottlenecked. Higher power supply is required for PoE++ because of the three frequency bands, this AP’s powerful processor, and the 10G port network electronics itself has higher power consumption. This device also features a second 10GBASE-T multigigabit port, perfect for link aggregation and cable bundling of up to 20Gbps, making the most of the device.
This EnGenius ECW536 contains the new Qualcomm Networking Pro 1220 Wi-Fi 7 platformensuring performance and compatibility with all Wi-Fi clients.
In terms of configuration options, this AP belongs to the family of EnGenius CloudIt can therefore be perfectly integrated with the manufacturer’s other APs, managed switches and gateways and has central management in the cloud. What we like best about EnGenius Cloud is that we don’t have to pay an annual user license to use the cloud. The vast majority of configuration options available are free, although with the purchase of the AP we have 1 year EnGenius PRO with all the advanced and more specific options. VLANs, Wi-Fi roaming using the 802.11k/v/r standard, WPA3-SAE and WPA3-Enterprise support, as well as many other options such as client isolation, the ability to set up a captive portal and more will be available . available in this model.
This professional AP with Wi-FI 7 will be available at the end of this year, it is expected to be available in Spain during the fourth quarter of 2023. We don’t know what price it will be. Considering that the ECW336 model (with Wi-Fi 6E) already costs around 700 euros, we assume that this ECW536 model with Wi-Fi 7 will cost around 1,000 euros. we recommend Visit the EnGenius ECW536 official website so you can see all the options.
