The standard wifi 7 It is here to stay, and a good example of this is that the well-known manufacturer of professional network 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 to have launched a Professional AP with Wi-Fi 6E standardSpecifically, the model that supports this technology is the ECW336. Now EnGenius has gone a step further, and has introduced the EnGenius ECW536Do you want to know its main characteristics and what speed is it capable of providing?
All manufacturers are beginning to present their solutions with the new Wi-Fi 7 standard, as it promises higher wireless speed, better connection stability by combining various frequency bands, and many other improvements to make the user experience more just perfect. EnGenius is one of the leading manufacturers of professional networking equipment, so it was expected that it would be one of the first to launch this equipment.
Main features
The main features of this new professional access point is the incorporation 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 40MHz 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 160MHz channel width it supports. 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 320MHz of contiguous channel width that we have available in this frequency band.
This professional WiFi access point has all the features and innovations of the Wi-Fi 7 standard:
- 4K QAM modulation instead of 1024QAM, allows more data to be sent with the same signal (12 bits vs. the previous 10 bits).
- 320MHz contiguous channel width (6GHz band only).
- Multi-Link Operation (MLO), allows you to increase performance and reliability by connecting WiFi clients to two frequency bands simultaneously.
- Multi-RU & Puncturing, allows you to avoid interference from other APs on the same channel, increases speed and decreases latency because we will have a clean channel.
Considering the high wireless speeds that this professional AP is capable of providing, we are sure that any very bandwidth-demanding tasks such as 8K streaming, virtual reality gaming and even file transfer from a high-performance NAS server , it will be done quickly and very efficiently. According to the manufacturer, this AP would support up to 512 concurrent users for each frequency band.
Due to the high speeds of the Wi-Fi 7 standard, it is essential to have a wired network according to these very high wireless speeds in order not to have a bottleneck. For this reason, the manufacturer EnGenius has incorporated one 10GBASE-T Multigigabit port with PoE++ (up to 60W). Thanks to this 10G port we will be able to transfer data at high speed to get the most out of wireless connectivity, of course, we will also need a PoE++ switch that has these ultra-fast ports so as not to have a bottleneck. As for PoE++, a higher power supply is necessary because the three frequency bands, the powerful processor of this AP and the 10G port network electronics itself have higher power consumption. This equipment also incorporates a second 10GBASE-T Multigigabit port, perfect for link aggregation and cable trunking of up to 20Gbps and getting the most out of the equipment.
This EnGenius ECW536 incorporates the new Qualcomm Networking Pro 1220 Wi-Fi 7 platformso performance and compatibility with all Wi-Fi clients is guaranteed.
Regarding the configuration options, this AP is part of the family of InGenius Cloud, therefore, it integrates perfectly with the rest of the APs, managed switches and gateways of the manufacturer, having a centralized administration in the cloud. What we like the most about EnGenius Cloud is that we will not have to pay any annual use license to use its cloud, the vast majority of the configuration options available are free, although with the purchase of the AP we will have 1 year of EnGenius PRO with all the more advanced and specific options. VLANs, Wi-Fi roaming with the 802.11k/v/r standard, WPA3-SAE and WPA3-Enterprise support, and many other options such as client isolation, the ability to set up a captive portal, and more will be available. present in this model.
This professional AP with Wi-FI 7 will be available at the end of this year, it is expected to be on sale throughout the fourth quarter of 2023 in Spain. We do not know what price it will have, taking into account that the ECW336 model (with Wi-Fi 6E) already costs around €700, we believe that this ECW536 model with Wi-Fi 7 will cost approximately €1,000. we recommend access the official website of the EnGenius ECW536 so you can see all the options.
