Wi-Fi 7 tested - ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE98 review (Breaching 3.75 Gbps wireless)
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GlassGR
Great point about the power consumption/year.
wavetrex
Ok, nice, but 2.5 Gbps network is already dirt cheap, and works, like 1G ethernet, up to 100m (with good cables).
Comparing the new Wifi with ancient 1gbps ethernet is not exactly fair, since faster speeds have been available in the consumer market for several years now. Yes, most people have not upgraded their network from 1gbps, but that's on them. I had 2.5gbps switch and cards since 2018, and most new motherboards come with a 2.5gbps network chip by default.
Still, it's nice that Wifi can match that now, for laptops and such which one might move around and not be tied to a wall.
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Edit: Sigh, at 10m away it the shiny new Wifi7 already loses to 5 year old 2.5gbps.
Typical Wifi, only works well inside a single room, meaning you need cables ANYWAY to that room to have good performance.
Astyanax
a busy environment is where wifi6 and 7 come ahead of 5.
Marti77
No hurry to get wifi7 router when power consumption is still too high.
I still use wifi6 with netgear RAX200 and i have no use for faster wireless network only better range could be a option to buy.
beisat
Thank you for the review. Since you mention your fast internet: How fast can this router actually route traffic from the web with NAT IPv4? Can it reach the full 10gbps (minus some overhead) from a fiber line? And what exactly is the idea with the 10GBase-T WAN instead of SFP+? Should one be using some kind of 10gbps media converter?
Makaveli
These are great questions.
My Fiber ISP offers 1.5 , 3 and 8 Gbps connections.
i'm currently on 1.5Gbps with a AX88U Pro.
2.5Gbps on the WAN, 2.5Gbps on the media converter then a 1/2.5/5/10 Gbps Nic in my desktop.
Still using GPON for 1.5 Gbps to go to the faster packages they switch you to XPS-PON.
heffeque
Question... Why does this MLO implementation only use 5 and 6 GHz bands, and not the 2.4 band? Is it tied to only 2 simultaneous bands, and not 3?
If someone were to choose using bands 2.4 + 6, it would use "more" of the speed of 6 GHz when close enough, and better range of the 2.4 GHz when farther away, all without cutting the connection, and having the benefits of MLO (reduced ping and jitter, better reliability/stability, and somewhat higher speed).
Astyanax
2.4 died alone with N.
heffeque
No.
Astyanax
Yes.
802.11N is locked in stone and will have no further additions made.
heffeque
WiFi 7 works on 2.4 GHz (and 5 and 6 GHz).
What I'm asking about is the implementation of MLO on this specific router.
386SX
@Astyanax 802.11n is "locked" (the standard is final), but WIFI7 is 802.11be, not n.
And as @heffeque pointed out it (802.11be / "WIFI 7") works on all bands.
See these links / docs:
https://cdn.rohde-schwarz.com/sg_media/downloads/common_library/brochures_and_datasheets/IEEE-802-11be-technology-introduction_wp_en_3683-4026-52_v0100.pdf
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005725/wireless/legacy-intel-wireless-products.html
... and you know BT is based on 2.4 GHz (from 2400 until 2483,5 MHz) band as well, right? 😉
So while the N standard may be dead, the 2.4 GHz band isn't.
Astyanax
Thanks for pointing that out both of you. Was not aware Wifi 7 was resurrecting 2.4.
Chrysalis
Maybe wavetrex can correct me, but I feel wifi is overtaking ethernet now.
2.5gbit ethernet despite been available for so long now has still not hit mainstream pricing (still priced like its cutting edge), and as a result my LAN is still for the most part gigabit.
My phone can pull down 900mbps on a speedtest only 40mbit slower than my wired PC gets. Thats on Wifi 6. 7E seems like it has huge potential, but as always the issue with wifi is getting clients that match up to what the tech is capable off. Steam deck is on Wifi 5 (I brought 2 months before new wifi 6 model came out), firetv stick even worse, Xbox series wifi 5, and doesnt support WPA3. It feels like only the phone vendors are keeping up in the space.
In regards to 2.4 I still use it as pretty much all smart devices I own only support 2.4, which I suppose is ok as they only need reliability not high bandwidth.
wavetrex
It's not overtaking it in any shape and form.
If you consider the price of that router and client WiFi 7 cards, you can get 25gbps ethernet for the same price, or cheaper.
Cables will -always- be faster and cheaper... but well, you have to plug it in. Wireless is simply more convenient (but slower and less reliable).
My wifi network is also at "5" level, simply due to not having devices knowing "6". So while this leading edge tech is nice and all, most devices aren't using it, as it would make them way too expensive for the basic consumer market.
Chrysalis
Wifi 7 is expensive right now no doubt, however wifi does drop in price after a while, whilst 2.5gbit is being stubborn. I am assuming wifi 8 will be here in a few years and by then wifi 7 will be affordable, with 2.5gbit the same price as it is today.
vestibule
@Hilbert Hagedoorn
Boss! I think u are missing a trick here when it comes to router reviews?
See www.guru3d.com is primarily aimed at hardware for the heavy lifting of gaming.
So. I figure it would be great if you could incorporate Wi-Fi VR gaming and the perfect bench mark against lag etcetera would be HL Alex. 🙂
tunejunky
nah
2.4 has the widest penetration indoors. higher frequencies travel shorter distances and are more easily blocked/degraded by walls - especially in newer construction using steel "2x4's" which is nearly universal in high rises (and hurricane/tornado prone areas)
TLD LARS
It depends on your use case.
Super cheap 1Gbit with a 10Gbit connection port can deliver 1Gbit to 10 users or 2.5Gbit to 4 users, Wifi has no chance matching that speed at the same price with shared antennas and mesh connections is going to cut down the speed unless cable backbone is used.
heffeque
This.
And let's not add how latency and jitter will affect multiple devices trying to use max bandwidth.
