WiFi 7 Access Points - Awesome experience but you need good hardware EAP773

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WiFi 7 Access Points - Awesome experience but you need good hardware EAP773

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In this video we share with you the experience we had with the WiFi 7 access point the EAP773 from TP Link and its Omada series of hardware.
Few aspects to consider and the most important ones, the hardware you need, as may be beyond the hardware many companies still have. not to talk about home networking. However as Internet speeds have surpassed 1 Gbps WiFi 7 is more than welcome.
Much of the hardware to support concurrent WiFi 7 APs is coming and fast.
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@itpugil Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip regarding device and switch compatibility regarding POE, POE+ and POE++ standards!

@AinzOoalG0wn Ай бұрын

u can self host the omada controller using docker. but i read on reddit, omada is more susceptible compared to ubiquiti aps, if you disable controller, the ap itselfs wifi might also go down depending on your setup. so if you want wifi to be up, have to make sure your controller is also up. like you said poe+ should be sufficient to power this eap-773, but 6GHz will be affected. Hence you will want to be sure you can do poe++ if not at least have the appropriate injector if you don't have a poe++ switch. If you still insist on poe+ then perhaps a Ubiquiti U7 Pro would be a better choice since that uses poe+ The trade of though, is that the U7 Pro is limited to 2.5gbe ports, whereas the EAP-773 has 10gbe port. The EAP is only 2x2 so it won't be as good as the 783 which is 4x4

@AinzOoalG0wn Ай бұрын

There is an issue with omada controller. some of us can't get the latest controller update for docker, since it fails to boot and crashes. But the previous version worked. Other than that, i've been having a good experience with the eap-773 though i still don't have a working wifi7 client to test it with yet :(

@nicolaslavinicki4029 Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@AinzOoalG0wn Ай бұрын

in your test i saw it showed wifi6 when connecting to the ap. so the limiting factor was your client didn't support wifi7 so it couldn't get the most out of it. but later in the video you showed a laptop with wifi7. I'm assuming it supported 320 MHz? for power did you have poe++? if not that would impact the performance. based on your results you didn't even break 2.5gbe speeds. how far was your client from the ap? If your video included comparisons for distance of client from the ap as measurement, and other tests like wall penetration through walls in a different room, that would also improve your video benchmarks for this :}

@TechnologyMoments Ай бұрын

Hi there, yes WiFi6E clients reached 1 Gbps and in WiFi7 up to 1.5 Gbps. I really think that with better adapters we're gonna be able to go beyond that. I do not have a PoE++ switch so as I said I used a 12V 3 Amp adapter. I could have used an injector as you well stated. The performance is going to be the same as with PoE++ only it will consume less power overall. The 2.5 Gbps could be surpassed with a well connected client for each radio. But I keep thinking it would be enough. We we'll be sharing more practical workshops in the near future testing more adapters and demanding scenarios for this AP too. Have a great day and thanks for enriching these blogs.

@AinzOoalG0wn Ай бұрын

@@TechnologyMoments ty for sharing. i do have a poe++ switch but they are 2.5gbe .... i don't see any poe++ 10g injectors around. seems like a switch is the way but they cost a bomb, so i don't blame you not having it. it's hard to find and expensive if you do. My eap-773 is arriving soon, so i can test with my samsung S24 Ultra. But it will be capped at 2.5gbe using the poe++ ports. So i won't be able to get the supposed 3gbe + speeds this eap-773 should be able to get 🤔 otherwise what then is the point of the 10gbe ports. ubiquiti u7 pro straight up stuck to 2.5gbe ports.

@M.M.N.N122 22 күн бұрын

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@AinzOoalG0wn Ай бұрын

You should probly link the MSI wifi7 pcie adapter because that uses the qualcom chip which works for amd. That said if i am not mistaken, windows 11 doesn't yet support wifi7? so if you install the wifi7 pcie adapter, it will be stuck at wifi6e speeds ya?

@TechnologyMoments Ай бұрын

Absolutely not. Windows 11 does support WiFi7. It does identify it as 802.11ax being 802.11be but link speeds are much higher. Now as of the driver which is the one that must be supported by Windows 11 is the one that manages how the card communicates with the OS. We did reach 1.5 Gbps much higher that what was achieved in WiFi6 (1 Gbps average), Thanks for enriching this blog, and wait for more WiFi 7 adapter videos

@AlejandroDiaz-gf9mg Ай бұрын

Omada Wifi7 EAPs no longer need PoE++ after the latest firmware update. PoE+ will suffice.

@AinzOoalG0wn Ай бұрын

Just got my eap-773 Tried testing with Samsung S24 Ultra but it caps at wifi 6e. I think the issue is on the samsung end. Though their specs show it as wifi 7, their cs say it's in reality wifi 6e. They don't explain why that is or whether wifi 7 will be added to it through a firmware upgrade (considering the snapdragon chip supports wifi 7). Basically they are just leaving users in the dark. So i cannot help compare my wifi7 results with you since that is the only client i have that was suppose to have it :{ did test the controller self hosted and mobile app, those things worked. I also got 320 MHz to work since that's what is shown in wifiman.

@TechnologyMoments Ай бұрын

The phone I'm about to get!!! About speeds and caps on either end... well that is what our videos are all about. Theory vs Reality. We are just starting to create wifi 7 videos and as you may have been able to see... adapters still have a lot to evolve. Maybe even these APs, but as you said, maybe firmware will solve many bandsteering options not only for the phone but for the AP. Open Speed Test server has options for your cellphone so you can play around tweaking both ends of the connection. Congrats on your cellphone

@AinzOoalG0wn Ай бұрын

@@TechnologyMoments Hope you aren't from Malaysia. Because in Malaysia apparently the wifi7 is not working. I think other countries for the S24 Ultra will have working wifi 7 example i heard it works over in Singapore right over the border next door. Better check to be sure. Samsung didn't even want to clarify when we can expect some sort of firmware update to add wifi 7 support. Cause clearly the snapdragon chip supports it.

@AinzOoalG0wn Ай бұрын

@@TechnologyMoments i tested band steering for the EAP-773 with the samsung s24 ultra. it changes from wifi 6ghz to 5ghz depending on the signal. later it does switch back to 6ghz but it felt like it switched it too slow cause i moved to right beside the ap yet it was still stuck at 5ghz for a good while before switching back. Any tips for optimizing the omada settings for this? there is a ai wifi optimizer i tried, but i get the fail error "could not apply because could not scan".

@AinzOoalG0wn Ай бұрын

@@TechnologyMoments yes i used openspeedtest to for my benchmarks. my nas is using 10g sfp+ fiber optic om3 to switch. the ap is powered by an ac adapter with blue led so no issue with power. And it's connected to switch via 10g base t ethernet.

@AinzOoalG0wn Ай бұрын

@@TechnologyMoments did u hear, there is pixel 9, iphone and a samsung phone out soon (i think the s25 is next year?) That said i liked the S24 Ultra, hardly any bloat (it's a breath of fresh air compared to those china branded bloat full of god knows what). can't go wrong with it but it does cost a premium.