The first Wi-Fi 7 router from TP-Link will launch in Singapore this Friday (Oct 27). The Archer BE800, a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router with aggregate speeds of up to 19Gbps, and two 10Gbps Ethernet ports, is the first of many upcoming Wi-Fi 7 products from the Chinese networking firm. TP-Link has the full works, from mesh routers to a gaming model to enterprise access points and even range extenders.
Having experienced several iterations of the Wi-Fi standard, I’m usually a skeptic when it comes to the glowing figures offered by companies. But I must admit TP-Link’s demo, which hit speeds of 6Gbps, during its Wi-Fi 7 launch event last week, looked impressive. More importantly, these numbers looked feasible in real-world conditions — given the technologies used in Wi-Fi 7. Like Multi-Link Operation (use multiple bands concurrently), 320MHz channel width (double that of Wi-Fi 6, which doubles …
