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The WLAN radio standard 802.11be, also known as Wi-Fi 7, promises higher transmission rates and better interference resistance. In the c't uplink, Ernst Ahlers and Andrijan Möcker explain the tricks that make this work and what improvements you can expect compared to Wi-Fi 6. Ernst also tested WLAN routers and adapters that support the new standard for the current c't issue 4/2024. Is it worth buying yet? With: Ernst Ahlers, Andrijan Möcker Moderation: Jan Schüßler Production: Ralf Taschke === Advertisement / Sponsor notice === Subscribe to heise+ now and get the first three months for half price: https://shop.heise.de/heise+/12wochen... === Advertisement / Sponsor notice end === You can read our test of Wi-Fi 7-capable routers in c't 4/2024. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:51 What's better about Wi-Fi 7 3:02 Fewer channel changes in the 6 GHz band 5:20 Backward compatibility with 2.4 GHz 9:27 Power consumption of Wi-Fi 7 routers 10:47 An expensive affair 12:09 Also advantages for older clients in the mesh 15:44 The clients in the test 16:21 Upgrade your notebook's Wi-Fi? 18:03 Linux support 19:58 Multi-Link Operation (MLO) 23:20 There are still a few problems 25:03 Fritzboxes with Wi-Fi 7? 27:18 a tip at the end ► c't magazine: https://ct.de ► c't on Mastodon: https://social.heise.de/@ct_Magazin ► c't on Instagram: / ct_magazin ► c't on Facebook: / ctmagazin ► c't on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/heisec.bsky.... ► c't on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ct_magazin ► c't on X/Twitter: / ctmagazin ► c't on paper: everywhere where magazines are available! #wlan #wifi7 #router