Check this one number on your laptop before you buy a Wi-Fi 7 router
The article explains that the high speed ratings on Wi-Fi 7 router boxes, such as BE19000, represent the combined theoretical maximum of all bands rather than the speed a single device will achieve. Consumers are advised to check their specific device's Wi-Fi capabilities, as older laptops may only support a fraction of the router's total capacity. For example, a MacBook Air M2 is limited to 1,200 Mbps, which is significantly lower than the router's advertised aggregate speed.
- ▪The BE19000 rating on routers like the TP-Link Archer BE800 is the sum of the 6GHz, 5GHz, and 2.4GHz band speeds.
- ▪Individual devices can only utilize one band at a time and are limited by their own hardware specifications, such as stream count and channel width.
- ▪An Apple MacBook Air M2 is capped at 1,200 Mbps because it supports Wi-Fi 6 with two streams and an 80 MHz channel width.
- ▪Users can check their actual link speed on a Mac by holding the Option key and clicking the Wi-Fi icon to view the Tx Rate.
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