Aside but Xiaomi really are challenging the lower end of the market. Sadly cheaper Mikrotik kit is no longer price competitive in the UK. £30 for a mAP lite when TP-Link TL-WA801N is £22 - compare form factors, mAP lite should be cheaper to make. I’m tempted to get a Xiaomi access point to see what it’s like. Already got a Xiaomi phone.
Later.. £25 for an AC1200 with four antennas… how are they making them so cheap!
I guess one benefit of getting a Wifi 7 router now if you are in the market for a new router would be: future proofing
…when more devices support it then obvious benefit should be speed.
I see TP-Link, Asus and Netgear all have Wifi 7 routers available. I wouldn’t be surprised if new Apple devices and MacBooks coming soon will also support it and other manufacturers too.
In either case, Wifi 6 is more than adequate for my needs.
In either case, Wifi 6 is more than adequate for my needs.
For many on FTTC internet, Wi-Fi 4 is adequate! 
This could a real argument for anyone buying devices in bulk and commercial use.
Because they are manufacturer the whole chain down themselves? And maybe export-products are even “subventionated” by Chinese government as well.
maybe heavily subsidised price for local market, so that all population uses it, and then … suprise spyware inside
Exactly my sentiments. I don’t get why everyone wants to be part of that rat race for speed …
The ONLY benefit I see with wifi7 is the additional frequency spectrum so there is less interference.
You may remove those joke quotes.
This is sadly enough reality for some products coming from there.
guys… MikroTik is cheap af, what do you want? Yes, TP-Link is maybe a little cheaper, but with trash firmware and WiFi dying after few years…
But yes, I’m also looking forward to Wi-Fi 7. But I would be more pleased with VLANs at wifi-qcom-ac 
i mean real VLAN per client, not setting PVID
i think that’s the reason, but who i am to know. point is - both xiaomi and tplink offer cheap and fast routers. i have a xiaomi mi 4a gigabit router, the settings are a disaster but it’s the cheapest gigabit router on local market (usually around 20eur, and go down to 15eur when on sale) that has strong and fast wifi. it covers a whole house floor with speeds over 300mbit on wifi. a 15uer device!
tplink also , their c6 is just a bit more expensive but has a lot of options more, and is kinda supported by openwrt. it’s been my way-to-go router for apartment installs that got fiber.
PS i’ve got a phone that, suposedly, supports wifi 6e/wifi 7 (xiaomi 13t pro), yet when i tried setting up such high frequency on my hap ac lite (superchannel, 5955) the phone didn’t see the network. so, even bigger question is when will wifi7 get into normal usage.
it is not enough to support high frequency, you need a wifi 6e chip in the router. hAP ac lite doesn’t have it and no mikrotik product has it.
Look at WiFi 6…introduced in 2019 and MT has router now…so count + 5 years from now…so WiFi 7 is coming in 2029.
Can it block adds though, meh!
Wifi 7 actually has some nice features…
Lot’s of improvements and shouldn’t be snuffed at as just another speed bump
I know that WiFi7 has some nice features on paper, I’m wondering if the mentioned 30USD device has them too and they work
Yes … and I can predict that WiFi 7 will be an enormus success, first with the high end and Middle Class market … I am aware that all the BIG names are in a ready set go stage because many enterprise corps will moving into Wifi 7 faster than U can say cheeze [many are in trials now] … yes the high end will be expensive but the benefits will justify the expense.
I’m sure that MikroTik already has devices with WiFi 7 support in development. It’s almost as certain as native Winbox for Linux being nearly ready.
I would bet my life that it’s not a joke…
Inside the DNS queries are redirected to 114.114.114.114 and 114.114.115.115 …
Mikrotik newbie here; but will there be Ax2 or Ax3 revisions (ver 2, or 3 etc) in the near term?
both true, no joke
The signs are already there (for both winbox and wifi7):
I don’t think MikroTik uses any MediaTek wifi chips?
A question - what chips do they use?