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There's a misunderstanding in the article and the comments worth clarifying for people on SAE/WPA3 and the 6Ghz/6-E Bands. WPA3 is only required when operating
by spr-alex 3y ago
There's a misunderstanding in the article and the comments worth clarifying for people on SAE/WPA3 and the 6Ghz/6-E Bands.
WPA3 is only required when operating on the 6ghz bands.
For 802.11ac/ax its not required on the 5ghz bands.
So it is possible to spin up an AP on 6ghz with SAE only, and another AP on 5ghz in WPA2/3 mixed mode. It's not an all or nothing choice for the pi which first of all only supports 802.11ac and secondly does not support 6ghz with the builtin wifi card.
In terms of range and capabilities we've found the mt76 series to be very reliable and support wifi6 and 6-e on the pis with speeds easily reaching 600mbps.
These are the A8000 cards from netgear and the ALFA AWUS036AXML. They're pretty good for what they are. I only wish they were Dual Band Dual Channel.
WiFi 7 will see clients gaining Multi Link Operation capability, they'll be able to simultaneously hit 5ghz and 6ghz and 2.4ghz bands for 2-3x throughput.