Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7 Support

The Wi-Fi 6/7 feature controls how the Wi-6/7 AP radios operate to support clients of various capabilities on a specific WLAN.

When the Wi-Fi 6/7 option is enabled on the WLAN (default setting), the Wi-Fi 6/7 AP radios operate in their normal Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7 modes. Wi-Fi 6/7 features (such as OFDMA, TWT, 6GHz operation, Preamble Puncturing, 320MHz bandwidth, and MLO) are available to all client devices that support Wi-Fi 6/7. However, legacy Wi-Fi 5 client devices that have outdated or problematic drivers cannot interoperate with the Wi-Fi 6/7 APs.

When the Wi-Fi 6/7 option is disabled on the WLAN, then all Wi-Fi 6/7 AP radios are downgraded to operate in accordance with legacy Wi-Fi 4 and Wi-Fi 5 standards. The Wi-Fi 6/7 features are no longer available to any clients on the network. However, legacy Wi-Fi 5 client devices that have outdated or problematic drivers can interoperate with the Wi-Fi 6/7 APs.

You may configure multiple WLANs on an AP. So you could have one WLAN that supports Wi-Fi 6/7 clients and another WLAN that supports legacy clients. Wi-Fi and Radio Support Matrix provides a side-by-side comparison of the Wi-Fi standards version supported by each radio band, based on the Wi-Fi 6/7 option setting.