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Unsure whether an SMB office should jump to Wi-Fi 7 now or wait.

For most SMB offices in 2026, Wi-Fi 6 or 6E is still the sensible choice. Wi-Fi 7 only just landed in laptops and phones, the AP price premium is steep, and 320 MHz channel width often evaporates in offices with neighbours on 6 GHz. Buy Wi-Fi 7 if you are refreshing anyway and want 5+ years of headroom, not to rip out a working 6E setup.

Try this first

  1. 1Inventory which clients actually use Wi-Fi 7: recent MacBooks, iPhone 16, Galaxy S24+. Older laptops see no difference.
  2. 2Check that your switch has multi-gig ports, putting a Wi-Fi 7 AP on a 1 Gbit port wastes the budget.
  3. 3Compare Ubiquiti U7 Pro, Aruba InstantOn AP32, TP-Link Omada EAP780 on price per AP plus licence, not only spec sheets.
  4. 4Plan for 6 GHz reach being shorter than 5 GHz, you need denser AP placement or the gain is gone.
  5. 5If your Wi-Fi 6 works today, push Wi-Fi 7 to the next refresh cycle, no need for a forklift.

When to bring us in

You are in healthcare, manufacturing or retail with many concurrent video streams or AR headsets and current Wi-Fi 6 collapses at peaks: a targeted heatmap with a partner is more useful than a blind Wi-Fi 7 upgrade.

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