Well.....WiFi 7 is not even ready on OpenWrt now, and Mediatek is announcing the WiFi 8 already. [image] MediaTek unveils Filogic 8000 Wi-Fi 8 family at CES 2026 – new chipsets... Wi-Fi 8 is the most exciting revision to the spec since the mid-2010s, and MediaTek is one of the first to …

[image] phinn: I actually consider the wifi 8 goals of improved latency and reliability more compelling than more throughput from wifi 7 So far that is only a marketing promise, not anything you or me (or larger numbers of real-world users) have independently confirmed, just wait and see what…

I did jokingly say 30.03 which would be 4.5 years away after the RC process. Yea wouldn’t buy anything until fully OpenWrt supported anyway. Time will tell.

You aren't far off. wifi8 is only being announced now - it'll take another ~year until you can actually buy it on the shelves, for top dollar - and another 2+ years until it will tickle down into cheap devices, expect another 2-3 years of development after devices become available for-cheap to mere …

[image] BrightCandle: No actual bandwidth improvements just tweaks to improve latency and reliability Yes I agree with this, but for those who haven't get WiFi 7 yet (like me, I don't even have WiFi 6E) it makes sense to go straight to WiFi 8. But latency/reliability improvements are essenti…

[image] fakemanhk: for those who haven't get WiFi 7 yet (like me, I don't even have WiFi 6E) it makes sense to go straight to WiFi 8. Not really, we already have basic wifi7 support right now (filogic, ipq957x isn't impossible either), it should stabilize within this year - and devices hopefu…

I think you haven't seen this thread then [image] Quantum Fiber W1700k support For Developers The eBay seller sold without an adaptor, and I remember someone saying that something inside wasn’t really rated for ~220V mains, like the above poster mentioned. An…

60W would make this tech DOA. But I don’t really get how power would increase that much. The power per radio has remained steady and it’s not like FCC will allow higher power outputs. For example my MT6000 (2 years old) draws very similar power to my WRT32X (10 years old) also thanks to new lithogra…

"will cater to premium and flagship devices" :eyes: All AP must be upgraded to wifi8 + have wifi8 devices broadcom and qualcomm will continue to stomp out filogic models zero, easy to understand and easily quantifiable marketing checkboxes For consumers, it will have worse adoption than wifi7. Fo…

[image] cookiemonster: The only wifi7 model out with okay support is the BT8 and it appears very few have bought it. Its still a $300 ish device which puts it well out of range of what most people expect for a router. Its also pretty compromised for the high end being limited to 2.5gbps ether…

I'm seeing $150ish in EU and USA. Asus did confirm a hopefully cheaper filogic wifi7 model at CES for Q1 launch: RT-AX59U --> PRT-BE59 PRT-BE5000 BT8/BT6/BE14000 - $150-$250 Banana Pi BPI-R4 - $150 should be filogic RT-BE5000 - $150-$200 mythical Openwrt Two - $250 target price--if it ever exist…

Mediatek Filogic 8000 is out in CES 2026

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KOA January 11, 2026, 9:25am 9

I think you haven't seen this thread then