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[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The dongle itself is WiFi 6. You need a WiFi 7 AP to use it without the dongle.

[–] Provolone@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The dongle operates in the 6GHz band. It's not necessarily WiFi 6, AFAIK.

Where was it confirmed that you'd need a WiFi 7 AP if you're not using the dongle? The WiFi 7 standard doesn't even need to come with 6Ghz (which is really stupid and confusing) so you could have WiFi 7 and still be limited to 2.4 / 5Ghz.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

You're right about 6ghz. I misunderstood that bit.