{"id":3080,"date":"2022-07-13T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T08:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recomp.5oclock.io\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2024-04-05T16:20:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T16:20:46","slug":"benefits-that-will-make-you-want-to-upgrade-to-wi-fi-6-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compucom.com\/benefits-that-will-make-you-want-to-upgrade-to-wi-fi-6-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Wi-Fi 6 Makes Huge Leaps in Speed, Connectivity, and Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"border:1px solid rgba(193, 46, 107, 0.3); color:#000018;  font-family:'Poppins'; font-size:14px; line-height: 18px; padding: 10px 2em 10px 10px; display: inline-block; border-bottom-right-radius: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/compucom-editorial-team.png\" style=\"margin-top: -40px; float: left; max-width: 60px; border-radius: 50px; box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px 1px #999;\" alt=\"Compucom Editorial Team\"><p style=\"padding-left:6em; margin:0;\">{{dc:author:display_name}}<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wi-Fi technology keeps getting better. Each generation of Wi-Fi brings faster data speeds, lower latency, and better user experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter Wi-Fi 6. Designed for today\u2019s ultra-connected world. Capable of tremendous performance improvement across an entire network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#c12e6b;color:#c12e6b\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learn more about:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"blog-link\"><a href=\"#whatisit\"><u>What is Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)? What about Wi-Fi 6E?<\/u><br><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"blog-link\"><u><a href=\"#benefits\">New Wi-Fi 6 Features and Benefits<\/a><\/u><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"blog-link\"><u><a href=\"#plan\">Creating a Wi-Fi 6 Transition Plan<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#c12e6b;color:#c12e6b\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Intel calls it &#8220;<em>the biggest Wi-Fi advancement for business use in 20 years.<\/em>&#8221; IDC even named Wi-Fi 6 in a list of 10 key tech trends driving the consumer technology market in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>So, what is it, and what makes it so great?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"whatisit\" style=\"font-size:30px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">What is Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)? What about Wi-Fi 6E?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wi-Fi 6 is the latest generation of Wi-Fi network protocol, available now for home or business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also called &#8220;<em>high-efficiency Wi-Fi<\/em>&#8220;, Wi-Fi 6 builds upon previous standards but offers faster speeds, less bandwidth congestion, and better support for dense networks with many devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"blog-link\"><strong>Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)<\/strong> is an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IEEE standard<\/span><\/a><\/strong> for wireless local-area networks (WLANs). It is a significant upgrade over its predecessor, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wi-Fi 6E<\/strong> is a newer extension of Wi-Fi 6. The E stands for \u201cextension,\u201d because Wi-Fi 6E can use up to 14 additional 80 MHz channels, or seven additional 160 MHz channels in 6 GHz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"blog-link\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wi-fi.org\/who-we-are\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Wi-Fi Alliance<\/span><\/a><\/strong> announced the new standard in 2018 and certified it in 2020, aiming to &#8220;increase spectrum efficiency and improve performance for dense environments.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes has-small-font-size\"><table class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000018\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"color:#c12e6b\">OLD NAME<\/span><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"color:#c12e6b\">NEW NAME<\/span><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"color:#c12e6b\">MAX SPEED<\/span><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"color:#c12e6b\">BANDS<\/span><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span style=\"color:#c12e6b\">INTRODUCED<\/span><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">802.11ax<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wi-Fi 6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">9.6Gbps<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.4GHz and 5GHz<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2018\/2020<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">802.11ac<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wi-Fi 5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.46Gbps<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5GHz<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2013<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">802.11n<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wi-Fi 4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">600Mbps<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.4GHz and 5GHz<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2009<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the alliance retroactively renamed its previous standards, swapping the old numbering system for user-friendly generation numbers instead. Wi-Fi 7, already in development, will follow the same scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"benefits\" style=\"font-size:30px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">New Wi-Fi 6 Features and Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#000018;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\"><strong>Support for Smart Home Devices and High-Density Networks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We live in a world where anything can be connected to Wi-Fi. From phones and laptops to printers and smart speakers. Even refrigerators!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wi-Fi 6 does a better job of communicating with all those devices that need data simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"blog-link\">New technologies like Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), traffic prioritization, and beamforming create more efficient communication across the network, and allow more devices to connect at the same time, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/gaming\/resources\/wifi-6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">says Intel<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This helps prioritize bandwidth across devices, so you can enjoy fast connections on your smartphone, corporate computer, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#000018;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\"><strong>Ridiculously Fast Connections<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Faster is better, and that&#8217;s where Wi-Fi 6 really shines. Wi-Fi 6 could potentially reach throughput speeds of 9.6 Gbps. That&#8217;s nearly 3x faster than Wi-Fi 5, and a monumental leap from Wi-Fi 4&#8217;s max of 600Mbps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A few caveats:<\/em> these speeds are theoretical maximums based on ideal conditions. You&#8217;re also likely to see faster speeds across the entire network versus an individual device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#000018;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\"><strong>Better Battery Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A new battery-saving feature called target wake time (TWT) lets devices and routers schedule communications for specific times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than keeping their antennae on to wait for signals, TWT lets devices stay off until you want to wake them\u2014saving energy when not actively needed. This feature is especially useful for extending device battery life on networks with lots of IoT or smart home devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"color:#000018;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\"><strong>Built-in Security Framework<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"blog-link\">All new Wi-Fi 6 and 6E devices have to use WPA3, a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/news\/what-is-wpa3-more-secure-wi-fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">new series of security protocols<\/span><\/a><\/strong> designed to safeguard your Wi-Fi traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WPA3 enhances Wi-Fi with more secure password encryption, enhanced protection against brute-force attacks, and advanced security for enterprise environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"plan\" style=\"font-size:30px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Creating a Wi-Fi 6 Transition Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"blog-link\">With growing demand, new Wi-Fi 6 routers and compatible phones, laptops, and other gadgets are progressively taking over. More than 2.3 billion Wi-Fi 6 devices and 350 million Wi-Fi 6E devices are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idc.com\/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US44499118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>expected to enter the market<\/strong><\/span><\/a> this year alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"blog-link\">Enterprises and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compucom.com\/partners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">product vendors<\/span><\/a><\/strong> are driving the transition right now, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wi-fi.org\/news-events\/newsroom\/wi-fi-6-and-wi-fi-6e-drive-global-market-opportunities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wi-Fi Alliance says<\/span><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#000018;font-size:20px\"><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>With growing demand for Wi-Fi 6\u2026and a supply chain coming back into balance after the pandemic, the technologies are poised for accelerated product adoption.<strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n<cite>Wi-Fi Alliance<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For enterprises preparing to make the switch, our networking experts recommend a full evaluation of your wireless network design, as well as a review of your business needs and goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who plan ahead\u2014and transition early\u2014will save time, money, and friction in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#c12e6b;color:#c12e6b\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:30px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Schedule a Wi-Fi 6 Readiness Assessment with Compucom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether your employees are in the office or connected from afar, we can transform your legacy wireless infrastructure into a high-performance network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compucom has the technology, experience, and expertise to support and redefine your digital workplace. We deliver end-to-end technology and infrastructure services designed to create a frictionless employee experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book a meeting to learn about our comprehensive Wi-Fi Readiness Assessment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"\/contact\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:15px;background-color:#c12e6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BOOK A MEETING<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wi-Fi technology keeps getting better. 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