On the 19th of January, CommScope announced immediate availability of two new Wi-Fi 6E products, the RUCKUS R760 and the RUCKUS R560. These products allow Multi-Dwelling-Units (MDUs) including residential apartments, student housing, assisted living, and other high-density living spaces to leverage the 6 GHz Wi-Fi band and deliver superior wireless connectivity to their residents. RUCKUS Networks is also adding support for the WPA3 security framework to RUCKUS Dynamic PSKTM (DPSK) technology, combining ease of deployment with advanced user security and control. “The opening of the 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi represents the largest expansion of Wi-Fi spectrum to date, enabling dramatic increase in bandwidth and reduction of latency and paving the way for entirely new classes of applications connecting over Wi-Fi,” stated Bart Giordano, Senior Vice President, RUCKUS Networks, CommScope.
After deploying the latest RUCKUS Wi-Fi 6E access points, Denton Meier, CTO, Firefly Technologies, noted, “Wi-Fi 6E is the re-birth of wireless that Firefly Technologies has been anticipating for a long time. The Ruckus R760 Wi-Fi 6E access points replaced our R750s and within minutes, clients were connecting to the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz radios. From some of our initial testing, we were able to truly achieve Gigabit speed wireless in an MDU test setting using the 6 GHz channels. 6 GHz access points will revolutionize what we can achieve in crowded, high-performance wireless environments and we are excited to partner with Ruckus Networks as these new products launch.”