Wi-Fi 6

wikipedia:Wi-Fi 6

• OFDMA
• WPA3 (2018)
• TWT
• 802.11ax

Early adopters

• MacBook Pro Nov 2020

Wifi generations

Wi-Fi Generations

Generation	IEEE Standard	Maximum Linkrate (Mbit/s)	Adopted	Radio Frequency (GHz)
Wi‑Fi 7	802.11be	40000	align=center Template:TBA	2.4/5/6
Wi‑Fi 6E	802.11ax	600 to 9608	2020	2.4/5/6
Wi‑Fi 6			2019	2.4/5
Wi‑Fi 5	802.11ac	433 to 6933	2014	5
Wi‑Fi 4	802.11n	72 to 600	2008	2.4/5
(Wi-Fi 3*)	802.11g	6 to 54	2003	2.4
(Wi-Fi 2*)	802.11a	6 to 54	1999	5
(Wi-Fi 1*)	802.11b	1 to 11	1999	2.4
(Wi-Fi 0*)	802.11	1 to 2	1997	2.4
*: (Wi-Fi 0, 1, 2, 3, are unbranded common usage.)

See also

• Wi-Fi, WiFi 7, WiFi 6 (ax), WiFi 5 (ac), Wifi scanning, iw, Wireless Network Hacking, airodump-ng, aireplay-ng, WPA, WPA2, WPA3, rfkill, iwlwifi, hostapd, Spatial Multiplexing Power Save (SMPS), wpa_cli, AirWatch, Wireless LAN controller, Wi-Fi 6, Mobile Hotspot, Wireless routers, 802.11ax, MIMO, aircrack-ng, netsh wlan

802.11ac only specifies operation in the 5 GHz band. Operation in the 2.4 GHz band is specified by 802.11n.

Kastrenakes, Jacob (2018-10-03). "Wi-Fi now has version numbers, and Wi-Fi 6 comes out next year". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-05-02.

"Wi-Fi Generation Numbering". ElectronicNotes. Retrieved November 10, 2021.