Just in case anyone didn’t catch this video posted on the Alta Labs YouTube channel about the current lineup of devices.
And right at the very end
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Awaiting the release of AP7-Pro! BTW, any early-bird discount? 
Looking forward to seeing this appear in the next Alta Live (Hopefully) and some early results of how it measures up against what is currently on the market from testing.
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Would love to know if the AP7-Pro can do wireless mesh with the 6Ghz band. I understand that’s not ideal for a deployment, but currently not in a position to wire and would love to use that band instead.
Ok, so will there be an s12 copper variant supporting 10G PoE? Or are they running on injectors?
Interesting point, I can’t see using an injector to power your APs in most cases. I assume the AP7 will probably be 2x2x2 for each band to keep the power requirement at the POE+ level since there are no switches from Alta Labs that support POE++. As for the 10gb interface, again no switches support that either. The closest you can get is with the S48 at 2.5gb, everything else still limits you to 1gb. This is where a roadmap or some type of vision of what is to come would be helpful. If you already have an investment in anything less than an S48, adding WiFi 7 makes no sense. Just to get to 2.5gb interface, that is a $1,000 premium (to buy a S48) to take partial advantage of a WiFi 7 AP. And I hope this new AP doesn’t go the path the Route10 and take over a year to be feature complete.
Yeah, how to run the AP at full speed while remaining entirely in the Alta ecosystem is certainly the question being begged as we get closer to the AP being released. First quarter of next year was the goal that was mentioned on the last live stream as I recall.
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@ecs-solutions We have shared the specs here and there on various live streams. It will be 2x2 on the 2.4GHz and 6GHz bands, and 4x4 on the 5GHz band, with a full 10Gbps interface. It will support up to 2.5Gbps with PoE+ and will require PoE++ to leverage the full 10Gbps capabilities.
Unlike other manufacturers, we are generally very transparent with our product roadmap for the year we are in. Throughout all of 2025, we have shared everything we have been working on. As we enter 2026, we will once again share the products intended to launch in that year. We are very aware of the capabilities of our existing switches, and what will be required to get the maximum potential out of our AP7-Pro.
As for your comment on Route10 and its feature set, you are correct in that the last two features committed to on the data sheet (OpenVPN and NAT schedule) have not been completed yet. That said, we are very community driven and have since had much stronger feedback from our customer base to focus on BGP, OSPF, vouchers and audit logs inside of our eco system. So those are what you will see released next (audit logs have already been released). Thereafter, we will return to OpenVPN, Nat schedule and the additional features we want to build into the platform.
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@Beaker S12 with 10Gbps RJ45 modules and injectors is certainly a viable option!
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Might be worth putting these on the coming soon video or any coming soon announcements. Live streams are great, but not so good when trying to find specifics like this.
And a working IPS too, right?
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Random question, is there a reason you wouldn’t want to plug an AP7-Pro into the sfp+ ports on the s48 or s24? I understand a power injector would be needed but is there anything inherently “wrong” about using those sfp ports with access points? Thanks and sorry for basic question!
I would say nothing inherently wrong with that, just less clean than having a switch with 10Gb PoE ports. You’d need SFP+ to RJ45 adapters combined with 10Gb injectors to connect and power the APs. You’d also lose some features like being able to power cycle the AP directly from the switch port, see how much power the AP is consuming, things of that nature.
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