When will the AP-7 be available?
I saw a post, or maybe something, through email that a new AP was going out to distributors. Do we have any new information on this?
It will not be until later this year, but in the mean-time our WiFi 6 models continue to outperform some other vendors’ WiFi 7 models, and offer unsurpassed reliability. We are curious, however, if there are particular projects that are requiring WiFi 7, and 6 GHz in particular.
Can you please share the data that supports the claim that the WiFi 6 models outperform other vendors WiFi 7 models.
We have experienced a 33% failure rate on Alta Lab APs. Can you also provide data to support the unsurpassed reliability metric.
I only had an issue with the first batch of AP6 Pro. Also, I had 2 AP6 Pr,o and I only got 1 that got replaced. The other one is rock solid online. The only time that I had a downtime with Alta Labs equipment is when there was an outage longer than what my UPS can provide 
So I don’t count that ahaha. Switch, Controller, and Route 10, still rocking online.
Maybe my setup is less challenged than yours, and you encounter a different result. Tech is like dark magic some sometimes it works on my machine and other times it works on yours ahaha.
@ecs-solutions Some of our customers have compared with WiFi 7 APs and found Alta’s to still perform better. WiFi 7 definitely does not guarantee the best WiFi performance. Especially for some WiFi 7 APs that are 2x2 and Dual-band only, the AP6-Pro is a clear winner because of increased range/performance of 4x4, and support for 4K QAM. We have not run an official benchmark against WiFi 7 APs, but you can see official benchmarks against similar WiFi 6 APs here: Alta Labs
I’m sorry to hear that your failure rate is so high, but I assure you that’s completely abnormal, and I’m hopeful we were able to replace them quickly for you. Even within a small batch that has a higher failure rate, it’s less than 5% RMA rate, and outside of that single batch, the RMA rate is much less than 1%.
Personally i’ve had no issues with the AP’s. I have a normal ap6 in my garage that has been exposed to temps from -20F to 100F.
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