Cisco has taken the wraps off a pair of intelligent WiFi-7 access points and introduced a new way of licensing wireless gear across cloud, on-premises and hybrid networks.
The new access points, the CW 9176 and 9178, incorporate a blend of Cisco and Meraki management and security features that previously required significant integration work from the customer or a third party.
The high-end models are global, converged access points that are smart enough to detect their location the moment they’re plugged in, wrote Lawrence Huang , senior vice president and general manager of Cisco networking, Meraki & wireless, in a in 2025.
Wi-Fi 7 is expected to reduce latency, increase network capacity, boost efficiency, and support more connected devices. Also known as has included more than a decade of spectrum changes and standards updates. Now it’s exciting to see Wi-Fi 7’s “deterministic” features come to fruition, because that means Wi-Fi can be used for next-generation networking requirements, including distributed data centers, .
The Cisco Wi-Fi 7 access points can be ordered now and will ship in December.
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