A civic library is deploying multi-radio Wi-Fi 6E APs that can saturate a 1 Gbps copper uplink under peak study-hall load. What switching requirement should the RF design call out?
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Short Explanation
Picture pouring three garden hoses into a drinking straw—the straw wins, and not in a good way. Multi-radio APs can push more airtime than a lonely 1 Gbps drop can carry. Spec access ports (and the path upstream) so the wire keeps up with the radios you just paid for.
Full Explanation
Modern multi-radio APs can deliver multi-gigabit aggregate wireless capacity that exceeds a single 1 Gbps copper link under concurrent 5/6 GHz load. Design documentation must specify multi-gig (mGig) or appropriately aggregated access ports, PoE class, and uplink oversubscription that match AP datasheets and predicted peak throughput. Undersized access switching creates a silent wired bottleneck that looks like “bad Wi-Fi.” Disabling capable radios to protect a slow switch wastes spectrum investment.