Amazon's October Prime Day sale knocks real money off mesh Wi-Fi gear, from Wi-Fi 6 starter kits to flagship Wi-Fi 7 systems.
The two-day sale runs Oct. 6 and 7 and discounts routers and mesh systems across Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, and Wi-Fi 7. The Amazon Eero Pro 7 three-pack drops to $599.99 from $799.99, and the Asus ZenWiFi BQ16 Pro falls to $946.15 from $1,699.99 for a two-piece system built to cover up to 8,000 square feet. On the cheaper end, the TP-Link Deco 7 Pro BE63 two-pack is $321.75, the lowest-priced Wi-Fi 7 mesh system in the sale, while older-standard gear gets cut too: the TP-Link Archer AXE75, a Wi-Fi 6E router, drops to $98.99 from $119.99.
Wi-Fi 7's headline features (Multi-Link Operation, 320MHz channels, multi-gig Ethernet) still carry a real premium. Even the cheapest Wi-Fi 7 mesh kit on sale costs more than three times the discounted Wi-Fi 6E router, so the standard clearly hasn't trickled down to budget shoppers yet.
If you don't already own 6GHz-capable devices, the discounted Wi-Fi 6 and 6E gear here is still the more rational buy.