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title: "Do I need a Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7 modem for my nbn connection?"
description: "Whether newer Wi-Fi standards make a real difference on your nbn plan."
url: "https://dev.www.lightningip.com.au/help/internet/do-i-need-wifi-6-modem-for-nbn"
canonical: "https://dev.www.lightningip.com.au/help/internet/do-i-need-wifi-6-modem-for-nbn"
updated: "2026-09-28"
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# Do I need a Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7 modem for my nbn connection?

Whether newer Wi-Fi standards make a real difference on your nbn plan.

Newer Wi-Fi standards handle lots of connected devices better and offer faster speeds around your home. Whether you need one depends on your plan speed and household.

## The Wi-Fi standards

- **Wi-Fi 5** - fine for plans up to around 100Mbps and smaller households.
- **Wi-Fi 6** - handles many devices at once much better, and suits most plans up to 1000Mbps.
- **Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7** - add the 6GHz band for the fastest speeds within a room or two of the router. Wi-Fi 7 also lets devices use more than one band at once.

## When a newer modem makes a difference

On our faster plans - Fast Fibre, Super Fast, Ultra Fast and Hyper Fast - an older Wi-Fi 5 modem will often limit the speeds you see over Wi-Fi, especially with lots of devices online. For Hyper Fast, you'll also need a modem with a 2.5Gbps (or faster) WAN port to get more than about 1000Mbps.

## When it makes little difference

On Basic, Standard or Fast plans, or in smaller households with only a few devices, your plan speed is usually the limit rather than your Wi-Fi.

Where you put your modem often matters more than the Wi-Fi standard - see our guides on where to place your modem and on 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz Wi-Fi.