A hybrid low power network device comprising: a wave 1 radio configured to provide client devices (104, 106) wireless access to a network using SU-MIMO; a wave 2 radio configured to provide the client devices (104, 106) wireless access to the network using MU-MIMO; a radio management system configured to assign the client devices (104, 106) to either the wave 1 radio or the wave 2 radio for communicating over wireless communication channels in accessing the network and steer MU-MIMO capable client devices of the client devices (104, 106) to the wave 2 radio; first and second Ethernet ports, wherein at least one of the first and second Ethernet ports are configured to provide power to the hybrid low power network device and allow at least one of the wave 1 radio and the wave 2 radio to communicate with the network; a power consumption determination engine configured to determine power consumption levels of the wave 1 radio, the wave 2 radio and an overall power consumption of the hybrid low power network; a power control engine configured to disable at least one of the first and second Ethernet ports if the overall power consumption of the hybrid low power network device is above a threshold power consumption level; and the radio management system (212, 302) comprising a radio assignment engine configured to assign the client devices (104, 106) to either the wave 1 radio or the wave 2 radio based on the power consumption levels of the wave 1 radio, the wave 2 radio or the overall power consumption of the hybrid low power network device, so that the overall power consumption is below or equal to the threshold power consumption level, wherein the threshold power consumption level is between 15 and 17W. a wave 1 radio configured to provide client devices (104, 106) wireless access to a network using SU-MIMO; a wave 2 radio configured to provide the client devices (104, 106) wireless access to the network using MU-MIMO; a radio management system configured to assign the client devices (104, 106) to either the wave 1 radio or the wave 2 radio for communicating over wireless communication channels in accessing the network and steer MU-MIMO capable client devices of the client devices (104, 106) to the wave 2 radio; first and second Ethernet ports, wherein at least one of the first and second Ethernet ports are configured to provide power to the hybrid low power network device and allow at least one of the wave 1 radio and the wave 2 radio to communicate with the network; a power consumption determination engine configured to determine power consumption levels of the wave 1 radio, the wave 2 radio and an overall power consumption of the hybrid low power network; a power control engine configured to disable at least one of the first and second Ethernet ports if the overall power consumption of the hybrid low power network device is above a threshold power consumption level; and the radio management system (212, 302) comprising a radio assignment engine configured to assign the client devices (104, 106) to either the wave 1 radio or the wave 2 radio based on the power consumption levels of the wave 1 radio, the wave 2 radio or the overall power consumption of the hybrid low power network device, so that the overall power consumption is below or equal to the threshold power consumption level, wherein the threshold power consumption level is between 15 and 17W.