ASUS’s ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro, first announced late last month together with the non-Pro version, is poised to be available in the North American market—Canada and the US, to be specific. It’s no clickbait: I’m looking at one right now and have photo proof. Apparently, ASUS has gotten conditional approval, ...

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If you’ve been holding off on getting a Wi-Fi 7 router because Wi-Fi 8 is on the horizon, the wait is almost over. ASUS today announced its first round of Wi-Fi 8 hardware, featuring not one, not two, but three options: two standalone routers and one ZenWiFi mesh system. In ...

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As the model name suggests, the RT-BE90U is slightly below the previous RT-BE92U and proved less capable in real-world testing. However, it can still be an excellent alternative, even better in certain cases. Here’s the bottom line: For those living in a small home that needs only a single access ...

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I first thought the ASUS RT-BE82U would somewhat resemble the RT-AX82U, the way the RT-BE86U and RT-BE88U continue their respective design lineages. I thought wrong. The RT-BE8U is more of an upgrade to the RT-BE58U, with slightly higher Wi-Fi specs and all 2.5GbE ports. Here’s the bottom line: For those ...

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We check out the Omada Fusion Gateway 2.5G along with a few of the ecosystem components like an 8+2 PoE+ switch and three Wi-Fi 7 BE1100 APs

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At Computex 2026 Senao was showing off its latest wired SASE gateway, the SA9832v2, which is powered by Intel's elusive Atom X7 "Amston Lake" SoC

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Here’s some great news for fans of the Omada Wi-Fi access points: TP-Link today announced the availability of its all-new Fusion Gateway family, with the Fusion 2.5G being the first to hit the market. From the look of it, the new gateways aim to compete with Ubiquiti’s UniFi ecosystem, which ...

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The Fusion 2.5G is an excellent addition to TP-Link’s Omada ecosystem. It represents TP-Link’s all-new Fusion Gateway lineup, officially launched on July 20, 2026, which simplifies hardware deployment by integrating an Omada hardware controller — similar to the OC300 — and a 2.5Gbps Multi-Gig router in a compact package. The ...

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In this post, you’ll find the five best current non-Wi-Fi UniFi Cloud Gateways (a.k.a. “UniFi routers”). Pick one as the first device to host your network. Then you can add one or a few UniFi Wi-Fi access points and switches, if needed, to scale up the system to suit your needs. If ...

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As a travel router, the TP-Link Roam 7 has gone through a lot. TP-Link first announced it at the beginning of 2025 as the TL-WR3602BE, then made it available for purchase on August 5 of the same year under that same cryptic name. In early 2026, TP-Link quietly adopted a new ...

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To have a faster-than-Gigabit experience, whether for Internet or Wi-Fi, we need a wired connection that delivers multi-Gigabit performance in real-world use. And that’s where Multi-Gig Ethernet — “Multi-Gig” for short — comes into play. You’ll learn all about it in this post, but the gist is that if your ...

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More and more companies are adopting Intel Wildcat Lake for their embedded systems and the latest one is AAEON. AAEON Prepares UP WCL/Edge and UP Nexus WCL/Edge Systems and Developer Boards With Intel Wildcat Lake Processors The Intel Wildcat Lake, also known as the Core Ultra Series 3 processors, is now being deployed in all kinds of devices. From laptops to mini PCs, the processor stack has found its place in many areas, thanks to the SoC design that suits a wide range of workloads that many were looking for at an affordable price. AAEON is the latest vendor to […]

Read full article at https://wccftech.com/aaeon-introduces-intel-wildcat-lake-based-edge-systems-and-developer-boards-with-up-to-48-gb-lpddr5-memory/

The Omada Access Pro 8-Port 2.5G and 2-Port 10GE SFP+ Switch with 8-Port PoE+ (model SG2210XMP-M2) is completely different from the previous TP-Link switch, the TL-SX1008. It features PoE+ and is designed to work as a standalone switch for any network or, as the name suggests, part of the Omada ...

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Like most Wi-Fi hardware from TP-Link, the Deco 7 Pro BE14000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Whole Home Mesh System is available in multiple model names. You’ll learn more about that in the hardware specification table below, but right off the bat, keep the following in mind: The two are identical, and ...

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Ugreen is a relatively new player in the NAS world, but its range is rapidly expanding. It now includes ten products spanning from entry-level two-bay options up to eight-bay devices aimed more at businesses. The NASync DXP4800 Pro sits towards the top of Ugreen's selection, offering four bays and similar features to the NASync DXP4800 Plus released in 2024, but with a more powerful processor so more demanding supplementary workloads can be supported. We put the newcomer through its paces.

The big change with the DXP4800 Pro over the Plus is that instead of the 12th Gen Intel Pentium Gold 8505, it uses a 13th Gen Intel Core i3-1315U. Alongside the later generation, the Core i3 has six instead of five cores, and the additional core is of the Performance variety, so supports hyper-threading and both P cores run at up to 4.5GHz. That gives you eight threads instead of six and about 25 per cent better performance overall. The integrated graphics also offers better performance, which may not seem important in a NAS box, but we'll come to that later.

While both Pro and Plus come with 8GB of DDR5 memory as standard, the Pro can be upgraded to 96GB where the Plus maxes out at 64GB. Like the Plus, there's a built-in 128GB SSD for the operating system and applications, rather than flash memory. Alongside the quartet of 3.5in bays, you get a pair of NVMe PCIe 4.0 slots for caching or extra storage duties. You get both 10Gbit and 2.5Gbit Ethernet ports on the back, and an SD card reader on the front too, alongside USB slots, both Type A and Type-C.

In other words, this is a comprehensively specified NAS box on paper. Read on to find out whether it fulfils its potential.

The Ugreen NASync DXP4800 Pro is available direct from Ugreen for £689.99 inc VAT, though it is on offer until May 17th 2026 for £585.99.

Physical Specifications

• Processor: Intel Core i3-1315U (3.3 / 4.5 GHz).
• Memory: 8GB DDR5-4800 (up to 96GB).
• Gigabit Ethernet Ports: 10GbE & 2.5GbE.
• Rear panel connectors:  1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 2 x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1 x HDMI 2.0b (4K 60Hz).
• Front panel connectors: 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, SD 3.0 Card slot.
• RAID support:  JBOD / Basic / RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10.
• Cooling: Active, 1 x 140mm fan.
• Drive Bays Supported: 4
• Maximum hard drive size supported: 32TB
• Maximum Capacity: 144TB.
• NVMe slots: 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0.
• Internal File System support: Btrfs, ext4.
• Dimensions (D x W x H): 257.5 x 178 x 178mm.
• Weight: 3.9kg (empty).

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The TP-Link RE653BE is a versatile BE10000 tri-band Wi-Fi 7 range extender that can also operate as a standard access point with a 2.5Gbps uplink port or as an EasyMesh node, when coupled with a supported router. In other words, it’s much more than a simple Wi-Fi “booster”, the type ...

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Standard access points (APs) are excellent options to build a robust Wi-Fi system, preferably with a non-Wi-Fi router. However, not all APs are created equal, and if you need more than one unit, it’s best to use hardware from the same ecosystem. Among popular networking brands, Ubiquiti’s UniFi is arguably ...

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The newly released EnGenius ECW515 Cloud Managed Wi-Fi 7 2×2 Wall Plate Access Point is a compact surface-mount AP. As such, it can be handy in many situations thanks to the extra built-in LAN ports. Here’s the bottom line: If you’re looking for a surface-mount, cloud-managed, dual-band Wi-Fi 7 access ...

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The U7 In-Wall (model U7-IW) is a wall-plate-mount variant of the ceiling-mount U7 Lite—both were first unveiled a year ago. The two are so similar that I originally intended to review just the U7 Lite and called it the representative of the two. And while that has remained largely the ...

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