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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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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If you’re done being impressed by the Dream Machine Beast, Ubiquiti introduced another UniFi Cloud Gateway to behold today: the all-new Enterprise Firewall Core (model EF-Core). In a way, this is the enterprise version of the UDM-Beast. So, this new piece of hardware applies only to large-scale applications. Ubiquiti Enterprise ...

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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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This post explains the differences between Dual-WAN and Link Aggregation in simple terms, along with instructions on how to set up each when applicable. In most homes, both of these features can be overkill. They are nice to have, but might not be worth the extra hardware or subscription costs. ...

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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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Since late 2025, Broadcom has proven itself a strong advocate for the upcoming Wi-Fi 8, with multiple modular chip releases designed to power routers, access points, clients, and gateways. Today, the chip maker continues that trend by releasing a trio of new dual-band Wi-Fi 8 system-on-chips (SoCs), including the BCM6772, ...

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The UniFi U7 Pro XG Wall (model U7-Pro-XG-Wall) is a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 access point with a 10Gbps PoE+ uplink port. As such, it’s currently the best Wi-Fi 7 wall-mount access point in the UniFi family. Here’s the bottom line: The U7 Pro XG Wall offers the best combo of ...

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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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Hardly anyone would need Ubiquiti’s UniFi Dream Machine Beast (model UDM-Beast), but many would want it. In fact, I know some who are willing to go an extra mile to get this massive rack-mount UniFi Cloud Gateway. I’m one of them. Here’s the bottom line: For a non-Wi-Fi “router”, the ...

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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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Ubiquiti’s new UniFi AirWire (U-AirWire) is both exciting and disappointing. On the one hand, it’s the first Wi-Fi 7 USB ...

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The TP-Link EAP787 BE15000 Ceiling Mount Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Access Point—Omada EAP787 for short—is not a step up from the ...

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At the request of many, this post, a supplement to the one detailing the UniFi Network, provides a quick yet ...

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This post features the five best 10Gbps Multi-Gig Wi-Fi systems — namely the best Wi-Fi systems with multiple 10Gbps Multi-Gig ports. These are among those I’ve reviewed and used for an extended period, with multiple 10Gbps fiber-optic plans in various areas. They are the ones that offer the fastest and most ...

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Multi-Gigabit is the term used to describe data traveling at least twice the speed of Gigabit, which means, for a ...

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At the current retail price of $299 for a 2-pack, the MSI Roamii BE Pro (model MRBE110) is easily among the ...

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At a glance, the new U7 Mesh (model U7-Mesh) access point (AP) that Ubiquiti announced today is very much the ...

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