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The UniFi 5G Max (model U5G-Max) and the Outdoor variant (U5G-Max-Outdoor) are among the few 5G solutions Ubiquiti unveiled in late 2025. At their core, these are modems designed to connect to a UniFi network via a Power over Ethernet (PoE) connection, providing cellular Internet access to the entire system. …
This post will give you an overview of TP-Link Deco, a well-known mesh brand, including its brief history, what to expect from it, and its general pros and cons. While a specific mesh set’s performance depends on its hardware, each Deco variant generally shares common attributes available to the brand’s …
The Nighthawk 5G M7 Portable WiFi Hotspot with eSIM (model MH7150), unveiled on November 17, 2025, is NETGEAR’s latest mobile router. From its name, which is a mouthful and leaves nothing to the imagination—I’ll cuts my fingers some slack and shorten it to “M7” or “Nighthawk 5G M7” from here …
TP-Link’s Deco 7 Pro BE63, also known as Deco 7 Pro BE11000, is a mid-tier Wi-Fi 7 mesh system formerly known as the Deco 63—TP-Link made the change at the beginning of 2026. As if that’s confusing enough, it’s also available as the Deco BE65 Pro at some retailers, such as Best …
In simple terms, ASUS’s TUF Gaming BE9400 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 router (model TUF-BE9400), which was first announced in May 2025, is the TUF-BE6500 plus a 6GHz band. However, that extra band makes all the difference. Thanks to it, the new gaming router offers a full Wi-Fi 7 experience at a …
The UniFi Device Bridge Switch (a.k.a. UDB Switch, model UDB-Switch) announced by Ubiquiti today is a unique PoE network switch—it’s more than a typical one. Besides being a standard PoE unmanaged switch, it can also use Wi-Fi as the uplink in a UniFi environment. And that flexibility can be a …
If you’re looking for a compact travel router with two 2.5Gbps ports — one more than the ASUS RT-BE58 Go or the TP-Link TL-WR3602BE —the GL.iNet GL-BE3600 Slate 7 would be it. The name might not ring a bell—this is the first time you’ve seen the GL.iNet brand covered here—but this …
The ASUS RT-BE58 Go, first announced at CES 2025 and available in early November 2025, among other things, makes Wi-Fi 7 accessible even when you’re out and about. As an upgrade to the RT-AX57 Go, the new travel router comes with a familiar feature set as standard ASUS routers—you will …
The TUF Gaming BE6500 Wi-Fi 7 router (model TUF-BE6500) is the fourth dual-band Wi-Fi 7 router from ASUS, and the first officially designated as a gaming router. In a way, it’s the Wi-Fi 7 version of the Wi-Fi 6 TUF-AX5400 I reviewed a few years ago. Short for “The Ultimate …
In a few months, Wi-Fi 7 will celebrate its 2nd anniversary. The standard was officially certified on January 8, 2024, the first workday of that year. And as some of you are still mulling over whether it’s definitely time to replace that Wi-Fi 6 router (and it’s still not!), here’s …
