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The EBA63 is not a huge deal in terms of Wi-Fi. In fact, it’s rather dated in specs, supporting the mid-tier AX3000 Wi-Fi 6. However, it’s the first standalone access point of ASUS’s new ExpertWiFi family and features Power over Ethernet (PoE), something previous hardware of the same specs, such … Continue Reading
If you’re thinking of upgrading your home or office to Wi-Fi 7 but have been taken aback by the WBE660S‘s cost and large physical size, the NWA130BE BE11000 Wi-Fi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point, first announced on March 4, 2024, would be the answer. Each of these Wi-Fi 7 access … Continue Reading
Today, NETGEAR announced its first Wi-Fi 7 standard AP, the WBE750 Insight Manageable tri-band Wi-Fi 7 Access Point. In a way, it’s the answer to the Zyxel WBE660S, which came out late last year. On the inside, it’s slated to be a familiar broadcaster yet totally new at the same … Continue Reading
On January 4, 2023, ASUS unveiled its new ExpertWiFi product line. After unsurprisingly missing the initial availability target, initially set for “the first quarter of 2023, ” the networking vendor is finally shipping the ExpertWiFi EBR63 standalone router. There will soon be more hardware options, including those supporting Wi-Fi 7. … Continue Reading
Ubiquiti, on January 8, 2024, announced the U7 Pro PoE access point as part of its all-new UniFi 7 family of Wi-Fi 7 broadcasters. The new access point, in many ways, is the company’s U6 Pro, or the U6 Enterprise, with the support for the latest Wi-Fi standard that became … Continue Reading
If you have a home network—with a dated Wi-Fi standard or no Wi-Fi at all—and want to upgrade it straight to Wi-Fi 7, the Zyxel WBE660S BE22000 Wi-Fi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Pro Access Point would be right up your alley. This first Wi-Fi 7 access point on the market has … Continue Reading
The EnGenius EWS850-FIT (once EWS850AP) is a standalone outdoor Wireless Wi-Fi 6 access point (WAP) and differs significantly from the previous cloud-based ECW230. And that’s a good thing. EnGenius announced the EWS850AP in early 2020 and started shipping in February 2021. In early November 2022, the company launched a new … Continue Reading
At the current street price of $150, the EnGenius EWS377-FIT is an excellent alternative to the ECW230 released two years ago. Not only is it significantly more affordable, but it’s also more flexible. The new access point can work as a standalone broadcaster for any existing network, or you can … Continue Reading
