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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 … Continue Reading
The headline says it. It’s perfectly fine to feel attached to that almost-decade-old Wi-Fi 6 router. In fact, it’s a relevant Wi-Fi standard for at least the next half-decade, possibly longer. The gist is that, practically speaking, it’s currently the prime time for a Wi-Fi 6 access point—as a standalone … Continue Reading
The ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI has arguably been the most significant Wi-Fi 7 router for the home, thanks to its much-hyped “AI-driven” features. And the router proved to be an excellent Wi-Fi machine in my testing, delivering the fastest performance to date. But like all things, it’s far from perfect. In … Continue Reading
Ubiquiti’s new UniFi AirWire (U-AirWire) is both exciting and disappointing. On the one hand, it’s the first Wi-Fi 7 USB “adapter” with super-fast Wi-Fi uplink thanks to support for STR MLO. On the other hand, it’s impractical to use due to its bulky design, high power requirements, and, most significantly, … Continue Reading
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 EAP783 that came out over a year ago. Among other things, it features lower hardware specs on the 6GHz band. However, it’s TP-Link’s first Wi-Fi 7 indoor access point (AP) … Continue Reading
Multi-Link Operation, or MLO, is arguably the most exciting and promising feature of Wi-Fi 7 on paper. In reality, its real-world applications can be complicated. This post will explain this feature in detail and set the right expectations, including when you can expect MLO from your hardware, and what that … Continue Reading
Today, Synology officially made its new BeeCamera feature available on its BeeStation Plus network-attached storage (NAS) server via a free upgrade to the latest BeeStation OS (version 1.5-65918). (The feature was in beta for a couple of months, and the company quietly made this release available on March 20 for a manual … Continue Reading
Are you feeling a little anxious? That’s likely because today, March 31, is World Backup Day. It was first established in 2011 as a made-up day to raise awareness of data backups and the growing role of digital information in daily life. If you wonder who made it up, nobody … Continue Reading
