UniFi Dream Router 7 and UniFi Express 7 in a UniFi Whole Home WiFi Mesh setup with STR MLO as the wireless backhaul link.
This post features the top five Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems you can confidently bring home today. All Wi-Fi 7 solutions will work well with existing clients, as long as they aren’t too old or you’re willing to tweak their SSIDs. Note that those mentioned here are full-band Wi-Fi 7 systems, each … Continue Reading
Ubiquiti today introduced a new consumer-grade mesh category, the UniFi Whole Home WiFi Mesh. Everything you need to know about Ubiquiti’s UniFi Whole Home WiFi Mesh. Its first product is the UniFi Whole Home WiFi 7, which consists of bundled packs of the UniFi Express 7 (model UX7)—available as a … Continue Reading
ASUS is one of the most prolific networking vendors and has, over the years, released numerous models of standalone Wi-Fi routers and purpose-built mesh systems. This post includes the company’s top five in each category, along with their applicable alternatives. All of these devices delivered excellent performance during my evaluation … Continue Reading
The easiest step to improve home security is to install a camera surveillance system. There are many options on the market. However, most are cloud-connected and require a subscription fee—they are bad for your wallet and privacy, not to mention hindering your Internet bandwidth. That said, I’d always opt for … Continue Reading
If you’re considering using your own home-made VPN server, ASUS routers are generally good options. However, do you know that most of them are also great if you want to hook your entire home network to a paid VPN service? If that piques your interest—and you don’t want to pay … Continue Reading
If you have replaced a Wi-Fi router before, such as when you moved from an ISP-supplied gateway to a retail Wi-Fi router, you already know how tedious the process can be. Swapping one Wi-Fi router for another can be a pain if you have to reconnect existing Wi-Fi devices, especially … Continue Reading
“Is it time to replace my Wi-Fi router? I’ve had it for a few years!” I receive questions like that regularly, especially from those who still use Wi-Fi 5. Since the introduction of Wi-Fi 7, folks have been worried about replacing their Wi-Fi routers, sometimes for the wrong reasons. They … Continue Reading
