The U7 Pro Max is Ubiquiti’s top-tier Wi-Fi 7 access point for prosumers and a minor upgrade to the U7 Pro. At the core, though, it’s similar to the company’s previous UniFi APs, including the U6 Enterprise. Here’s the bottom line: At the suggested retail price of less than $280—the … Continue Reading
The Nighthawk RS300, released last month, is NETGEAR’s 2nd Wi-Fi 7 standalone router and is meant to be inferior to the first, the RS700S, with lower hardware specs. In return, it’s much more affordable, currently costing only $330 on the street. Update: Netgear subsequently launched an identical variant model, the … Continue Reading
The TP-Link BE9300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router dropped with a bang in October 2023. It was among the first Wi-Fi 7 broadcasters on the market and the most affordable, at $300 retail. Seven months later, it’s even more affordable today, at just $250 on the street. That is if you … Continue Reading
The Linksys Velop Micro 6 Mesh System, officially available today, is an exceptional Wi-Fi solution that is both humdrum and exciting. Humdrum because it features the four-year-old Wi-Fi 6 standard. In case you’ve been busy, I’ve reviewed over a dozen and counting Wi-Fi 7 solutions since mid-2023, not to mention … Continue Reading
Since mid-2020, many of you have sent me questions asking about how to conserve Internet bandwidth—that is, how to not go over a monthly data cap. Apparently, even after the pandemic, working from home and the new streaming habit causes more problems than revealing the real couch potatoes we’ve all … Continue Reading
To enjoy Wi-Fi 7, you need a broadcaster (a router or access point) supporting the new wireless standard—here are the growing lists of the standard’s best routers and mesh systems available today. Then, you need a computer client. Smartphones, like the Pixel 8 Pro or One Plus 11 5G, generally … Continue Reading
It’s been almost a year since my review of the Archer BE800 BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router, one of the first Wi-Fi 7 routers on the market, and TP-Link recently made the Archer BE805 variant available. If you judged from the name and assumed the new router has a bit … Continue Reading
This post is a primer on Linksys Velop, a popular brand for home mesh-ready routers and purpose-built systems. While the performance of each hardware unit (and mesh set) varies depending on their hardware specs, all Velop variants share the same firmware and, therefore, a similar set of networking/Wi-Fi features and … Continue Reading
