Short for “mesh Wi-Fi system,” a mesh is when multiple Wi-Fi broadcasters (routers, extenders, or access points) are used to deliver a seamless wireless local network over a large area.
At many readers’ request, this post, a supplement to the one detailing the UniFi Network, offers a quick yet comprehensive buying guide for UniFi Cloud Gateways. When you’re through, you’ll be able to pick the right UniFi “router” and other add-on devices, such as Wi-Fi access points and switches, to …
Multi-Gigabit is the term used to describe data traveling at least twice the speed of Gigabit, which means, for a large home, you’ll need a system with multiple 2.5Gbps Multi-Gig network ports and fast Wi-Fi to experience this type of bandwidth. New to the port grades? Here’s the crash course …
At the current retail price of $299 for a 2-pack, the MSI Roamii BE Pro (model MRBE110) is easily among the least expensive tri-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems on the market. In real-world testing, that low cost translated into a pleasant surprise. Here’s the bottom line: The MSI Roamii BE Pro …
This post, the last in my series on ASUS-based Wi-Fi systems, helps you pick the best AiMesh combo to build a network with multi-Gigabit bandwidth, either the entry-level 2.5Gbps or the top-tier 10Gbps. Before continuing, though, consider getting your home wired first—we’re mostly talking about wired networking here, especially if …
Ubiquiti today unveiled its latest network console in the UniFi family, the Cloud Gateway Industrial (model UCG-Industrial). It’s the first product in the networking vendor’s all-new UniFi Industrial initiative, a platform that includes “ruggedized, fanless hardware built for extreme environments”. I had the chance to spend an extended period pre-launch …
This post, the third part of my series on ASUS’s AiMesh, will walk you through specific steps to set up an AiMesh network and offer tips on optimizing and maintaining it, including how to arrange the hardware, manage signal handoff, and more. Dong’s note: I first published this post on February 11, …
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 …
Unveiled at CES 2026, the MNQ1525 WiFi 7 Router with Easy Mesh, or MQ15 for short, is the first Wi-Fi 7 hardware from Motorola, a brand better known for cable modems. Despite arriving comparatively late to the Wi-Fi 7 game, it proved in my testing to be an insignificant addition …
