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Broadcom Releases Trio BCM677x Wi-Fi 8 SoCs for High-Speed Wired Routers, Affordable Mesh Systems, and New FWA Platform that Integrates Samsung 5G Modem

May 27, 2026

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The Wi-Fi 8 SoC BCM677x family includes the BCM6772, BCM6774, and BCM6776 which comes with an integrated Samsung B1320 5G cellular modem

Since late 2025, Broadcom has proven itself a strong advocate for the upcoming Wi-Fi 8, with multiple modular chip releases designed to power routers, access points, clients, and gateways. Today, the chip maker continues that trend by releasing a trio of new dual-band Wi-Fi 8 system-on-chips (SoCs), including the BCM6772, …

Ubiquiti UniFi U7 Pro XG Wall Review: A Well-Performing Wall-Mount Wi-Fi 7 Access Point

Dong Ngo

May 13, 2026

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The UniFi U7 Pro XG Wall (model U7-Pro-XG-Wall) is a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 access point with a 10Gbps PoE+ uplink port. As such, it’s currently the best Wi-Fi 7 wall-mount access point in the UniFi family. Here’s the bottom line: The U7 Pro XG Wall offers the best combo of …

TP-Link RE653BE Review: A Robust Way to Extend Your Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Coverage

Dong Ngo

May 5, 2026

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The TP-Link RE653BE is a large Wi-Fi 7 extender

The TP-Link RE653BE is a versatile BE10000 tri-band Wi-Fi 7 range extender that can also operate as a standard access point with a 2.5Gbps uplink port or as an EasyMesh node, when coupled with a supported router. In other words, it’s much more than a simple Wi-Fi “booster”, the type …

Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Beast (UDM-Beast) First Take: A Thrilling Step-Up from the UDM Pro Max

Dong Ngo

Apr 30, 2026

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Ubiquiti today announced the UniFi Dream Machine Beast (model UDM-Beast) as the latest in its “Dream Machine” series of UniFi Cloud Gateways. And boys, the thing drops with a bang! This brief first take will fill you in on the details, but let me cut right to the chase: from …

EnGenius ECW515 Review (vs. Ubiquiti U7 In-Wall): A Handy Entry-Level Dual-Band Wi-Fi 7 Access Point

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Apr 29, 2026

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The EnGenius ECW515 accesss point is a compact access point

The newly released EnGenius ECW515 Cloud Managed Wi-Fi 7 2×2 Wall Plate Access Point is a compact surface-mount AP. As such, it can be handy in many situations thanks to the extra built-in LAN ports. Here’s the bottom line: If you’re looking for a surface-mount, cloud-managed, dual-band Wi-Fi 7 access …

Ubiquiti U7 In-Wall Review (vs. U7 Lite): A Well-Performing Dual-Band Wi-Fi 7 Access Point with Valuable PoE Extras

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Apr 28, 2026

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Ubiquiti U7 In-Wall is working while hosting the U7 Lite

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 …

ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI Review (vs. GT-BE98 Pro): ASUS’s Best, Yet Greatly Imperfect, Wi-Fi 7 Router

Dong Ngo

Apr 21, 2026

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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 in real-world tests to date. But like all things, it’s far …