Officially certified on January 8, 2024, Wi-Fi 7 is the friendly name for the 802.11be wireless standard. It’s the 7th generation of Wi-Fi, after Wi-Fi 6 with its 6E extension.
On January 8, 2024, the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7 program, making the standard official. However, the Wi-Fi 7 story started way before that. Since the second part of 2021, this latest wireless standard has been the talk of the town, with the first routers becoming available starting …
Today, ASUS exhibits a host of dual-band Wi-Fi 7 hardware at CES 2025, including the ZenWiFi BD5, the ZenWiFi BD4 Outdoor, and the AiMesh-ready RT-BE58. There’s more, but with these alone, the Taiwanese company’s dual-band Wi-Fi 7 lineup is complete. Let’s find out more! ZenWiFi BD5 and ZenWiFi BD4 Outdoor …
If you look at ASUS’s current mobile router, the RT-AX57 Go, and think, “Meh!” just because it lacks Wi-Fi 7, a SIM slot, or a Multi-Gig port, you’re in for a pleasant surprise. Today, ASUS announced two brand-new travel routers with all of those features: the RT-BE58 Go and the …
So far, TP-Link has been one of the biggest, if not the biggest, adopters of Wi-Fi 7, with more hardware options than any other networking vendor. Judging from what’s coming from TP-Link at CES 2025, that’s likely to continue to be a fact. It’s worth noting, though, that TP-Link has …
On December 2, 2024, Ubiquiti unveiled its much-anticipated top-tier Enterprise Wi-Fi 7 access point, the UniFi E7. It’s the company’s Wi-Fi 7 AP of the enterprise tier. If you think the E7 is an upgrade to the U7 Pro Max, you’re not wrong—the two belong to the same UniFi ecosystem. …
The ZenWiFi BT8 is ASUS’s third Wi-Fi 7 mesh system after the BQ16 Pro and the BT10. As the number suggests, its performance grade is progressively lower. The most telling is the lack of 10Gbps support. Instead of two 10GbE Multi-Gig ports, the new system features two entry-level 2.5GbE ports. …
Today, TP-Link officially announced the availability of its latest Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems, the Deco BE25 (a.k.a. Deco BE5000) and the TP-Link BE3600 (a.k.a Deco BE23 or Deco WB10800). Both are super affordable, costing $299 and $199 for a 3-pack, respectively, cheaper than many Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E counterparts. …
