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.
Looking to add Wi-Fi 7 to a Windows computer? The NETGEAR A9000 Nighthawk BE6500 WiFi 7 USB 3.0 Adapter is an easy answer. In my real-world usage, this dongle offers sustained Wi-Fi rates up to over 1.7Gbps (on the 5GHz or 6GHz band), depending on the distance, making it a …
If the head rings a bell, that’s because this ASUS ZenWiFi BD5 Outdoor is, well, the “outdoor” version of the standard ZenWiFi BD5 I reviewed earlier this week. Truth be told, I actually tested the two together initially, but during the process, I decided that this Outdoor unit deserved more …
The ZenWiFi BD5 is the upgrade version of the ZenWiFi BD4—both were announced at CES 2025. In the growing Wi-Fi 7 landscape, it’s ASUS’s dual-band rival to the TP-Link Deco BD25 and the NETGEAR Orbi 370 Series, and as such, it’s a formidable contender. Here’s the bottom line: If you …
The RT-BE58U—a.k.a. RT-BE3600 for those who shop at Best Buy—is ASUS’s third dual-band Wi-Fi 7 standalone router, and the most modest out of the pack, compared to the previous RT-BE88U and RT-BE86U. However, it has enough for a home with Gigabit-class broadband. Here’s the bottom line: The ASUS RT-BE58U is …
TP-Link today announced the availability of the TL-WR3602BE travel router. First announced at the beginning of the year, this mobile router allows users Wi-Fi 7 connectivity while on the go, the first of its kind to do so for now, until others from competing vendors, such as the ASUS RT-BE58 …
If you’re looking to improve your Wi-Fi but on a budget, TP-Link is generally a good brand to consider. That is, if you can wade through the increasing myriad hardware variants that are close to identical to one another. This post will help. Below are the top five affordable TP-Link …
The Archer BE700 is another confusing option among TP-Link’s existing soup of Wi-Fi 7 routers. It’s a BE15000 router, which means, according to the way TP-Link has released its hardware, there’s a chance you’ll find an Archer BE15000, which would be the same hardware with a different model name. In …
