The early-adopter problem The TP-Link Archer 8 Ultra is set be available very soon, on the 30th of September (for preoders), and there has been a lot of hype considering that this is the first WiFi 8 wireless router that’s going to hit the market. But, before you part with your hard earned money, let … Read more
Originally published: June 12, 2026 Updated: September 5, 2026 A wall-plate access point has a beauty of its own. It’s elegant if seen, otherwise easy to hide and it can completely eliminate any visible cable while also providing a WiFi connection. And that’s without needing any power socket or cable, just an Ethernet cable inside … Read more
The TP-Link Deco BE25 is the entry-level WiFi 7 mesh system from the series and I am going to say it right away, you don’t get the 6GHz radio band. There Multi Link Operation, sure, and we’ll test it in a minute, but know that this is a dual-band mesh system. Still, the manufacturer anticipated … Read more
The EnGenius ECW520 is one of the most affordable WiFi 7 access points that the company currently offers and its aim was to offer enterprise-level features, while keeping the price tag underneath $200. And that’s perfectly fine, but we do have the 2x2x2 ECW526 available as well and recently, EnGenius has also released the affordable … Read more
The EnGenius ECW516L arrives a year after the flagship ECW536 hit the market and it does have a different role than to solely showcase technological development. It’s trying to make WiFi 7 affordable for anyone willing to adopt this still fairly young standard. A goal that’s also the focus of Zyxel with its NWA110BE. But … Read more
The WiFi 7 devices are getting cheaper and it makes sense considering more than two years have already passed after the launch of this new standard. And now I got the possibility to test the Zyxel NWA110BE which seems to be one of the most affordable WiFi 7 access points on the market. So I … Read more
Originally published: March 11, 2025 Updated: September 4, 2026 I know I am a bit late to the party, but there isn’t exactly an abundance of proper networking hardware coverage these days, so I figured why not test the TP-Link EAP773 myself? And so, I got my hands on this slim half metal, half-plastic WiFi … Read more
I have retested the U7 Pro Max very recently and I was upset by the slow progress that Ubiquiti made towards the development of the MLO. Well, they did release a beta firmware that supports it and I also managed to finally make it work on the client end, so I had to run some … Read more
It’s fairly common to first release the better equipped device, as a sort of power display, so the Zyxel WBE660S that you see here is the most powerful WiFi 7 access point from Zyxel (at the moment of the writing) and yes, it has been released a few months before the NWA130BE and it also … Read more
After months of waiting for the driver updates and the firmware upgrades to align, we finally get to see the promised MLO feature in action. I admit I was skeptical that it would come at all on cheaper access points, such as the U7 Pro and the Zyxel NWA130BE, but it’s here and it works … Read more