The EnGenius ECS1008P is the entry-level model from the new Cloud managed Ethernet switch and, if you have noticed immediately the similarities with the EWS2908P, well, it’s because they’re pretty much the same device minus the support for the Cloud management platform. And this improvement should not be taken lightly considering that besides offering a … Read more
Engenius has just announced the release of a couple of multi-Gigabit switches, the ECS5121FP and the ECS5212, but the new family of switches will be expanded throughout the year with models featuring (most likely) more number of ports. The multi-gig switches are going to become the norm in a shorter period of time than expected, … Read more
The WiFi 6 (802.11ax) standard was introduced a bit over a year ago and ever since, the manufacturers have been in a race to quickly adopt this new technology and offer a far better wireless experience, while also being able to handle a significantly larger number of clients. We have already seen some early stage … Read more
The last decade has seen a significant shift towards the adoption of affordable solutions for larger and more complex networks, especially regarding the SMB market, in an attempt to mimic the large enterprise networks at a fraction of the cost. One of the first to have disrupted the market was Ubiquiti which has been the … Read more
I know I am a bit late to the party, but since there is little coverage of networking devices these days, I said why not test the TP-Link EAP773 myself? And so I got my hands on this slim half metal, half-plastic WiFi 7 access point that rivals Ubiquiti not only in terms of size, … 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. The latter did … Read more
Ubiquiti wanted to build a long range version of the U7 Pro and that’s how the U7 Pro Max came to be, offering a potentially better range due to improved antennas and we finally get 4×4 spatial streams for the 5GHz radio band. The 2.4 and the 6GHz configuration remains the same as on the … Read more
Mediatek made the MT7925 WiFi 7 adapter available about three months ago, about the same time as the Qualcomm NCM865 and, after seeing that the Linux developers have integrated it into the newer kernels, with the promise of MLO in the very near future, I had to get my hands on one. As you will … Read more
This right here is the Zyxel NWA130BE and it’s most likely the main competitor to the Ubiquiti U7 Pro. The NWA130BE is actually the second WiFi 7 access point that Zyxel has made available and yes, it’s less equipped than its older sibling, but my current position is that you should not invest too much … Read more
This is the ASUS RT-AX86U Pro, a WiFi 6 router that is supposed to replace the mid-ranger RT-AX86U, but it does feel like ASUS may have hit a ceiling for its home-grade wireless routers. I say that because the device has the exact same processor as the RT-AX88U Pro and the GT-AX6000 and the same … Read more