M/PCPRO The Net
SCORE ★★★☆☆
PRICE
£270 exc VAT
from
broadbandbuyer.com
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etgear moved into the business Wi-Fi 7 space last year with its WBE750 access point (AP), which offers a mighty BE18400 rating. Its £563 price tag won’t endear it to SMBs, though, with the WBE710 offering a more affordable option.
As you’d expect, compromises have been made: the 10GbE port in the WBE750 is downgraded to a 2.5GbE multi-gigabit port and it has a much lower BE9400 rating. On the plus side, the WBE710 supports the ultrawide Wi-Fi 7 320MHz channels and MLO, which allows compliant end-user devices to simultaneously connect to multiple bands on the AP for increased throughput and reduced latency.