A Wi-Fi 7 router in a white cylinder that stands on a shelf instead of hiding in a cabinet. One Netra Mesh 7 covers an apartment or a smaller house on its own; when a basement or a far bedroom drops out, a second unit links up with the first and turns it into a mesh system on the same network name.

In the test house for our Wi-Fi guide, about 2,400 sq ft on two floors plus a basement with a 1 Gbps fiber plan, one unit in the living room delivered 890 Mbps there, 410 Mbps in the upstairs office and 95 Mbps in the basement. A second unit in the upstairs hallway, linked by a cable, raised the office to 820 Mbps and the basement to 530 Mbps. The full test explains when one router is enough.

Ports and setup

Two 2.5 GbE ports: one for the modem, one for a desktop PC, a NAS or a switch
With Ethernet in the walls, one port can link a second unit by cable, so the link between them costs no speed
Setup from a phone app took us about ten minutes
Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6 devices connect as usual, at their own speeds

Where to put it

Near the middle of the home, at desk height or higher, not on the floor
Out of a closed TV cabinet
Upright, with a few inches of space above the vent on top

The single light on the front stays a soft blue when everything works and turns amber when the internet is down, so it does not light up a bedroom at night. Laptops with Wi-Fi 6E, such as the Nordan Book 15, use its 6 GHz band as well.

Attributes	Value
Standard	Wi-Fi 7
Speed	Up to 11,000 Mbps
Ports	2 × 2.5 GbE

Networking & smart home

Netra Mesh 7 Wi-Fi 7 Router – BE11000, 2 × 2.5 GbE