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The Roamii has a typical mesh WiFi box with a diagram on the back explaining some of the benefits of a mesh system – if you didn't know already.
Aside from the two power supplies for the two units (with EU and British plug choices) plus a ribbon Ethernet cable, the two plastic mouldings at the back of this picture enable wall mounting. The screws and rawlplugs are provided to attach the mouldings to the wall, and then the units simply slot in. There is clearance for Ethernet cables to stick out the back and bend downwards.
The two Roamii BE Pro units are identical, and triangular like large creamy-white Toblerones. They are sturdy and look pleasing. They won't insult most people's aesthetic sense if visible around the house. You can't see in these photos because the power isn't on, but the devices have quite funky lighting coming out the bottom that slowly graduates between blue and purple.
The two units are indistinguishable from the rear (if a triangle can have such a thing). Both units have a quartet of 2.5Gbit Ethernet ports, with one in yellow earmarked for the broadband WAN connection. There's a port for the external power supply, USB 3.0 for storage sharing, a recessed reset button and sync switch.
This is a decent connectivity selection. It's great having so many Ethernet ports on both units, so you can have two sets of Wired Ethernet devices, one near the device acting as the router and one where the satellite resides.
Acer Swift 14 AI WiFi 7 Laptop
For testing the latest WiFi 7 wireless networking, Acer sent us its Swift 14 AI notebook, based around a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus Oryon X1P-64-100 CPU. This is a ten-core processor running at up to 3.4GHz across all cores, although without a single-core boost frequency (you need the X1P-66-100 for that). Our sample was supplied with 16GB of LPDDR5x memory and a 1TB SSD. Although this is an ARM-based laptop, it can still run Windows 11 and our standard WiFi testing software, iPerf3. It's a solid choice for road warriors who need to spend days away from a reliable power source, thanks to a 26-hour battery life.
