{"id":1768,"date":"2026-08-12T06:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2026-08-12T06:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:09:12","slug":"macbook-air-m5-wi-fi-7-test-apple-n1-vs-intel-be200-engenius-vs-ruckus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/2026\/08\/12\/macbook-air-m5-wi-fi-7-test-apple-n1-vs-intel-be200-engenius-vs-ruckus\/","title":{"rendered":"MacBook Air M5 Wi-Fi 7 Test: Apple N1 vs Intel BE200 (EnGenius vs Ruckus)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MacBook Air M5 Wi-Fi 7 Test: Apple N1 vs Intel BE200 (EnGenius vs Ruckus)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i6ovtgbV-ck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!-- Featured Products \/ Equipment List -->\n<h3>Featured Hardware &amp; Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n  <li>\n    <strong>Apple 2026 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop (M5 Chip, 24GB Memory):<\/strong> \n    <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4cbtoOI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">View on Amazon<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n  <li>\n    <strong>EnGenius ECW536 Wi-Fi 7 4x4x4 Indoor Ceiling Mount Tri-Band Access Point:<\/strong> \n    <a href=\"https:\/\/shopify.keenansystems.com\/products\/ecw536-wi-fi-7-4x4x4-indoor-ceiling-mount-tri-band-access-point?_pos=1&amp;_sid=258e2d382&amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View at Keenan Systems Store<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n  <li>\n    <strong>Ruckus R770 Tri-Band 4&#215;4 + 2&#215;2 Wi-Fi 7 Access Point:<\/strong> \n    <a href=\"https:\/\/shopify.keenansystems.com\/products\/ruckus-r770-triband-4x4-2x2-wi-fi-7?_pos=1&amp;_sid=ca7ca7462&amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View at Keenan Systems Store<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<!-- Video Overview \/ Body Content -->\n<p>In this video, Jeff Keenan tests the all-new <strong>MacBook Air M5<\/strong> featuring Apple\u2019s custom in-house <strong>Apple N1 Wi-Fi 7 chip<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>We benchmark the Apple N1 chip against two top enterprise Wi-Fi 7 access points\u2014the <strong>EnGenius ECW536 (4&#215;4)<\/strong> and the <strong>Ruckus R770 (2&#215;2)<\/strong>\u2014both configured on the 6 GHz band with 320 MHz wide channels. We also pit the MacBook Air M5 directly against a Windows PC powered by the <strong>Intel BE200 Wi-Fi 7 chipset<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Using a local <strong>OpenSpeedTest<\/strong> server over a 10GbE local network, we measure raw local throughput at <strong>10 feet line-of-sight<\/strong> and test real-world penetration at <strong>50 feet through multiple walls<\/strong>. Plus, we look at how <strong>Multi-Link Operation (MLD)<\/strong> across all three bands gives the MacBook Air M5 a distinct advantage for connection stability as 6 GHz signals fade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Hardware &amp; Links Apple 2026 MacBook Air 13-inch Laptop (M5 Chip, 24GB Memory): View on Amazon EnGenius ECW536 Wi-Fi 7 4x4x4 Indoor Ceiling Mount Tri-Band Access Point: View at Keenan Systems Store Ruckus R770 Tri-Band 4&#215;4 + 2&#215;2 Wi-Fi 7 Access Point: View at Keenan Systems Store In this video, Jeff Keenan tests the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/2026\/08\/12\/macbook-air-m5-wi-fi-7-test-apple-n1-vs-intel-be200-engenius-vs-ruckus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MacBook Air M5 Wi-Fi 7 Test: Apple N1 vs Intel BE200 (EnGenius vs Ruckus)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-products"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1769,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768\/revisions\/1769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keenansystems.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}