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Best 10 Router NAS Options [Updated]: Add Storage to Your Wi-Fi Today!
You probably already know how a router hosts a home network and delivers Wi-Fi to multiple devices at a time. But there are also “router NAS” option where a USB-enabled Wi-Fi broadcaster can work as a mini NAS (Network Attached …
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Best SSDs (Solid-State Drives) of 2021 [Updated]: It’s Upgrade Time!
Migrating your computer from a hard drive to a solid-state drive (SSD) is by far the most gratifying upgrade. So, getting the right drive is naturally an important task. This post includes the best SSDs I’ve reviewed. Dong’s note: This …
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Motorola MB8600 Review: The Go-to Gigabit DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem
The Motorola MB8600 is an easy choice. At some $150, it makes a gratifying upgrade for those moving from a sub-Gigabit to a Gigabit cable broadband plan. If you’re in that situation, go for it, you won’t regret it. Dong’s …
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Samsung 870 EVO Review: Arguably the Best SATA Solid-State Drive to Date
As the name suggests, the new Samsung 870 EVO solid-state drive (SSD), officially announced today, is the upgrade to the 860 EVO that came out two years ago. And it really is, sharing similar hardware components yet being much faster. …
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Best Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Systems of 2021: The Real-Deal Collection
You’ll find in this post the best Wi-Fi 6 mesh systems you can get right now. It’s worth noting that even if you have mostly Wi-Fi 5 or legacy clients, Wi-Fi 6 is still an excellent investment in terms of …
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Cable Modem Explained: How to Swap an ISP-Provided Gateway with One
If you’re using cable Internet, check your bill, you might be paying around $15/month “equipment rental” fee. If so, replacing the ISP-provided equipment with a cable modem of your own will eliminate that monthly cost. Over time the saving will …
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Double NAT vs. Single NAT: How to Best Handle an (ISP-Provided) Gateway
Ideally, you should use just one router for your home network. But sometimes there’s no choice, like when you have to keep that ISP-provided gateway and yet want to expand or upgrade your system. Note: A gateway is a single …
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Belkin’s Linksys AXE8400 Wi-Fi 6E Mesh Router to Arrive in Early 2021
There will soon be a lot o Wi-Fi 6E options. Following Asus, Netgear, and TP-Link, Belkin unveiled over last week at CES 2021 the first mesh router of its own using this latest Wi-Fi standard, the Linksys AXE8400. Similar to …
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Wi-Fi 6E Explained: It’s Here but Still a Blur. No Need to Hold Your Breath
You might have heard of Wi-Fi 6E — I mentioned it briefly in this piece about Wi-Fi 6 as a whole. If not, well, you’ll learn all that matters about this new Wi-Fi standard here. And I’ll update this post …
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Mesh Wi-Fi System Explained: How to Best Use Multiple Broadcasters
By now, you must have heard of “mesh,” “Wi-Fi system,” or “mesh Wi-Fi system,” and might have some idea about that they are. OK, they are the same thing. If you already know that, well, there’s more than just semantics …
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Wi-Fi Router Explained: How You Can Figure out that Perfect One Today
A big part of the questions galore I get daily includes those asking for a specific router or mesh recommendation. Some readers even sent me a detailed sketch of their home — you know who you are! Everyone wants to …
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Asus RT-AX68U Review: An Entry-Level Wi-Fi 6 Router that Won’t Disappoint
I find the Asus RT-AX68U AX2700 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Router, officially announced today in the U.S., a bit of an oxymoron. It’s somewhat an entry-level Wi-Fi 6 router that comes out after Asus’s first Wi-Fi 6E machine, the GT-AXE11000. So …
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Router Management: Web Interface vs. Mobile App and the Case of Linksys
If you followed my reviews on the latest Linksys Wi-Fi 6 routers, including the MX5 Velop AX, the MR9600, and the MR7350, you’d note how I lamented the fact, among other things, you must use the Linksys mobile app for …
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Best Wi-Fi 6 Routers of 2021: Pick One for Your Home!
You’ll find in this post the lists of the best Wi-Fi 6 routers. Since this standard’s first router became available in early 2019, I’ve reviewed a couple of dozens of them. Not all make it here, but only those I’d …
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Doubling Down on Wi-Fi 6E, TP-Link Unveils Routers and Mesh Systems
You can bet that TP-Link is betting big on the new Wi-Fi 6E standard. Today, the networking vendor announced at CES 2021 not one but four new Wi-Fi 6E solutions, including two mesh systems and two standalone routers. It sounds …
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Nighthawk RAXE500 Preview: Netgear is Definitely in on Wi-Fi 6E
Game on! Following Asus with its GT-AXE11000, Netgear announced today at CES 2021 the first Wi-Fi 6E router of its own, the Nighthawk RAXE500 Tri-band Wi-Fi router. If the name rings a bell, that’s because this new router is more …
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ARRIS SURFboard mAX AX6600 Review: Nice but Not Worth the Wait
Almost exactly a year after first announced the entry-level SURFboard mAX AX6600 Mesh, CommScope today officially made this Wi-Fi 6 system available. Is it worth the wait? Well, not really. The new mesh has nothing new. But this supposedly budget-minded …
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Extra Room Definitely Available: WD Adds 4TB to Flagship Portable SSDs
Suppose you have been holding up on getting one of those portable SSDs from Western Digital because it just doesn’t have enough storage, well, no more excuses. The storage vendors today announced at CES 2021 the 4TB versions across the …
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Dual-band vs. Tri-band Explaind: 2021’s New Wi-Fi Bandwidth Question
For years, I’ve received a lot of questions regarding Dual-band vs. Tri-band in Wi-Fi routers. The past two years, folks were super undecided between the Netgear RAX200 vs. RAX120 or the Asus GT-AX11000 vs. RT-AX88U for this reason. Then 2021 …
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Asus’s ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 Preview: A New Type of Tri-band Entirely
I had a hunch. To the chagrin of many, Asus’s very first Wi-Fi 6E router, the ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000, originally announced last September, indeed didn’t materialize in 2020. But that crazy year is no more, and today, Asus announced the …
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Asus RT-AX92U Review: A Cute and Effective Little Odd One Out of AiMesh
The Asus RT-AX92U, first released in mid-2019, is an interesting case for two reasons. First, you only find it during the transition from Wi-Fi 5 to Wi-Fi 6. And secondly, well, I reviewed it twice. Dong’s note: That’s right! You’re …
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