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If you’ve never heard of the ASUSwrt-Merlin firmware, know that extra magic can be available to a select group of ASUS routers. Extra from what, though, you might ask? From the stock firmware, called ASUSWRT. However, things are not as simple as one being better than the other. This post …
Ubiquiti’s UniFi Dream Machine Pro Max (model UDM Pro Max) is not a new product. It was first announced over a year ago on April 23, 2024, and at the time, I decided not to review it, as it was pretty similar to the UDM-SE. Physically, the additional hard drive …
The Ubiquiti Switch Pro XG 8 PoE (model USW-Pro-XG-8-PoE), first unveiled in late April as part of a new Pro XG lineup, is a highly anticipated standalone switch. It’s the first compact and affordable switch from Ubiquiti with all 10Gbps ports. And the switch proved to be totally worth the …
The BeeStation Plus, Synology’s second iteration of its user-friendly approach to personal cloud storage, is an unusual network-attached storage (NAS) server. If you have used a Synology NAS server before, keep in mind that the BeeStation lineup offers a fraction of the capabilities of a standard Synology DiskStation. In return, …
The Crucial X10, first announced on May 19 together with the Crucial T710, is Micron’s latest portable SSD. If the name rings a bell, that’s because the company had the Crucial X10 Pro back in late 2023. So, what’s the point of this new drive? Despite being very similar to …
The Archer GE650, first announced at CES 2025, is in many ways the lesser version of TP-Link’s first Wi-Fi 7 gaming router, the Archer GE800. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The new router is much more compact while delivering a similar experience as far as Wi-Fi is concerned …
When announcing the WD Black SN8100 on May 13, Sandisk claimed the drive to be the “world’s fastest” NVMe SSD. I thought it was marketing as usual. As it turned out, Sandisk didn’t lie. The internal drive indeed proved to be the fastest in my testing, as you’ll see in …
If you are looking for a gaming router with lots of network ports, ASUS has something you might want to look forward to. Today, hardware vendors announced two new gaming routers in their ROG Strix and TUF families: the ROG STRIX GS-BE18000 and the TUF-BE9400. Both have entry-level multi-Gigabit for …
Today, TP-Link announced the availability of an extensive collection of Wi-Fi 7 broadcasters, including routers, mesh systems, and extenders. A few of them are new, and others were announced earlier this year during CES. Still, most, if not all, of them are simply slight variants of one another or of …
Looking to access your home computer remotely without using a third-party service? You’re reading the right post. I’ll explain here in simple terms how to handle port numbers and port forwarding when configuring a router. When you’re through, you’ll have an idea about how to open a port to gain …
