Dong’s mostly rational opinions on various subjects or his previews/first impressions of products, based on vendor-supplied information, that he’s interested in reviewing subsequently after real-world, hands-on testing.
OWC SoftRAID 8 is now available. The latest release now, for the first time, is avaible with a free tier.
Today, NETGEAR announced its first Wi-Fi 7 standard AP, the WBE750 Insight Manageable tri-band Wi-Fi 7 Access Point. In a way, it’s the answer to the Zyxel WBE660S, which came out late last year. On the inside, it’s slated to be a familiar broadcaster yet totally new at the same … Continue Reading
It’s been almost a year since my review of the Archer BE800 BE19000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router, one of the first Wi-Fi 7 routers on the market, and TP-Link recently made the Archer BE805 variant available. If you judged from the name and assumed the new router has a bit … Continue Reading
This post is a primer on Linksys Velop, a popular brand for home mesh-ready routers and purpose-built systems. While the performance of each hardware unit (and mesh set) varies depending on their hardware specs, all Velop variants share the same firmware and, therefore, a similar set of networking/Wi-Fi features and … Continue Reading
On January 4, 2023, ASUS unveiled its new ExpertWiFi product line. After unsurprisingly missing the initial availability target, initially set for “the first quarter of 2023, ” the networking vendor is finally shipping the ExpertWiFi EBR63 standalone router. There will soon be more hardware options, including those supporting Wi-Fi 7. … Continue Reading
If you ever wonder how I perform networking speed testing on devices—including Wi-Fi access points (standalone or housed within Wi-Fi routers/ mesh systems, or extenders) and switches—for reviews on this website, you’re reading the right post. Take note: An access point is the minimum requirement to create a Wi-Fi network. … Continue Reading
Ubiquiti, on January 8, 2024, announced the U7 Pro PoE access point as part of its all-new UniFi 7 family of Wi-Fi 7 broadcasters. The new access point, in many ways, is the company’s U6 Pro, or the U6 Enterprise, with the support for the latest Wi-Fi standard that became … Continue Reading
It’s the last day of the year, and I’m going to do a little recapping of what happened to me in my little world during the previous 364 days. This post is intended to be personal. It’s part of a years-long tradition partly for you to know that this website, … Continue Reading
