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The D-Link G530 5G NR AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 Router is a dilemma. It’s too physically large to be a mobile router and too limited and expensive to be a traditional standard router. With two Gigabit ports and entry-level Wi-Fi 6 specs, it’s hard for me to find where this bad …
On October 23, 2024, Amazon announced the availability of the eero Outdoor 7. As the name suggests, this is the company’s first outdoor access point that features Wi-Fi 7. By the look and description, it seems impressive. Or is it? Let’s find out more! Amazon eero Outdoor 7: It’s an …
The Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus, first announced on September 25, 2024, is an upgrade to the previous version, the 990 EVO, both in performance and cost. The new drive is faster in my testing and has more reasonable pricing at launch—the street pricing of the two varies. It’s a …
The RT-BE86U BE6800 is the second dual-band Wi-Fi 7 router from ASUS you can bring home today. In more ways than one, it’s a lesser hardware alternative to the first sans-6GHz RT-BE88U I tested in June. However, since this new RT-BE86U costs less yet has similar excellent performances in my …
In early 2019, I tried out TP-Link Omada access points (APs) for the first time to create a low-cost, do-it-yourself mesh Wi-Fi system using Wi-Fi 5 hardware and was quite impressed with it. Then, in late 2022, I tested the ecosystem again with a few Wi-Fi 6 and 6E APs. …
The single digit in the model name that separates TP-Link Omada EAP783 from the previously reviewed EAP773 makes a huge difference. Specifically, the higher-end AP you’re reading about is almost twice as large and has twice the Wi-Fi bandwidth. In return, it’s also significantly more expensive. Overall, it’s a formidable …
The WBE530 BE11000 Wi-Fi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Pro Access Point is Zyxel’s third Wi-Fi 7 access point, and it lands right between the previous two, the WBE660S and NWA130BE, in terms of cost. In terms of hardware specs, however, it’s practically the latter with some bonus, such as the fact …
The Omada EAP773 BE11000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 access point is not the first TP-Link business access point I’ve had my hands on. Prior to this, I used a large number of Omada units and have published reviews on a few. What makes the new AP special, though, is the fact …
The OWC Envoy, first unveiled in April, is one of many USB portable SSDs on the market. However, it manages to be unique by coming in an ultra-compact and rugged design, among other things. At the current street price, which starts at $129 for 1TB, the OWC Envy can be …
Today, Micron announced the Crucial P310 2280 PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD (a.k.a. Crucial P310 2280). If the name rings a bell, that’s because there was recently the shorter 2230 version of the same drive. The numbers indicate the physical design of the NVMe SSD. The first two …
