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At the current street price of $150, the EnGenius EWS377-FIT is an excellent alternative to the ECW230 released two years ago. Not only is it significantly more affordable, but it’s also more flexible. The new access point can work as a standalone broadcaster for any existing network, or you can …
There’s nothing new about the Amazon eero PoE 6 other than it’s from a company that, before this, only made wireless mesh systems. It’s the first eero Wi-Fi broadcaster that’s all about wiring. As a standard dual-band Wi-Fi 6 PoE access point, this new hardware will work with any router. …
After years of producing primarily wireless mesh systems, often with more hype than substance in terms of performance, eero, a company owned by Amazon, finally released a real high-speed networking option in early 2023—the aptly, if not oddly, named Amazon eero PoE Gateway. Suppose you’re looking for a true multi-Gigabit …
Comcast today announced the Storm-Ready WiFi, an aptly-named Wi-Fi broadcaster designed to keep its Xfinity Cable broadband customers connected during, well, a storm. That’s the idea. Judging from the name, this is a timely product. The hurricane season is coming to certain parts of the US. Considering climate change and …
As the world is slowly adopting Wi-Fi 7, CommScope’s first complete Wi-Fi 6E solution, the 2-pack SURFboard mAX 6E tri-band Mesh Wi-Fi System (model W161) announced on June 15, 2023, is fashionably late to the party, to say the least. Yet, the company touts the new hardware as a “cutting-edge” …
The new TP-Link Deco X55 Pro AX3000 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System, officially available on July 7, 2023, is what the previous Deco X60 and especially the Deco X4300 Pro should have been. It’s the first Wi-Fi 6 Deco designed to deliver Gigabit, even faster, broadband in full. In …
It took me quite some time to finally review the Ubiquiti Dream Machine Special Edition (UDM-SE). I generally cover consumer products, and this advanced device is designed for prosumers, SMBs, or even enterprise environments. The UDM-SE was released in the first part of 2022, around the time of the home-friendly …
This is a quick take to address the requests (and questions) I’ve gotten since the review of the Archer BE800. Folks have been wondering why I didn’t evaluate the Archer BE900 instead. “It’s the king of Wi-Fi routers right now,” they say. Is it, though? TP-Link Archer BE900: The old-school …
I have been quite excited about NETGEAR’s latest Nighthawk M6 Pro 5G Wi-Fi 6E Hotspot Router (model MR6550) since its announcement on May 10. And who wouldn’t? At a current cost of one thousand US dollars, this is the most expensive router, pound per pound. To put things in perspective, …
Believe it or not, the EnGenius ESG510 is only the second non-Wi-Fi router I’ve reviewed on this website. And like the Firewalla Gold, it’s a niche device designed for savvy/advanced users with a wired environment. A Wi-Fi router is a standard router with a built-in standard access point in the …
