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The Nighthawk RS300, released last month, is NETGEAR’s 2nd Wi-Fi 7 standalone router and is meant to be inferior to the first, the RS700S, with lower hardware specs. In return, it’s much more affordable, currently costing only $330 on the street. Update: Netgear subsequently launched an identical variant model, the …
The headline says it. Western Digital’s new SanDisk Desk Drive, unveiled back on May 7, is highly compact for a desktop storage device. But if you look at it from a portable drive point of view, it can be bulky. There’s one thing that can’t be disputed: it’s one of …
When announcing the WD Blue SN5000 on Jun 18, 2024, Western Digital tried hard to make it special. The storage vendor claimed that the new drive was designed to be “strategically aligned to Stages 4 and 6 of the AI Data Cycle to equip users with advanced performance-driven storage solutions …
The Archer GE800, unveiled during CES 2024, is finally available for purchase today, and it’s the most exciting router in TP-Link’s Archer family. The new and massive tri-band BE19000 tri-band Wi-Fi 7 machine has best-in-class performance that matches its top-tier hardware specs. It also looks fantastic, at least to some. …
Today, Zyxel announced the official availability of its latest networking hardware for business users, the Zyxel USG LITE 60AX. From the name, you can tell it’s a Wi-Fi 6 router, and you’re right—it’s an AX6000 Wi-Fi machine. And if you think because of that, it’s already “dated”, you’re not wrong, …
The ECW526, the first Wi-Fi 7 Cloud Mange Access Point from EnGenius, is totally different from the company’s first Wi-Fi 6E counterpart in terms of costs. Currently available for less than $300, it’s much more affordable despite supporting the latest Wi-Fi 7 standard. On the inside, however, the new AP …
Summer is here, and if you’re looking for a compact travel router to bring on the go, the TP-Link TL-WR1502X, first available on May 29, can be a handy option. It’s a little AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 machine to keep your devices securely connected while you’re out and about, domestically or …
The RT-BE88U, first announced in late March, is ASUS’s third standalone Wi-Fi 7 router after the RT-BE96U and GT-BE98 Pro, and it’s a special one. Unlike any other Wi-Fi 7 broadcasters I’ve seen, the RT-BE88U is unique in that it does not feature the 6GHz band. It’s a new type …
It’s mid-2024, and the latest piece of Netduma hardware, the Netduma R3, is a mid-tier Wi-Fi 6 Gigabit router. That’s to set the bar low, considering we’ve had Wi-Fi 7 for almost a year, and Multi-Gig ports have been commonplace. To be fair, the router was first announced in late …
Since first announced on January 10 this year, the ZenWiFi BQ16 Pro has been an intriguing and highly anticipated mesh system. As it finally becomes available for purchase, I’d say it’s worth the wait—a completely different experience from the similar yet anticlimactic hardware that is the TP-Link Deco BE95. Indeed, …
