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The TP-Link Archer AX3200 is somewhat of a rare find. That’s because, in the US, it’s available first exclusively at Costco, which requires a membership. And it proved in my testing to be a great find, too, for certain users. Being a product for an exclusive retailer, the Archer AX3200 …
The Zyxel Armor G5 AX6000 12-Stream Multi-Gigabit Wi-Fi 6 Router (model NBG7815) is like a concept car. It has enough style and power to be a promising networking machine. It’s great to look at to boot. On the inside, though, it’s lacking. Even severely so. Many standard features available in …
I’m not sure how I feel about NETGEAR’s Meural Wi-Fi Photo Frame (model MC315GDW). On the one hand, after almost a month of trying it out, I kind of want to keep it. On the other, I’d probably never be able to justify buying one. Sure, I can muster up …
The NETGEAR Nighthawk XR1000 Pro Gaming 6-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router is like a sophisticated date with a complicated personality. You’ll have a hard time figuring out if you love it or just like it as a friend. One thing is for sure, it’s close to impossible, for me at least, …
The EnGenius ECW230 Cloud Managed Wi-Fi 6 4×4 Indoor Wireless Access Point (WAP) is like a good-looking, relationship-material significant other who happens to be high-maintenance and has a cranky mother. It’s hard initially, but once you’ve given it enough attention, you’ll be happy with it in the long term. That’s …
There are many ways to show off financial success. You can get an expensive painting, don a nice watch, buy that nice guy a coffee every morning, or, better yet, snatch this Orbi Pro Wi-Fi 6 tri-band Mesh System (model SXK80) NETGEAR announced today. Hang it on the wall, and …
The ASUS RT-AX82U AX5400 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Gaming Router looks the part. Gamers—well, almost anyone, actually—will love the cute design and especially the large front-facing programmable fancy lighting. On the inside, though, the new router is a somewhat muted version of the more mundane-looking RT-AX86U. It has lesser processing power, …
The RT-AX86U AX5700 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Gaming Router is the more powerful option out of the two new gaming routers ASUS announced late last month. And it proved to be a stellar contender in my testing. Unlike the GT-AX11000, the RT-AX86U is not a full gaming router, in my opinion. …
You can call the Linksys MR9600 a dual-band version of the Linksys MX5 Velop AX mesh router, and Belkin won’t mind that one bit. Indeed, the networking vendor confirmed with me its intention to include this new Wi-Fi 6 router, as well as future ones, in its Linksys Velop Intelligent …
The TRENDnet TEW-830MDR2K AC2200 Wi-Fi Mesh System is a curious case. The new tri-band Wi-Fi 5 mesh system is almost identical to the EnGenius ESR580 I reviewed late last year. So it’s an oddball. But it does have a few crucial differences, enough to edge out its older clone in …
