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This past week, I received a lot of questions regarding yet another newly-found router vulnerability, this time coming from NETGEAR. Some of you expressed frustrations and went as far as saying you’d “never buy a NETGEAR again.” Well, that’s your call, but I’d say it’s an example of overreacting. While …
The 3-pack NETGEAR MK63 Nighthawk Dual-Band AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System (or MK62 for a 2-pack) is, for now, a one-of-a-kind mesh system despite the fact it’s supposed to be a universal one. Considering NETGEAR’s other well-known Orbi mesh family, it’s a bit hard for me to find the right …
It’s mid-2020, and you wonder which router to get between Wi-Fi 5 vs. Wi-Fi 6. That’s a good question. And it will continue to be one for years. Wi-Fi 6 (or 802.11ax)—the sizable upgrade to the existing Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)—has been commercially available for a few years now. Since then, …
The Linksys MR7350 Max-Stream Mesh Wi-Fi 6 Router is the budget version of the MR9600. Other than the lesser hardware specs and, therefore, the much lower cost, it’s the same as its big cousin. What’s most significant, it makes official the fact that all new and likely future Linksys routers …
Of all Wi-Fi 6 routers from Netgear I’ve tested, the Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 Router (model RAX50) is the easiest recommendation. It has the right balance of performance, features, and cost. This eye candy Wi-Fi machine doesn’t include everything you can collectively find in a high-end router. That’s …
The ZenWiFi AX Mini (model XD4) is ASUS’s third purpose-built AiMesh Wi-Fi system, after the XT8 and CT8, and it turned out to be the most complete one in my testing. So, the third time seems to be the charm, and that’s the good news. The bad is this mesh …
I can’t figure out what the D-Link intends to achieve with the DIR-X1560 EXO AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 router. At around $100, this entry-level router sure is not the most affordable among its Wi-Fi 6 peers. Yet, it’s not the most valuable due to a spartan set of features. The biggest …
The TP-Link Archer AX11000 MU-MIMO Tri-Band Gaming Router looks like a duck. It tries super-hard to walk like a duck. But it can’t swim, nor does it quack. So chances are it probably still is a chicken. OK, it’s neither, but the point is this new high-end Wi-Fi 6 router …
It’d make sense if you think you can just cut the Archer AX50‘s performance in half to figure out the Archer AX10. But you’d be so wrong. Indeed. The AX10, an AX1500 router, proved to be a strong performer in my testing, rivaling the AX50 and other AX3000 routers to …
The ASUS RT-AX3000 (as well as its RT-AX58U variant) is among the most affordable Wi-Fi 6 routers in the market, and that’s the least interesting thing about it. This little Wi-Fi machine delivers a lot more than its compact design suggests. It has a ton of useful features and support …
