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The TerraMaster T6-423 is supposed to be a much more advanced NAS server compared to the previous F2-223. Among other things, it has six drive bays and two NVMe slots, rivaling the DS1621+, Synology’s latest consumer-grade server of the same capacity. But the extra drive bays are exactly this new …
The ZenWiFi XD5 does not complete what the ZenWifi XD4 set out to start—it’s similarly stripped-down hardware in terms of features. But it does have everything the older cousin had and then some noteworthy improvements. I reviewed the ZenWifi XD4 in June 2020 and called it the first “complete AiMesh …
Synology today announced the official US availability of its model year 2023 dual-bay extension-ready NAS server, the DiskStation DS723+—that’s DS723 Plus. The server had been available in some other regions a few days earlier. As the name suggests, this is a dual-bay server that can hold two internal disks—3.5-inch or …
The new EnGenius ECW336 Cloud Managed Access Point, released late last year, is easily one of the most expensive APs on the market. Its $850 launch price makes the previous $600 ECW230 seem affordable. Since then, its street cost has come down, but it’s still prohibitively expensive to those wanting …
It’s the end of the year, and time we reflect aloud on our personal highs and lows. My 2022 has been, well, interesting. On the one hand, it’s like a lingering cold that won’t go away, figuratively and literally. On the other, it made us stronger. And we managed to …
If you ask me for the one gadget to safely put in the shopping cart right now before hitting that “buy” button as the year turns, the Synology DiskStation DS923+ (that’s DS923 Plus) would be it. Among other things, it has a novelty that delivers the best NAS performance to …
The $50 Chromecast with Google TV (4K), released in September 2020, and the new yet lesser HD version that came out in September this year, are a far cry from the original Chromecast Google debuted in 2013 or any previous version for that matter, despite retaining a similar design. Among …
In many ways, the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro is the upgrade to ASUS’s GT-AX11000 that came out more than three years ago. If the latter is ASUS’s first step into Wi-Fi 6, the new router is its final hardware in this Wi-Fi standard. It seems that way, anyway. And to …
This is the ASUS RT-AXE7800 vs. NETGEAR RAXE300 matchup I promised in the review of the former. Asus’s latest Wi-Fi 6E router is the answer to the NETGEAR’s counterpart, whether or not anyone wants to admit it. Sharing the exact same Wi-Fi specs and processing power, the two seem to …
The RT-AXE7800 is not ASUS’s first Wi-Fi 6E Tri-Band router—far from it. Before this, the company already had the GT-AXE11000, ZenWiFi ET8, GT-AXE16000, and ZenWiFi Pro ET12. But the new router still manages to be unique. Its hardware specs remind me of the NETGEAR RAXE300, and its appearance brings back …
