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There are two things about the NETGEAR WAX204 Wi-Fi 6 AX1800 Dual-Band Business Wireless Access Point (WAP). First, it’s not a standard access point—it’s a router. And second, it’s a phenomenal deal. Indeed, at well less than 100 bucks, it’s one of the most valuable Wi-Fi 6 routers you can …
Linksys E8450 Dual-Band AX3200 Wi-Fi 6 Router is a breath of fresh air. This new Wi-Fi 6 router harkens back to when Linksys was one of my favorite home networking vendors, thanks to its traditional local web interface. Indeed, it’s the first in a long time that’s no longer part …
Earlier this month, I switched to the all-new NETGEAR CM2000 Nighthawk Multi-Gig Cable Modem from my CM600 that had been solid for a couple of years. And that proved to be a bit of an anti-climactic experience. No, this latest NETGEAR cable modem is not bad—far from it, if not …
The Synology DS1621+ is a worthy upgrade to the DS1618+, which is still an excellent NAS server today. That’s to say, in many ways, the new server brings excellence to a new level. No, it’s still not perfect. But if you’re looking to get the most out of a network-attached …
The Samsung 980 PRO NVMe SSD, first released in September 2020, is the flagship upgrade to the 970 PRO of mid-2018. What’s most significant, the new internal storage device is the electronic giant’s first consumer-grade NVMe SSD that supports the latest PCIe 4.0 standard instead of the popular decade-old PCIe …
At first, I thought the Firewalla Gold would make a cool, unique router, perfect for those needing a non-Wi-Fi one for the Internet drop in the basement and then run network cables from it to Wi-Fi broadcasters around a large home. And it sure can work as such. As it …
The NETGEAR CM600 Cable Modem is not new. I first got it more than two years ago, together with a 300Mbps Internet plan with Comcast. Before that, I generally replaced my modem almost every year. So CM600 has been one of my most lasting modems. Two years qualify as long-term. …
The Motorola MB8600 is an easy choice. At some $150, it makes a gratifying upgrade for those moving from a sub-Gigabit to a Gigabit cable broadband plan. If you’re in that situation, go for it, you won’t regret it. Dong’s note: I tested the Motorola SM8600 with Comcast. While the …
As the name suggests, the new Samsung 870 EVO solid-state drive (SSD), officially announced today, is the upgrade to the 860 EVO that came out two years ago. And it really is, sharing similar hardware components yet being much faster. In reality, though, this new internal drive is more like …
I find the ASUS RT-AX68U AX2700 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Router, officially announced on January 13, 2021, in the U.S., a bit of an oxymoron. It’s somewhat an entry-level Wi-Fi 6 router that comes out after ASUS’s first Wi-Fi 6E machine, the GT-AXE11000. So it’s more like an exit-level Wi-Fi 6 broadcaster. …
