🛒Linksys MR9600 Review: An Expensive Work-in-Progress Mesh Router
13 Min Read
You can call the Linksys MR9600 a dual-band version of the Linksys MX5 Velop AX mesh router, and Belkin won’t …
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TRENDnet TEW-830MDR2K Review: A Slow but Reliable Generic Mesh
8 Min Read
The TRENDnet TEW-830MDR2K AC2200 Wi-Fi Mesh System is a curious case. The new tri-band Wi-Fi 5 mesh system is almost …
No, NETGEAR’s Recent Router Vulnerability Is Not that Serious
5 Min Read
This past week, I received a lot of questions regarding yet another newly-found router vulnerability, this time coming from NETGEAR. …
NETGEAR MK63 Nighthawk Mesh Review: A Modest but Reliable (Wired) Mesh
11 Min Read
The 3-pack NETGEAR MK63 Nighthawk Dual-Band AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System (or MK62 for a 2-pack) is, for now, a …
Wi-Fi 5 vs. Wi-Fi 6: Why the New Never Immediately Renders the Old Completely Obsolete
8 Min Read
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 …
Linksys MR7350 Intelligent Mesh Router Review: Too Clever by Half
9 Min Read
The Linksys MR7350 Max-Stream Mesh Wi-Fi 6 Router is the budget version of the MR9600. Other than the lesser hardware …
Samsung T7 and T7 Touch Review: Well-Rounded Portable SSDs
7 Min Read
At some $120 for 500GB—or $220 and $380 for 1TB and 2TB, respectively—the Samsung T7 Touch is quite a great …
SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD Review: A Tough Little Performer
5 Min Read
The latest SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD, first announced late last year, is the souped-up version of the non-PRO drive …
NETGEAR Nighthawk RAX50 Review: A Just-Right Wi-Fi 6 Router
8 Min Read
Of all Wi-Fi 6 routers from Netgear I’ve tested, the Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 Router (model RAX50) is …
Samsung SSD 870 QVO Review: A Sizable and Excellent Upgrade
6 Min Read
Two years after releasing the first QLC SATA solid-state drive (SSD), the 860 QVO, Samsung today announced the availability of …
