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The Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine, or UDM, is my new favorite Wi-Fi 5 router. It’s an advanced enterprise-class system packed in a beautiful, compact, home-friendly hardware box. You can use it as a simple single router via a sleek mobile app, like it’s no big deal. Or you can dive …
At $230, the all-new NETGEAR Orbi RBK13 is the most affordable version among the famous Orbi mesh brand. The new Wi-Fi system has an entirely new design, consisting of three hardware units instead of the traditional two. But it shares the same mobile app, web interface and hence has the …
With the Archer AX3000, not to be confused with the Archer AX50, TP-Link manages to hit that current sweet spot of Wi-Fi 6. The router delivers the performance level of existing available clients at a cost most of us won’t need to think twice. Indeed, available at Walmart at just …
ARRIS’s first Wi-Fi 6 offering, the SURFboard mAX Pro AX11000 Mesh system (model W133), is a bit of an exaggeration. Without a multi-gig network port, it can’t deliver max Wi-Fi 6 speeds, and its mobile app doesn’t include any pro features or, I dare say, any features at all. Update: …
The ASUS RT-AX88U is one of the first Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) routers on the market, and I was quite excited to get my hands on it. So excited, I decided to test it for a second time—I didn’t have any Wi-Fi 6 clients the first time around. So, this is …
The NETGEAR Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream AX11000 Tri-Band WiFi 6 Router (model RAX200), unveiled back in March, is easily one of the most, if not the most expensive, Wi-Fi router on the market. It’ll set you back at least $100 more than does the RAX120, which already costs an arm and …
I was first introduced to the AmpliFi HD Wi-Fi system a few years back, at its launch, and somehow never got around to reviewing it. Ubiquiti got in touch with me again recently, and here we are—better late than never. Indeed, after all those years, this mesh Wi-Fi solution still …
