🛒Asus AiMesh Overview: Years-Long Effort to Better Wi-Fi Coverage
5 Min Read
AiMesh is a free feature available in all routers since the beginning of 2018, starting with the RT-AC86U, initially as …
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Netgear Nighthawk RS100 Review (vs. TP-Link Archer BE230): A New Level of Bare Minimum Wi-Fi 7
9 Min Read
If you find Netgear’s Nighthawk RS200‘s $200 price tag a bit too high, the Nighthawk RS100 is a worthy alternative …
Synology CC400W Review: A Robust Compact Security Camera at a Cost
7 Min Read
The CC400W—officially available in the US today after its initial unveiling in early 2024—is Synology’s first Wi-Fi IP security camera. …
Samsung SSD 9100 PRO Review (vs. 990 EVO Plus): A Fast and Relatively Cool PCIe Gen 5×4 SSD
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The SSD 9100 PRO, announced on February 25, 2025, and available to purchase today, is Samsung’s third attempt at PCIe …
New Ubiquiti U7 Pro XG and U7 Pro XGS Access Points: 10Gbps and Thermal Upgardes from U7 Pro and U7 Pro Max
5 Min Read
If you’re unhappy with the U7 Pro or the U7 Pro Max due to their internal fan but can’t afford the fan-less UniFi E7, Ubiquiti …
Western Digital Splits Off NAND Flash to SanDisk, Unveils a Host of External HDD-Based Storage Devices
6 Min Read
Western Digital today unveiled five new external storage devices, all based on its latest 26TB “enterprise-class Ultrastar 7200 RPM HDDs …
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 (UX7) Review (vs. UDR7): A Tiny, Robust, and Flexible Entry-Level Multi-Gig Mesh Router
12 Min Read
Of Ubiquiti’s newly released gateway trio, the UniFi Express 7 (UX7) is the most modest. It’s the closest thing to …
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber (UCG-Fiber) Review (vs. UCG-Max): The Best Non-Wi-Fi Router
10 Min Read
In my review of the UCG-Max last year, I used “painful” to describe the lack of 10Gbps support in the …
Ubiquiti UDR7 Review (vs. UDR): A Wi-Fi 7 Dream Router for an Entry-Level Multi-Gigabit Network
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The UniFi Dream Router 7 (UDR7), one of three Ubiquiti’s 2025 compact cloud gateways, is a significant upgrade to the …
Asus ZenWiFi BT6 Preview (vs. ZenWiFi BT8): A Solid Gigabit-Class Wi-Fi 7 Mesh System
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Unlike Asus’s previous Wi-Fi 7 ZenWiFi sets, the ZenWiFi BT6 is the first in the family to feature a single …
