All things relating to Netgear, a popular US networking vendor.
NETGEAR today announced a new Orbi Pro set, the AX5400 SXK50, and a Multi-Gig PoE switch, the MS108EUP—both for small and medium business (SMB) environments. The company says these two will “provide optimized performance and security for small and medium businesses and work-from-home professionals.“ Despite the statement and the timing, …
NETGEAR today announced its latest Wi-Fi 6 extender, the EAX50. While it’s not the first Wi-Fi 6 extender from the networking vendor, it has some novelty: it comes in a convenient snap-on design. The design reminds me of the EX7500, a popular Wi-Fi 5 extender that came out more than …
The new NETGEAR Orbi RBKE960 series—currently available as a 3-pack Orbi RBKE963—is a nice and large Wi-Fi 6E mesh box of mixed feelings. On the one hand, it’s excellent, delivering seemingly everything a home user would ask for in a home mesh system. On the other, it has a deliberately …
Here’s some upsetting news for those who use NETGEAR home Wi-Fi routers. As it turned out, the networking vendor has been quietly killing off useful features from its networking devices. Over the years, the company has slowly been removing non-essential features such as QoS and Parental Controls from its web …
The GS110EMX 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch with 2-Port 10G/Multi-Gig Uplinks has a very descriptive name—yes, that whole thing is its full name. So this is a Gigabit switch with two 10Gbps Multi-Gig ports, designed for uplink purposes. As such, it’s a well-made device. It’s compact, and quiet …
NETGEAR today put DumaOS 3.0 on the XR500 Nighthawk Pro Gaming router that came out more than three years ago. It did so via the release of the latest firmware for the Wi-Fi, version 2.3.2.130. Despite the mundane version number, this firmware update is the router’s most significant to date. …
If you have a large home in a rural area and have been eyeing the MR5200 5G mobile router as the Internet source, there’s now a more convenient option. Indeed, NETGEAR today announced its first Whole-Home Mesh system with a built-in 5G cellular modem, the NETGEAR Orbi 5G WiFi 6 …
