🛒TP-Link Unveils Deco X50 Variants that Support PoE, Outdoor, 5G, and More
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When it comes to home Wi-Fi mesh systems, it’s been hard to find hardware that supports Power over Ethernet (PoE) …
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Linksys Unveils Its Latest Wi-Fi 6 Router, the Hydra Pro 6, and It’s a Snooze
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Sometimes the latest is not synonymous with the greatest. Case in point: the Hydra Pro 6 router Linksys unveiled today. …
Archer AXE200 Omni: TP-Link’s 6E Router Gets Serious Auto-Rotating Antennas
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When it comes to a Wi-Fi router’s antennas, my standard recommendation, for the most part, is to leave them alone. …
TP-Link (Re)commits to Wi-Fi 6E, Announcing New Routers and Mesh Systems
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If you’re wondering about the whereabouts of those Wi-Fi 6E solutions TP-Link flaunted back in January 2021, your guess is …
NETGEAR Unveils Mid-tier SXK50 AX5400 Orbi Pro and PoE SMB Multi-Gig Switch
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NETGEAR today announced a new Orbi Pro set, the AX5400 SXK50, and a Multi-Gig PoE switch, the MS108EUP—both for small …
NETGEAR EAX50 Nighthawk AX5400: A (Kind of) Promising Mesh Extender
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NETGEAR today announced its latest Wi-Fi 6 extender, the EAX50. While it’s not the first Wi-Fi 6 extender from the …
Comcast’s latest xFi Advanced Gateway Gets Wi-Fi 6E, Zigbee, and Matter
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Comcast announced today its latest xFi Advanced Gateway that, among other things, has the support for Wi-Fi 6E. Wi-Fi 6E: …
NETGEAR RBKE960 Series (RBKE963) Review: The Best Orbi Yet, with Big Caveats
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The new NETGEAR Orbi RBKE960 series—currently available as a 3-pack Orbi RBKE963—is a nice and large Wi-Fi 6E mesh box …
Quietly, NETGEAR Kills Web-based Remote Management, Pushes Mobile Apps in a New Unsavery Trend
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Here’s some upsetting news for those who use NETGEAR home Wi-Fi routers. As it turned out, the networking vendor has …
dBi: Wi-Fi Broadcasting Power and Antenna Explained—There’s no “High-Gain”
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This post is a supplement to my other piece on dBm. I’ll explain here how a router’s antennas work and …
