Tips, how-tos, or products that help you upgrade your current devices or system to newer and better alternatives.
The new ARRIS SURFboard W6U Wi-Fi 6E Network Upgrade Kit is essentially a Wi-Fi 6E access point. But it’s not like any other access point I’ve worked with. Specifically, unlike the recently reviewed NETGEAR WAX630E, the Arris W6U does not support Wi-Fi 6 and older Wi-Fi standards. In other words, …
As the name suggests, the Synology DS1821+ is of yesteryear. It’s even older than that—Synology first announced it in 2020. But it’s still going to be the latest Synology 8-bay NAS for homes and SMBs for a while—Synology likely won’t release its replacement this year. What’s most notable, though, is …
Not all solid-state drives (SSDs) are created equal. Specifically, an NVMe SSD upgrade can deliver much faster performance on a machine that’s already using a SATA SSD. In fact, an NVMe SSD with a speedier standard is also significantly better than an older one. The good news is you can …
There are plenty of excellent routers to bring home nowadays that support Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 6E. In fact, I bet you’ve done that already, which is why you’re reading this post—you want to do that on the other end of the connection. And you’re right! It’s possible to do …
An SSD upgrade is quite simple. All you have to do is make a clone of an existing drive to a solid-state drive. Then physically swap the former out for the latter. The process will help the computer perform much faster—if it initially uses a hard drive as its primary …
