I find the Asus RT-AX68U AX2700 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Router, officially announced today in the U.S., a bit of an oxymoron. It’s somewhat an entry-level Wi-Fi 6 router that comes out after Asus’s first Wi-Fi 6E machine, the GT-AXE11000. So …
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You’ll find in this post the lists of the best Wi-Fi 6 routers. Since this standard’s first router became available in early 2019, I’ve reviewed a couple of dozens of them. Not all make it here, but only those I’d …
Read MoreBest Wi-Fi 6 Routers of 2021: Pick One for Your Home!
Almost exactly a year after first announced the entry-level SURFboard mAX AX6600 Mesh, CommScope today officially made this Wi-Fi 6 system available. Is it worth the wait? Well, not really. The new mesh has nothing new. But this supposedly budget-minded …
Read MoreARRIS SURFboard mAX AX6600 Review: Nice but Not Worth the Wait
I had a hunch. To the chagrin of many, Asus’s very first Wi-Fi 6E router, the ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000, originally announced last September, indeed didn’t materialize in 2020. But that crazy year is no more, and today, Asus announced the …
Read MoreAsus’s ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 Preview: A New Type of Tri-band Entirely
The Asus RT-AX92U, first released in mid-2019, is an interesting case for two reasons. First, you only find it during the transition from Wi-Fi 5 to Wi-Fi 6. And secondly, well, I reviewed it twice. Dong’s note: That’s right! You’re …
Read MoreAsus RT-AX92U Review: A Cute and Effective Little Odd One Out of AiMesh
AiMesh is a free feature Asus brought to most of its routers in early 2018, and it has proved to be one of the most versatile ways to build a home Wi-Fi mesh system. I’ll explain it all in this …
Read MoreAiMesh in 2021: Asus’s Ongoing Effort to Excellent Wi-Fi Coverage
You’ll find in this post the best Wi-Fi 6 mesh systems you can get right now. It’s worth noting that even if you have mostly Wi-Fi 5 or legacy clients, Wi-Fi 6 is still an excellent investment in terms of …
Read MoreBest Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Systems of 2020: The Real-Deal Collection
The TP-Link Deco X5700 AX5700 Tri-Band Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System is similar yet totally different from the Deco X60 I reviewed earlier this year. And that’s a great thing. Indeed, this one is arguably the best purpose-built mesh …
Read MoreDeco X5700 AX5700 Review: TP-Link’s Best Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System to Date
Together with Wi-Fi 6 and 5G is the new area of faster-than-Gigabit connections, the Multi-Gigabit (or Multi-Gig for short.) Truth be told, it’ll be a long while before you need to worry about this type of network throughput. So this …
Read MoreMulti-Gigabit Wi-Fi 6 Routers: Getting Yourself Ahead of the Speed Curve
The QHora-301W Dual 10G wifi 6 AX3600 SD-WAN router — the very first Wi-Fi broadcaster from QNAP, a known NAS server maker — is intriguing. As the name suggests, there are things about it you might have never heard of …
Read MoreQHora-301W Review: QNAP’s Intriguing but Lacking First Router
When Netgear first announced the Orbi AX4200 (RBK752), I assumed it was the lesser version of the flagship Orbi AX6000 (RBK852). And on the surface on it, I was right. Looking deeper, it’s a different story. There’s a lot more …
Read MoreNetgear Orbi AX4200 (RBK752) Review: A Well-Balanced Wi-Fi 6 Mesh
The Amazon eero Pro 6 tri-band AX4200 mesh Wi-Fi 6 router is an exaggeration. There’s nothing “Pro” about it. It has the least to offer among all (tri-band) Wi-Fi 6 routers I’ve reviewed. So, at best, it’s a router for the …
Read Moreeero Pro 6 Review: An OK Mesh Router with Long-term Hidden Costs
Thinking the recently-announced Linksys Velop MX4200 Tri-Band AX4200 Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System (model MX12600) is an upgrade, or a downgrade, to the Velop MX10600 that came out at the beginning of 2020? You’re mistaken. It’s neither. Looking past the lengthy, …
Read MoreLinksys MX4200 Review: A Well-Priced Velop for a Large Home
The TP-Link Archer AX3200 is somewhat of a rare find. That’s because, in the U.S., it’s available exclusively at Costco, which requires a membership. And it proved in my testing to be a great find, too, for certain users. Being …
Read MoreTP-Link Archer AX3200 Review: An Excellent Buy for a Modest Network
The Zyxel Armor G5 AX6000 12-Stream Multi-Gigabit Wi-Fi 6 Router (model NBG7815) is like a concept car. It has enough style and power to be a promising networking machine. It’s great to look at to boot. On the inside, though, …
Read MoreZyxel Armor G5 Review: Cool but with Lots of Room for Improvement
The Netgear Nighthawk XR1000 Pro Gaming 6-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router is like a sophisticated date with a complicated personality. You’ll have a hard time figuring out if you love it or just like it as a friend. One thing is …
Read MoreNetgear Nighthawk XR1000 Review: A Unique (Gaming) Experience
The Asus RT-AX82U AX5400 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Gaming Router looks the part. Gamers — well, almost anyone actually — will love the cute design and especially the large front-facing programmable fancy lighting. On the inside, though, the new router is …
Read MoreAsus RT-AX82U Gaming Router Review: A Fancy Little Wi-Fi 6 Performer
The RT-AX86U AX5700 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Gaming Router is the more powerful option out of the two new gaming routers Asus announced late last month. And it proved to be a stellar contender in my testing. Unlike the GT-AX11000, the …
Read MoreAsus RT-AX86U Review: The Best Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Router to Date
You can call the Linksys MR9600 as a dual-band version of the Linksys MX5 Velop AX mesh router, and Belkin won’t mind that one bit. Indeed, the networking vendor confirmed with me its intention to include this new Wi-Fi 6 …
Read MoreLinksys MR9600 Review: An Expensive Work-in-Progress Mesh Router
The 3-pack Netgear Nighthawk Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System (model MK63, or MK62 for a 2-pack) is, for now, a one-of-a-kind mesh system despite the fact it’s supposed to be the most universal one. Considering Netgear’s other well-known Orbi mesh family, …
Read MoreNetgear Nighthawk MK63 Review: A Modest but Reliable Performer