The Asus RT-AX86U was launched a few months back along with the RT-AX82U in a bid to dominate the mid-range WiFi 6 consumer market and while I wouldn’t say they managed to leave their competitors behind, I’ll just mention that it’s difficult for most to offer a package of features that’s just as compelling. ASUS … Read more
The Ucam camera was born from the collaboration between the prolific camera maker Tenvis and the security focused start-up IoTeX in an attempt to showcase the new blockchain application for ensuring the security of your footage and, implicitly, your privacy. Tenvis IoTeX Ucam Ucam.iotex.io Check Product IoTex has been in the news a bit over … Read more
The Asus RT-AX88U is one the first WiFi 6 router released on the market and it’s also one of the few to be WiFi 6 certified, so Asus wanted to make a lasting impression. And it did, since it was able to showcase some of the newest technologies from the 802.11ax standard, such as OFDMA … Read more
If you got one Reolink camera (or several) and a TerraMaster NAS as your home server, I am fairly sure that your first thought was whether you can use these two devices without needing to go the NVR route. And the answer is yes, you can, but it’s not going to be as simple as … Read more
An outdoor WiFi range extender is a networking device which, as the name suggests, assumes the role of detecting an existing WiFi signal and extend it, so it can reach those difficult areas that your router is simply unable to cover. In 2021, you get a plethora of options to cover a larger area with … Read more
Taking into consideration the complexity of the RouterOS, setting up a Mikrotik access point or router as a wireless repeater is a bit more difficult than on other networking devices (from other brands), that is unless you’re already very familiar with the Mikrotik’s ecosystem. And, since most are not, I decided to take one of … Read more
The Asus RT-AX55 is currently, the most budget-friendly WiFi 6 router that Asus has to offer and it’s essentially an RT-AX56U that’s been stripped by some of its features. There is less RAM and flash memory, there are no USB ports, so you can’t connect any external storage devices, there is no support for WPA3 … Read more
Asus has recently released the RT-AX68U WiFi 6 router and with it, a new feature was added called the Instant Guard which comes in the form of a separate app on the mobile device and as integrated part of the web-based user interface, but only for the status info. The idea behind the Instant Guard … Read more
The answer is yes, but as all things in life, it’s a bit more complicated. AiProtection was added to the Asus routers about five years ago when the Taiwanese manufacturer partnered with Trend Micro to develop a suite of security-focused features as a means to add a new layer of protection to your network (and … Read more
The Asus RT-AX68U is the WiFi 6 replacement for the RT-AC68U, which was of the most popular routers from Asus and it seems that the new device can be placed somewhere above the RT-AX58U, but below the RT-AX86U, the latter being overkill for most homes. So, the Asus RT-AX68U should hit the right spot from … Read more