Arris SB8200 and Motorola MB8600 are two of the latest and most promising cable modems to have adopted the new DOCSIS 3.1 technology (Zoom’s Motorola being the more recent one) each of them offering up to 32 download QAM channels and 8 upload channels for the DOCSIS 3.0 standard (backwards-compatible) or two OFDM bonded channels … Read more
The Asus RT-AC86U and the RT-AC88U (which is a bit older) are two of the most popular wireless routers from Asus, first, because both of these devices can offer a great wireless performance and a large variety of useful features and secondly, because they fall within the pricing sweet spot of what people are willing … Read more
Motorola MB8600 is the latest device from the new-generation of cable modems to join the DOCSIS 3.1 group (along with Arris SB8200 and Netgear CM1000) and, besides featuring up to 32 SCQAM (DOCSIS 3.0) or two OFDM (DOCSIS 3.1) bonded channels which should allow you to take advantage of the best and fastest Internet speed … Read more
The Asus RT-AC86U is one of the latest routers released by the Taiwanese company and it is among the first devices to support the newly developed AiMesh technology (which got out of the beta stage at the beginning of this year), but it also features some of the latest technologies that Asus has implemented into … Read more
The Asus Lyra and the Eero Second Generation are two of the latest WiFi systems to join the new generation of home networking devices, both of them taking advantage of the tri-band technology (so there’s an additional 5GHz radio band for a better handling of the connected devices and the backhaul traffic), but, while Eero … Read more
Asus did not immediately jump on the bandwagon of WiFi mesh systems and it seemed to take its time to carve the perfect set of devices which, when released, would dominate the market. Well, the Asus Lyra is not really the mesh WiFi systems’ Messiah and the manufacturer did not find the perfect balance between … Read more
The Samsung Connect Home is the first move from the Korean-based manufacturer to enter the WiFi mesh system family (which has been growing rapidly in the last couple of years) but, it is not the first time Samsung has tried its hands on the development of a smart home hub, since it also owns the … Read more
The Asus RT-AC88U and the Netgear X4S are two of the most popular routers released in the last couple of years, both suitable for more demanding home networks (such as larger houses where there are lots of wireless clients), while also featuring some advanced technologies that will cater to the gaming community. The Netgear Nighthawk … Read more
Since its emergence in 2005, Open Mesh has evolved quite a bit and, while before it only manufactured access points (it is one of the first companies to port the mesh technology to the consumer market at an affordable price), it seems that now, it has expanded its reach, adding a series of Ethernet switches … Read more
Article was UPDATED on 08.30.2017 (taking into account the 1.1.2.183316 firmware update). The Linksys Velop is the first WiFi system from Linksys to join the wireless mesh network systems niche, along with the older Eero, Luma, Ubiquiti AmpliFI HD and the more recent Google WiFi. It took some time for the bigger manufacturers of networking … Read more