Routers

Google WiFi vs Eero Home WiFi (Second Generation)

The Google WiFi and Eero remain two of the most popular WiFi mesh systems on the market, Eero being one of the pioneers that brought the mesh technology to the consumer-type networking devices, while Google has used its influence and experience to take its Google WiFi and the rest of the WiFi systems into the … Read more

Tenda Nova MW3 WiFi System Review

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The novelty of the WiFi mesh systems is slowly fading away and the market now offers a far larger variety of devices to choose from, but, while a Netgear Orbi or an Eero system may be the first options that a tech savvy person will take into account, the regular user may still be a … Read more

Eero Home WiFi System Second Generation Review (Retested)

About four years ago, I asked myself whether the Eero Home WiFi System will revolutionize the home networking market and set a blueprint for how the future of the routers will look like or if it’s just another set of expensive wireless repeaters. A year later, I could definitely see that Eero’s crowdfounded project was … Read more

Ubiquiti AmpliFi HD Gamer Edition WiFi System Review

It’s been about three years since Ubiquiti released the dual-band AmpliFi HD WiFi system and the public immediately fell in love with that tiny box and its circular display (while the additional mesh nodes were a bit of a hit and miss), but the design wasn’t the only great thing about this product, as Ubiquiti … Read more

Zyxel NSG50 Nebula Cloud Security Gateway Review

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The Zyxel NSG50 is a part of the managed security gateway series and it’s the final piece towards a complete Nebula Cloud network solution, designated for routing purposes, connecting the internal network consisting of other Zyxel access points or Ethernet switches (and not only) to the outside network (so, essentially, it will work as a … Read more

Synology MR2200ac Mesh Router Review

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The Synology MR2200ac is the third wireless router released by the Taiwanese company (very popular world-wide especially for its NAS line) and this time, we’re dealing with a tri-band WiFi mesh-capable device. With the launch of the 802.11ax WiFi standard, I noticed that the release rate of new mesh systems has significantly slowed down (the … Read more

Synology RT2600ac Router Review (Retested A Year Later)

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The Synology RT2600ac is the second wireless router released by the widely popular NAS (network Attached Storage) manufacturer and the successor to the RT1900ac, which was the first incursion into the router market from the Taiwanese company and it proved to be successful since Synology decided that it’s worth diversifying its product line and enforce … Read more

Linksys WRT3200ACM Dual-Band Tri-Stream 160 Router Review

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The Linksys WRT3200ACM is among the two most powerful wireless routers from the Linksys WRT series (along with the WRT32X) and a successor to one of the most popular AC1900 router, the WRT1900ACS. As the name suggests, the WRT3200ACM is an AC3200 device, but this may be misleading for some, because we are not dealing … Read more

DrayTek Vigor2926 Dual-WAN Router Review

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The DrayTek Vigor2926 is part of the latest Dual-WAN VPN router series released by the Taiwan-based manufacturer to aid the SMBs in their endeavour to achieve the maximum network security and reliability. The Vigor2926 is also the successor to the relatively popular Vigor2925 which was a security-focused broadband router that could offer a flexible LAN … Read more