The Zyxel NWA1123-AC HD is an AC1600 class wireless access point, suitable mainly for small and medium businesses, but also for the home users (as a reliable alternative to the WiFi systems that need to use the Ethernet backhaul feature). The inevitable overlap between the SMB area and the consumer market due to the ever-growing … Read more
The market for affordable SMB networking products is constantly expanding, leading to the development of enterprise-level wireless access points (at a lower cost) and the Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-AC-PRO and the TP-Link EAP245 are two such solutions suitable for both small & medium businesses and for home use (an environment which, lately, has gathered a lot … Read more
The TP-Link Deco P7 is one of the two latest WiFi mesh systems recently released by TP-Link (besides the Deco M9 Plus) and, at first glance, you may notice that it looks identical to the older M5 and you would be right, there is no design difference between them and we’re still dealing with dual-band … Read more
Ever since the WiFi mesh systems entered into the mainstream, the development of new consumer-friendly networking technologies seems to have slowed down a bit and some manufacturers started focusing more towards polishing their already existing devices, while others aimed at diversifying their offer. This way, Eero has released its second generation tri-band system, Netgear released … Read more
The TP-Link EAP245 has been around for almost a year, so it had enough time to find its place among the other AC1750 3×3 wireless access points, such as the widely popular Ubiquiti UAP-AC-PRO or the ambitious Open Mesh A60. Don’t get me wrong, the EAP series is not really new (and TP-Link has been … Read more
The Ubiquiti UAP-AC-PRO and the Open Mesh A60 are two fairly popular AC1750 3×3 wireless access points in the small to medium businesses market and considering the substantial growth in the number of clients for each household (as well as the need for a stable network), both Ubiquiti and Open Mesh have focused towards adapting … Read more
The Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-AC-PRO is one of the most popular wireless access points coming from the US-based manufacturer and one of the most widely preferred by the general public because the UniFi series has managed to negate the need to purchase expensive networking equipment to have a reliable business network, by porting enterprise-type features to … Read more
The Open Mesh A60 is one of the two wireless access points that have been recently released by the American manufacturer (the other being the Open Mesh A40) and each of these devices come as the natural evolution over the extremely popular OM series (the first to introduce us to the proprietary cloud-based controller called … Read more
The Asus RT-AC86U and the WRT3200ACM are two relatively high-end routers, both being well regarded by a large portion of users, the former router being the successor to the popular dual band Asus RT-AC68U (featuring most of the new Second Wave 802.11ac features along with some gaming-related enhancements), while the latter is a bit older … Read more
The dual-band Linksys Velop is the second WiFi mesh system coming from the California-based manufacturer and, while it is smaller and less powerful than its tri-band older big brother, this system was created to cater to the needs of those users with smaller-to-medium homes that found a tri-band WiFi system way too powerful and too … Read more