The Coumi Freedom Dots (also known as ANC-861) can be considered the successor to the ANC-860, sporting the newer Bluetooth version (5.2) which comes with some improvements, mostly in regard to power efficiency and the handling of multiple devices, but I have noticed at least a slight battery life increase on most earbuds that have … Read more
The Netgear R6700AX (or RAX10 depending on the region) can be considered the WiFi 6 successor to the Netgear R6700 which was an excellent WiFi 5 router, overshadowed only by the iconic R7000. And while there’s nothing wrong with relying on the nostalgia factor, we already had an AX1800 router from Netgear and things get … Read more
The Reolink Argus 3 Pro is an improved version of the third generation of battery-powered outdoors-suitable cameras from Reolink and, while the Argus 3 was already plenty impressive from the cost-to-performance point of view, the Argus 3 Pro does come with a few new technologies, some of which, I already saw with a few PoE … Read more
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
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
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
The TP-Link Archer AX50 is one of the first WiFi 6 routers released by the Chinese manufacturer and currently, it can be considered the low-mid-range model from the series since TP-Link wanted to be competitive at almost every market segment, trying to keep the aggressive push from Netgear and Asus at bay. TP-Link Archer AX50 … Read more