Lately, we’ve witnessed an increased interest into releasing easy-to use routers, with a really user-friendly setup and configuration (although lacking in terms of ports and some software features). Following this pattern, last year, two interesting mesh WiFi systems have been released (Luma Home Wi-Fi System and Eero Home WiFi System), also featuring the simple setup … Read more
The main purpose of the Eero Home WiFi System is to negate those pesky blank spaces in your home where the router WiFi signal just can’t reach, whether because of some thick walls or any other type of interference. It’s true that the usual router won’t be able to beam all the corners of your … Read more
Carrying your laptop around isn’t a fun thing to do, it’s usually heavy and occupies a lot of space. Also, watching a movie on the phone, while on a trip or just when you’re in bed doesn’t sound really appealing. So you decide to buy a tablet. Regardless the reason (entertainment, working or both), choosing … Read more
TRENDnet is a Californian company specialized in networking devices, like modems, routers, and IP security cameras. It is relatively well known for its inexpensive routers but it actually went in the centre of attention (infamously) when a simple IP camera exploit left a lot of people open to hacker attacks. Well, that was in 2012 … Read more
Smart TVs aren’t something really new to the market, it has been a trend for quite some time to change the ‘boring’ and ‘plain’ TVs by adding a connection to the internet, use apps and stream movies and music from your PC or smartphone. There are some advantages of owning a Smart TV, as you … Read more
Most of us associate TP-Link with inexpensive, but reliable home routers, fit for unpretentious customers. We have already reviewed the TP-LINK Archer C9 and Archer C7 AC1750 and both routers were stable and offered reasonable speed performance. While Archer C9 is already a great AC1900 router, TP-Link felt the need to differentiate itself from other … Read more
The key word for almost every new released piece of technology is the word smart. We have smart phones, smart watches, smart vehicles (autonomous) and even smart houses. In a few years we may be able to witness smart cities (the game Watch Dogs touched this concept a bit). From a technological point of view, … Read more
I’m sure most of you would love the idea of living in a smart house or even a smart city, where you have a way to interact with every device inside your home (and outside of it) and all device interacts between each other wirelessly. Imagine telling your thermostat to heat up your house to … Read more
Three years ago, the first wave routers were the next big thing, featuring data rates of up to 1.3 Gbps, three spatial streams and explicit beamforming. It was an obvious improve to the usual 802.11n routers and it was awesome. But technology never stops evolving and sooner than we expected came the ‘second wave’ routers. … Read more
LINKSYS is known around the world for its great networking products and it actually revolutionized the router world with its famous LINKSYS WRT54G. But, a long time has passed since then and a lot of other companies have developed great routers, at really great prices (ASUS, NETGEAR, TP-LINK and D-LINK, all pose a fierce competition … Read more