The Meshforce M7 is (currently) the newest WiFi 5 mesh system developed by the Chinese manufacturer and we’re dealing with three identical units that rely on a dedicated 5GHz radio band to handle the backhaul traffic (yes, all three units are tri-band). I have seen this approach years ago when the first gen Orbi was … Read more
The Speedefy KX450 is the first WiFi 6 router from the Chinese company and, as the title suggests, there are quite a few similarities with the TP-Link Archer AX21. Without beating it around the bush, the AX21 and the Speedefy AX1800 have essentially the same internal hardware, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are … Read more
The FS Mini media converter is a small box that has the role of interconnecting fiber optic cabling with twisted pair cables, essentially converting the light waves from the fiber optic cables into the electric signal that’s used with copper twisted pair cables. FS Mini Media Converter FS.COM Check Product If you’re familiar with the … Read more
The EnGenius ECW220 is the second WiFi 6 access point from the Cloud Managed series that’s designed for indoor use and yes, it’s less equipped than the current flagship model, the ECW230, but it’s not just a stripped down model. Not at all. We are dealing with a far more compact wireless access point (which … Read more
The FS S3410-10TF-P is currently the only Gigabit Ethernet switch model from the L2+ Fully Managed Pro series that supports PoE and, just like the FS S3910-24TF that I tested a few months back, it’s not as well equipped as the multi-Gigabit members from the same series, but this does mean that it’s also more … Read more
The TP-Link Archer AX21 is one of the three available AX1800 WiFi 6 routers from TP-Link and, while seemingly identical specs-wise, there are a few very small differences between the three (or more like two) models. TP-Link Archer AX21 Amazon.com Check Offer The rabbit hole of cloned routers is not that deep in this case … Read more
The Asus RT-AX55 and the RT-AX56U are, currently, the only entry-level models that Asus has made available for the consumer public and, while some other manufacturers have simply re-released the same router twice with a different design (to artificially overcrowd the market – check out the Netgear AX10 and the AX20), the RT-AX55 and the … Read more
Asus seems to be on the roll with the AX technology and besides the myriad of models from last year, it has now also released the RT-AX82U and the RT-AX86U, the latter being the successor to the RT-AC86U and both routers are focused towards improving the online gaming experience. I managed to get my hands … Read more
The Zyxel Flex 100 and the entire USG Flex series have been well regarded as reliable security firewall solutions, but even though Zyxel has been actively developing its Cloud management platform, the USG series has been left out of the Cloud servers and, if you wanted a security-focused gateway, you had to rely on the … 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