The Google WiFi is one of the most popular dual-band WiFi mesh systems because the manufacturer has focused towards delivering two of the most important things that the audience was craving for: a simple configuration and maintenance process and a stable, but decently powerful wireless performance. The AiMesh is not like the other dedicated WiFi … Read more
The Google WiFi and the AmpliFi HD are two of the earliest dual-band WiFi systems released as a response to the growing popularity of the multi-unit home systems and both Ubiquiti AmpliFi HD and Google WiFi were created to give the users an alternative to the traditional one-unit router that, even if it could deliver … Read more
Although released a year apart from one another, the Asus RT-AC86U and the Synology RT2600ac will often come into mind as the top choices when selecting the best mid-to-high-end routers and even if at fist glance, each of these routers have targeted a different type of audience, both devices end up aiming at fulfilling the … Read more
The Linksys Velop and the Netgear Orbi are two of the most popular networking devices to be released the last couple of years, both the Orbi and Linksys Velop targeting the same audience (the people who own a larger home, where it is close to impossible to cover every spot with that sweet WiFi), but … Read more
The Asus RT-AC86U is one of the latest routers released by the Taiwanese company and it is among the first devices to support the newly developed AiMesh technology (which got out of the beta stage at the beginning of this year), but it also features some of the latest technologies that Asus has implemented into … Read more
The Asus Lyra and the Eero Second Generation are two of the latest WiFi systems to join the new generation of home networking devices, both of them taking advantage of the tri-band technology (so there’s an additional 5GHz radio band for a better handling of the connected devices and the backhaul traffic), but, while Eero … Read more
Asus did not immediately jump on the bandwagon of WiFi mesh systems and it seemed to take its time to carve the perfect set of devices which, when released, would dominate the market. Well, the Asus Lyra is not really the mesh WiFi systems’ Messiah and the manufacturer did not find the perfect balance between … Read more
The Samsung Connect Home is the first move from the Korean-based manufacturer to enter the WiFi mesh system family (which has been growing rapidly in the last couple of years) but, it is not the first time Samsung has tried its hands on the development of a smart home hub, since it also owns the … Read more
Since its emergence in 2005, Open Mesh has evolved quite a bit and, while before it only manufactured access points (it is one of the first companies to port the mesh technology to the consumer market at an affordable price), it seems that now, it has expanded its reach, adding a series of Ethernet switches … Read more
Article was UPDATED on 08.30.2017 (taking into account the 1.1.2.183316 firmware update). The Linksys Velop is the first WiFi system from Linksys to join the wireless mesh network systems niche, along with the older Eero, Luma, Ubiquiti AmpliFI HD and the more recent Google WiFi. It took some time for the bigger manufacturers of networking … Read more