Beyond the doesn’t look like a Wi-Fi router visage, the most interesting thing about the ASUS Blue Cave 802.11AC AC2600 Wi-Fi router is that it’s the first Intel Home Wi-Fi Chipset (what a product name :)) based networking kit that I’ve run across. Given the 4×4 1733Mbps + 800Mbps specifications, it has to be using the WAV524. SoC considerations aside, […]
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Retail cable modems aren’t a new thing, but OEMs are increasingly developing combo modem + Wi-Fi Routers – with the CM-32 ASUS’s newest entry into the market. Looking at the spec’s it appears to be a “future proof” 32×8 DOCIS 3.0 design with 802.11 AC2600 included. It does lack voice though, which is a bit off putting considering the $250 […]
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I wasn’t able to run down price or exact availabilty, but this is still quite an interesting looking device, even though it’s not the latest wireless technology. As we can see from the photo above, the business oriented BRT-AC828 sports two WAN and eight LAN Gigabit Ethernet ports. Providing fail-over and enought connectivity that those of us who need a […]
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The quad stream NETGEAR AC2600 Nighthawk X4S R7800 802.11AC wireless router is the successor to last year’s AC2350 Nighthawk X4 R7500 (and R7500v2). Besides a bump in “S”, for Smart, the Nighthawk X4S also jumps to the dual-core 1.7GHz Qualcomm IPQ8065, adds 200MHz of theoretical bandwidth to the 2.4GHz radio (800Mbps + 1733Mbps = AC2600) by increasing to 4×4 in […]
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It’s unclear to me what’s different between the router and Amped Wireless’s earlier AC2600 device, but it’s great that they now have an AC2600 extender and the price of both is pretty compelling. January 5, 2016, Las Vegas, NV – Amped Wireless, the leading manufacturer of high power, long range wireless solutions for the home and office, announced the newest […]
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I’ve never had a chance to play with TP-Link’s kit, so I can’t speak from personal experience. But it’s great to see them adding choice in the AC2600 MU-MIMO territory as the market matures. TP-Link’s Archer C2600 AC 2600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router makes the third QCA-based 4×4 router with working MU-MIMO to hit the SmallNetBuilder test bench. So […]
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