Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite review at SNB

For most users I think Ubiquiti USG would be a better choice than the EdgeRouter Lite, but there’ no denying that it has a bit more capability – provided you’re comfortable on the cmdline. Ubiquiti bills its EdgeMax routers as “Advanced Routing Technology for the Masses”. Ubiquiti’s six EdgeMax routers provide high speed packet forwarding (1-2+ million packets per second) […]

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Synology DS1517+ reviewed @ SmallNetBuilder

If you’re in the market for a five bay NAS that supports BTRFS the Synology DS1517+ might be just the thing. Provided you have the cash, it is a little expensive in this category. Part of Synology’s “Plus” series, the DS1517+ replaces the DS1515+. It features five drive bays, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, four USB 3.0 ports and two eSATA […]

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SNB reviews Linksys AP clustering solution

If you have a large house, and want to build a seemless Wi-Fi network. Using AP clustering is a great way to accomplish this goal. While it’s possible to make things work with a few consumer Wi-Fi routers, there’s little substitute for specialized hardware. Generally, that will run some serious dosh, but the Linksys AC1200/AC1700 business APs are very reasonably […]

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Linksys EA7500 reviewed at SmallNetBuilder

I think this is the only MU-MIMO AC1900 router I’ve seen so far. It’s certainly a unique product there, and at $200 it is consistent with other AC1900 802.11AC routers. So it might be worth having a look at the Linksys EA7500. Linksys shook up the evolving market for MU-MIMO enabled routers at CES 2016 with the introduction of the […]

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SmallNetBuilder Reviews ASUS OnHub

If you like seeing routers taken apart, you will love SNB’s review of the ASUS OnHub. This is a typical performance focused review, but I would have like to see more details on the UX (e.g. screenshots) as, at least from my understanding, it’s the main selling point versus standard OEM Wi-Fi routers.  I learned my lesson on the TP-LINK […]

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SmallNetBuilder Reviews QNAP TS-563 Turbo NAS

This isn’t the first review of QNAP’s 5-bay 10GbE NAS, but I always enjoy SNB reviews because of the throrough attention to performance testing. Scrolling through QNAP’s extensive listing of NASes, you can find a product to meet just about any need. Our more recent QNAP reviews have included “SMB” class products, including the high-end TVS-471Turbo NAS and mid-class TVS-463 […]

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