Julio Urquidi
News Editor
Catching up with its competitors, ZyXEL has released its own AC2600 MU-MIMO dual-band router, the Armor Z2 (model NBG6817).
Qualcomm-based AC2600 class routers were the first to have working MU-MIMO and now ZyXEL is jumping into the AC2600 market. ZyXEL's NBG6815 AC2200 class MU-MIMO router [reviewed] uses a Quantenna 5 GHz radio.
The Armor Z2 is a dual-band quad-antenna Wi-Fi router powered by a second-generation Qualcomm 1.7 GHz dual core processor with 512 MB of memory. It supports maximum wireless link rates of 800 Mbps in 2.4 GHz and 1733 GHz in 5 GHz. For physical connectivity, the Armor Z2 includes four GbE LAN ports, one GbE WAN port, and two USB ports (2.0 and 3.0).
The Armor Z2 uses StreamBoost to help manage bandwidth usage and curbs latency so that applications that really need the network capacity, like 4K streaming, can run jitter-free.
Other listed features include ZyXEL ’s ONE Connect app for mobile management, Usage Monitor for triggered email notification of breached performance thresholds, and the ZyXEL Photo Backup app for remotely transferring pictures from your mobile device to USB-attached storage connected to a router back home.
Available now, the ZyXEL Armor Z2 AC2600 MU-MIMO dual-band wireless gigabit router is priced at $189.99, and includes a limited lifetime warranty.
The Armor Z2 is a dual-band quad-antenna Wi-Fi router powered by a second-generation Qualcomm 1.7 GHz dual core processor with 512 MB of memory. It supports maximum wireless link rates of 800 Mbps in 2.4 GHz and 1733 GHz in 5 GHz. For physical connectivity, the Armor Z2 includes four GbE LAN ports, one GbE WAN port, and two USB ports (2.0 and 3.0).
The Armor Z2 uses StreamBoost to help manage bandwidth usage and curbs latency so that applications that really need the network capacity, like 4K streaming, can run jitter-free.
Other listed features include ZyXEL ’s ONE Connect app for mobile management, Usage Monitor for triggered email notification of breached performance thresholds, and the ZyXEL Photo Backup app for remotely transferring pictures from your mobile device to USB-attached storage connected to a router back home.
Available now, the ZyXEL Armor Z2 AC2600 MU-MIMO dual-band wireless gigabit router is priced at $189.99, and includes a limited lifetime warranty.