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Updated today with a list of EOLs for April 2023, as well as others for January 2024. https://kb.arlo.com/000063018/Arlo-Legacy-Cameras-End-of-Life The move effectively rids them of all products that offered some "free" functions like 1 week rolling storage of a limited amount of recorded...

While compatible, the main idea that I was focusing on is that the specs are so imbalanced that the 5GbE port cannot be properly used, especially considering that router makers never release the full details of how the internal IO is being used. For example, some consumer routers will have the 4...

I wonder, when 5 gigabit internet connections become readily available in the consumer/ home market, how many people will still be using the Linksys MX8500? They need to make a model where all of the Ethernet ports are 2.5GbE, or have 4-5 2.5GbE ports, and a single 5 or 10GbE port for your NAS.

Have they developed any improvements for roaming when creating a mesh WiFi network, e.g., dealing with more sticky clients and minimizing down time when switching?

Are there any consumer ISPs currently available now or in the near future before that router becomes outdated that are offering speeds above 2.5Gbps? The results also make me wonder if there is some other bottleneck, such as a lack of hardware acceleration leading to a WAN port bottleneck, where...

Smart connect has changed over the years in terms of how some routers behave. For example, Compare the R7000 to the R7800 to the RAX80. And for extenders/ APs, compare the Netgear EX7000 and the EX8000. The EX7000 will cause issues with some devices, such as the ecobee thermostats and many...

If using powerline adapters, be sure to use outlets connected to breakers on the same side of the electric panel, those will have the best SNR. Also many powerline adapters do bad on short runs, e.g., within around 10 ft on the same circuit.

For 6GHz WiFi the router effectively just picks the closest 160MHz chunk of spectrum to the channel you picked where the one in the list will be the primary channel, and probably 7 others will be selected along side it depending on which channel width you selected. I guess the only major issue...

If possible do a factory reset and avoid using the nighthawk app to do the setup if you ended up using it by chance to do the setup.

While I have not experienced this issue with my R7800, I have experienced a similar issue with my Netgear RAX50. Basically every 50 or so minutes, the readyshare will stop sending or receiving data for a few seconds, which interrupts any stream as well as causes any file transfer to or from the...

For most modern WiFi routers the auto channel selection for the 2.4GHz band will do well. If your WiFi router or AP offers a debug option, you will be able to collect detailed log files that will show you how often it is scanning for a clear channel. As for channel reuse, depending on the...

From the speeds you are getting with the dell laptop, it would seem like it is connecting to the 2.4GHz band. (assuming you are testing close to the router) So far, I can't find any info on which WiFi adapter model it is using (you would have to go into task manager > performance tab> and then...

The RAX50 performs well for networking, but the firmware behaves as if it was not designed properly for a triple core SOC. Virtually all of the work is handles by 2 of the cores, with only a few small processes running on the 3rd core, thus you can end up with issues such as the VPN server...

I will have to test some different heatsink sizes to see what I can fit onto the chip without interfering with other passives close to it.

Controller in question: https://www.realtek.com/en/products/communications-network-ics/item/rtl8125bg-s-cg Around a week ago, I purchased some 2.5GbE adapters since a generic Rosewill one was a little under $18 each. https://www.newegg.com/rosewill-rc-20001/p/N82E16833166146 (price went up...