Review Linksys Velop Micro 6 mesh router review: Wi-Fi 6 with pint-sized nodes and meager performance

[Admin]

With a price tag of $279, the Velop Micro is about $100 more expensive than similar Wi-Fi 6 mesh routers and priced close to Wi-Fi 6E mesh routers.

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[das_stig]

This is the issue with consumer kit, barely gets the job done at silly prices, low quality support and abandoned as quickly as they can for the next model with barely any real improvements except for buzz words and features nobody cares about or can use. WiFi 4,5,6,7,x really doesn't improve the majority of consumers lives, faster and longer range, yes but little else, corporates are the true winners.

 

[razor512]

This is the issue with consumer kit, barely gets the job done at silly prices, low quality support and abandoned as quickly as they can for the next model with barely any real improvements except for buzz words and features nobody cares about or can use. WiFi 4,5,6,7,x really doesn't improve the majority of consumers lives, faster and longer range, yes but little else, corporates are the true winners.

Usually it depends on the brand when it comes to the length of support.
From my experience, for the longest support cycles, Netgear is the best, due to support cycled of around 8+ years, and after that, occasional revisits of discontinued models when there is a major security flaw reported.

Next is Synology, where even though they are not a major networking company, they have supported their routers for a long time, (the synology RT2600 is still getting updates).

A distant 3rd is Linksys where they will often drop support after around 2 years, and often immediately after a new revision, where the V2 hardware will get updates that the V1 never sees, even though the hardware changes will be minor between the 2 versions. Though if a model gets a massive user base, then the unit will get updates a little longer than the typical 2 year cycle.

Last place (ignoring any generic aliexpress white label product), would be TP-Link, where they have a history of dropping support within around 6 months of some products, and that includes even high end ones. For example The TP-Link AD7200 came had the official end of its software support a little under 6 months after release.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

Don't forget routers like the ASUS AX6000 which include additional security features without a subscription fee. Then if you need additional coverage, grab a Netgear network extender.

 

[das_stig]

Well my RT-AX86U + Merlin FW probably has a year left of support, 2 if I'm lucky, so now looking at eBay for a low wattage 2nd hand SFF desktop to run Proxmox, OPNSense and VM's with a pair of 2.5G NICS for WAN and LAN to the router and use that an AP/switch, WiFi 6 more than meets my needs and if it didn't I would buy a real AP.

 

[BFG-9000]

Meh, looks like they're trying to be a "lifestyle" brand like B&O or Bose. Which misses the boat because if you wanted WAF you'd get this. Even comes in 6E.

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