SeekerAmped Wireless Athena High Power AC2600 Wi-Fi Router RTA2600
The Amped Wireless Athena High Power AC2600 Wi-Fi Router RTA2600 is one of the few routers out there that supports the latest MU-MIMO technology. It delivered fast 5GHz throughput in testing, but its range performance could be better.
-- As reviewed by PCMag
Product details
- High Power Wi-Fi delivers whole home coverage with 16 powerful amplifiers and 4 high gain antennas
- Unmatched AC2600 Wi-Fi Speeds for up to 2.53Gbps, 2.4GHz 800Mbps + 5GHz 1733Mbps
- Multi User MIMO delivers data to multiple devices at once for better performance and up to 3x more speed
- Game without lag and stream HD and 4K media to multiple devices at once without buffering
- 1.4GHz dual core Qualcomm Processor and 4 simultaneous Wi-Fi streams handle heavy traffic with ease
- Advanced security features like coverage control, website blocking and SPI Firewall
- File sharing with a USB 3.0 and a USB 2.0 port, as well as 4 additional Gigabit ports for network devices
- Elite Support: Amped Wireless' free, US based, in-house, technical support
PROS
+ Uses new multi-user, multiple-in, multiple-out technology.
+ Easy to set up.
+ Solid 5GHz performance in testing.
CONS
- Expensive.
- Middling performance in our tests over long distances.
- Slow storage-file transfer speeds in our tests.
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By PCMag on September 30, 2015
The Amped Wireless Athena High Power AC2600 Wi-Fi Router RTA2600 is one of the few routers out there that supports the latest MU-MIMO technology. It delivered fast 5GHz throughput in testing, but its range performance could be better.
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