![]() ![]() Your router will automatically sense and select the ‘cleanest’ channels, but in a congested WiFi environment your neighbour’s routers can cause signal interference if the broadcast channels overlap. Now this is roughly 58 channels in total, which seems like a lot – except most Singaporeans tend to live in high-rise apartment blocks where everyone runs WiFi routers. To simply explain – all WiFi routers these days, like the EA8100, are dual-band that run on the 2.5 Ghz and 5 Ghz frequencies. The one new feature of the EA8100 is that it’s certified to access Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) channels. So it looks like your standard black Linksys WiFi router and it is just as easy to set up using the Linksys App, which I already have for my Linksys Velop (you can use bridge mode so that the Velop and EA8100 share the same SSID). So let’s just say we were a little skeptical when Linksys sent us the EA8100 Max-Stream AC2600 MU-MIMO Gigabit WiFi Router to review, because it’s a free exclusive to new or recontract Starhub 1Gbps Fibre Broadband and HomeHub Plus plans. The reason is that they usually aren’t cutting edge routers that you can use for years – for example, if you’re still using one of these routers from about four years ago, you can forget about trying to stream a 4K episode of Altered Carbon to your shiny new Smart TV while your son is busy battling for Azeroth on his PC. To be frank I’ve never been a fan of the free bundled wireless routers you get when you sign on to a new broadband plan. ![]()
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