By Dan Gardiner
In 2017, expecting our digital devices to ‘do more’ is pretty much par for the course. The rise of smartphones has meant that it’s now easy for device-makers to throw an inexpensive ARM processor – like what’s at the heart of our smartphones – in just about anything, leading to the rise of ‘smart’ gadgets across the entire tech space, and often beyond. Of course, ‘smart’ doesn’t always equal ‘better’ – features have to actually be useful to make them worth paying for, and when it comes to ‘smart routers’ previous attempts have been a bit hit and miss. A few different networking vendors have tried the ‘router with apps’ approach, but most have hit the exact same roadblock: a lack of useful apps.
Synology’s the latest company to take a stab at the ‘smart router’ concept, but while the Taiwanese device-maker has a long and well-respected history with network-attached storage (NAS) boxes, it’s actually fairly new to the router game – the RT2600ac is only its second offering, following up on the RT1900ac that was released back in late 2015.
There’s a fairly good reason for that: …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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