Synology WRX560 - Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 Router, 2.5Gbps Ethernet, VLAN segmentation, Multiple SSIDs, parental controls, Threat Prevention, VPN (US Version)

I purchased my first Synology RT6600ax April 2023. About 6months later I decided to purchase a second one and use as a Mesh (meaning like Orbi and other units tying them together). Depending on your square footage of your home, you may or may not need more than one. Some may need updwards of 3 at best or 4 or more for much larger homes. The average person likely only need between 1-3 with 2 being ideal for most.Let me start by saying you don't have to be a Techy person to setup Synology routers. The user interface (Linux) is very clean and easy to use. Adding additional RT6600ax units are supe

This router is an upgrade from a Netgear Orbi AX4200 RBK753. That router is about 2x the cost, though it is a 1+2 satellite mesh system. I am a fairly advanced user who was looking for three things - 1. good speed and coverage, 2. parental controls, and 3. IoT lan separation support. The Netgear mesh system satisfied criterion 1, but was hopeless at (2) and (3). Parental controls are a subscription with Netgear and is pretty basic. There is also limited support for multiple networks and VLANs. And worst of all, the Netgear router interface was incredibly sluggish and frequently, the iOS app wo

First off I read a lot of comments about the horror this was to set up. As someone who has taught networking at the PhD level and have networking certs, I thought how bad could it really be? Turns out, pretty bad only because of undocumented gotchas. First off, don't set this up on a mobile device. I could never get it to fully complete setup through my mobile. Even though it says you can.Second, even if you plan to use the 6600 in AP-mode and the software tells you all the ports including WAN will be bridged and that you can use any port, DO NOT BELIEVE THAT. Once I moved from lan to wan the

I purchased the 6600AX. Wow what a cool router. I had purchased and returned SO many routers after having a G***** N*** Mesh System that was hacked (still sourcing the compromised IoT device but presumably from a Chrome plugin), compromising my security cameras and smart home and getting a virus on my MacBook. So far this is one of the best backend UI, Mobile App, ease of setup, and powerful range of any router I've tried these past few months. I've even considered getting firewall hardware devices combined with routers... However with this, I just need one device, no mesh or additional access

**UPDATE** December 27, 2023It is now almost the end of 2023 and I am still having nothing but issues and headaches with this mesh router. All support is doing is having me do the same troubleshooting steps over and over again and then saying it is going to the developers to make a fix/change. Nothing is actually changing though with the product. It is still dropping connections randomly even when standing within a few feet of the router. The speeds are mediocre at best too. Consider the high price of this stuff you would think that it would work better and have better support. At this point I

I have been using rt2600ac since it came out, it was a great router, still very solid after so many years... but without mesh, LAN is a mess with many other brand AP and extenders. Finally decided to upgrade to rt6600ax and mesh with rt2600ac setup(all wired backhaul), in addition with other AP and extenders keeping the wireless network more balance. I am a fan of 'smart connect' and mesh. There is no point to get synology if you want all separate channel and needing to connect each individual 2.4/5ghz, then IP filter..... etc. However, the mesh network is just not as top gun as I thought. It'

This router is a beast!! it not only blocks out malicious attempts to your router with threat prevention it even comes with dos protection features as well and has daily updates to threat protection. It has great connectivity over both 2.4Gz and 5Gz frequencies. Only thing I can say is when you setup this router make sure to check the boxes for admin and guest account to not allow the guest or admin to have access to change your main admin password or else people will try and hack that password and otherwise lock you out of your router until you reset it again. Thankfully you can save backups

The Synology RT6600ax is an excellent business/professional grade router with full security and networking capabilities masquerading under the price of a higher-end consumer device. They're pretty easy to setup, the SRM interface is similar (but not identical to) Synology's fine line of NAS'es using DSM. They can be setup very quickly and default to decent security, or you can dive deep and tweak them to your heart's content. Synology's Tech Support is 5-star by online ticket or by phone, and the phone support is especially good if you call during the day, even on Sa/Su. Looking for site-to-si