I'm now one of its happy owners!

On Tuesday I confirmed my registration and by Thursday the router had been dispatched. It could have been mine on Friday, but my schedule didn't overlap with the courier's. In the end I picked it up on Monday.

Unboxing

A fairly large box arrived — especially compared to other routers I've handled. The packaging contains, as befits such a device: the router, antennas, power adapter, patch cables (0.5 and 2m), and some paperwork. A t-shirt was also included — thanks for that.

Setup

Plug, plug, click, click. That's roughly how quick it was — unlike other routers. The system takes a little longer to boot, but that didn't bother me. I let the router come up and as soon as my flatmates were done with what they needed, I just switched the cables over.

Installation

By the second or third step the internet was working. Maybe even earlier, but I didn't notice. The setup was intuitive and fast, and what pleased me most was the QR code for WiFi. I'll write up my experience of running it after some time — I want to have at least some data first.

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