Why-Fi?
Home Cinema Choice|November 2017
You've probably already got a router. Your internet provider gave it to you. Why then, asks Martin Pipe, do you need the Synology RT1900ac?
Martin Pipe
Why-Fi?
REGULAR READERS WILL probably be aware of Synology, the NAS (Network Attached Storage) products of which have been featured in HCC reviews. Amongst other things, NAS enables you to set up a media 'tank' – containing TV recordings, video, movies, photos and music – that can be accessed by most, if not all, of your household's networked AV devices.

So when Synology encroaches into a market dominated by other IT giants, it's worth paying attention. The territory in question is the router – a lump of plastic, usually supplied by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), that allows your broadband 'net connection to be shared by your network-aware home tech. All support Wi-fi and wired Ethernet, and most also contain the modem that interfaces to your ISP's specific outside-world infrastructure.

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