I bought the RT2600 about a year ago and just picked up my RT6600. I'll never go back to anything else that did not run SRM. I've been mucking about with it for 2 days now and am still learning and finding new stuff. Oddly, if you use one of the built in web filters, it might just get you past that pay wall. It did for me on one really big new web site.
As a Synology NAS owner, I would love to buy this, but as I am forced to have it on display under my wall-mounted TV in my Living Room, it’s way too tall. I would love to see a synology mesh enabled router in a shorter form factor. Oh well - hopefully the Google Nest Wifi Pro eventually gets released in Australia
Planning to pair 2 of this with my RT6600ax. Do you recommend using the 2.5Gbps port to connected, using a 2.5 compatible switch, with the RT6600ax? If yes, which switch do you recommend?
So as a heavy syno user very much deep in the eco system, my main complaint about their "Mesh devices is that they are routers and not APs," and that they do not offer Mesh APs, it should be if you want a mesh setup you get one of the main routers, and the Mesh devices be simple APs. In my last apartment I needed 5 aps and a primary. very expensive. when you buy one of these Mesh Routers, your paying alot for the router functionality, so essentially your burning money if you just use them as an AP, not sure if the setup is any better now with this one, but switching from router to AP and trying to get them to connect and join a mesh environment was a rigth pain in the ass with the 2200ac s. when working, epic, but the initial setup was a proper nightmare as everything needs to be running the same firmware in order to function and out of the box, chances are, they are not. and so to get them on the right FW, requires alot of screwing around. you pull a lan cable from your primary into the wan of the mesh, and you really need to watch out for not setting up a dhcp server. the list goes on. But on that bombshell, "not sure about right now but back when the 66ax came out, there was no other device you could buy that would give you IPS IDS with a 1gb throughput.
Having experience with both this router and the rt6600ax, which would you go with considering an $80 price difference? I'm learning toward the rt6600ax due to the better CPU and more RAM because I'm going to buy a DS920+ and want to take some load off the NAS by putting some applications on the router (dns, vpn server, etc).
The only factors that would make me go for the 560 over the 6600 are: Price (would have to be €150 less than the 6600, good luck outside special deals on that one maybe). And, where it's going to be placed if the space is a limiting factor, i.e. has to be walled mounted, antennas won't fit etc. Other than those, i can't see any reason not to get the 6600! I have things like Download station (with WD Elements Desktop 8TB Ext. USB hard drive attached) and a couple of other things like file sharing, that i've taken off the NAS (DS918+) and put on the router. Probably best tech buy i've ever made after the NAS! Well worth the money if it's in budget.
the way i see it is 6600 as main router.. and 560 as mesh sattelite.. the triband 6600 can be utilized for one dedicated backhaul in 5ghz... hence the triband in 6600 and dual band in 560...
Best router and software combo I have seen is Ubiquity routers. You can hold your phone up and it uses Augmented Reality to tell you all the cables and ports connected. Please do a review of Ubiquity. Hands down the best.
Well Ubiquity is not for everyone, the software runs on a separate device and it is not always reliable, plus the software is updated way too frequently to be taken seriously.
Need Help! My turn finally to buy a NAS and money isn’t an issue. I edit 4k multi cam vids all day long and need to work off a NAS that has caching etc. I will need raid to back up work just in case of storage failures. My vid and clips and data are at the moment at around 15T so want a system that can handle that, back it up, and extract the data whenever I need with fast speed. Again I want the best, something that will last years and not something that will be outdated any time soon. Speed is the key for me though. Thanks
a year later and its priced 226 chf in switzerland and I would not buy it becaue it has one port, I would use one port for the IPS which requires a USB storage device to be connected, formatted and setup for the database. and then a second port would be nice for all other functions
I realize not many home users have Linux as their OS, but in a server environment it's quite common and, as such, it would be useful to know if the software coming with the Synology WRX560 is compatible with Linux (Mac would also be useful for some users, I'm sure), since that's not always a given. After a reply I received here, it seems that the software is accessible via web app and isn't a piece of software one needs to install. However, the 'Synology SSL VPN Client' (found on their website under the 'Desktop Utilities' tab) - which, due to the name, I presume is purely a VPN utility - only comes with Windows and Mac versions, not Linux ones. It's not quite vital (as the main software itself is), but still notable.
@@alpenfoxvideo7255 Is it? I'm genuinely asking, as I really don't know and I don't think it was brought up in either review on this channel. On Synology's website there's a download section which features a 'Desktop Utilities' tab, which is where one downloads their 'Synology SSL VPN Client'. It has Windows and Mac versions, but not Linux ones. Given it's the only piece of software there, besides the router OS itself, I figured that's how you access the router's flagship software. Thinking on it now, it might just be a VPN handler and nothing more. Honestly, it was early in the morning when I wrote the comment and I don't think my brain properly parsed the VPN part in that title and focused too much on it being the only downloadable software. I'll edit my original comment accordingly. Thank you for the clarification.
@@alpenfoxvideo7255 It seems I simply missed it when he said the 'SRM' was accessible in the browser, at 01:41. I don't think I clocked that 'SRM' referred to the presented router's software. That said, most of the time the settings were far off in the background and it looked like a normal program to me. Though, even at the time, I found that environment to be a rather oddly customized 'Windows'; it makes a lot more sense now. I did edit my first comment once you pointed me in the right direction. Regardless, mea culpa. Mind you, the VPN Client software that Synology offers still doesn't come with a Linux version, but it's not that big of a deal as I initially feared. Cheers.
I’m a bit confused with something. USB port can be used as a failover by using a mobile device’s network connection. What device exactly? Synology states on their website that usb LTE dongles are no longer supported. Can I use for example a mobile 4G/5G modem like Netgear air card or Tp-link M7350 and connect it via the USB port? Synology is pretty vague on this. Thank you in advance.
I ran into the same issue. I ended up just ditching the USB dongle idea and bought a NETGEAR 4G LTE Broadband Modem (LM1200). Inserted SIM, plugged modem into the 2.5Gbps port on my existing RT6600AX and setup as failover. Worked perfectly.
Given the standard of 2.5Gbe available on all better motherboards these days and most newer NAS connections having above 1 Gbe available (even if its via the scam Synology 10Gbe addon) ... there is absolutely no excuse for any router maker to try to sell any router without providing 2.5 Gbe across the board, for ALL connections. Even the cost for buying the port parts wholesale for 2.5 Gbe is now directly comparable to 1 Gbe. No excuse at all.
That was a lot of commercial blah blah blah, how about reliability? Does it keep a reliable internet connection? How often do you need to reboot this thing? I am thinking about switching from my unreliable and buggy Netgear Nighthawk RAX45 to Synology.
first time a review where real test speed and comparation isn't important,when you talk a lot on a particular device without testing is a paid promo, most of the comanies force youtubers to talk wonders but not test on live coz will failed expectations.
This is so annoying because there are a lot of routers out there just like this: one 2.5 gigabit ethernet for the WAN side, but 1 gigabit for the LAN side. If I am paying for an Internet connection that is faster than 1 gigabit, why would I not want those higher speeds on my ethernet devices? Having a faster speed on the WAN port but not the LAN port means that the only people who are going to benefit from an Internet connection faster than 1 gigabit are people with WiFi 6E devices, and then only when those WiFi 6E clients are right next to the router. Oh. Whoops. This router doesn't even do WiFi 6E so that 2.5-gigabit ethernet port is simply wasted. There are so many routers out there like this, and I would really love to know what goes through the brains of the engineers who design these devices.
Think of your bandwidth like a highway. The more bandwidth you have, the more theoretical lanes you have. Having a 2.5g wan connection (which most normal consumers will never take advantage of, anyway) will allow you more lanes for more traffic from your 1g ports to drive on simultaneously. It actually makes a lot more sense to have a 2.5g uplink and 3 1g downstream ports in order to not bottleneck your upstream traffic. Like I said, though, normal consumers will never take advantage of that wan connectivity (even with 4k streaming, which doesn't require that much bandwidth). That would be more reserved for businesses who need that higher bandwidth connectivity. People think that by going higher on the number you will get more benefit out of it, but that's not necessarily the case most of the time unless you know what your devices are going to be doing. Should they have made the main WAN a 2.5g? Yes. It's odd they put it as a LAN port (optional WAN), because I don't think you can use the 1g WAN port as a LAN port if you are using the 2.5g port as your WAN connection. This just removes a port. If they wanted just one 2.5g port, which is completely fine in this case, then it should have been the primary WAN. The engineers messed up on that bit and the lack of an extra USB port, but other than that they actually had the right idea, imo as a Network Admin at a Datacenter. I made this more verbose than necessary. Forgive me, as I was watching the video at the same time as writing, haha
I currently own an RT2600ac unit. The RT6600ax just looks like a bigger and uglier version. I don't know where one would put that ugly thing in their home where it wouldn't be an eyesore.
I just removed my Asus and installed my Synology RT6600ax and am so pleased that I did. Given the average lifespan of a router and the differences in cost, the daily / monthy / annual cost for a premium product is just an infinitesimally small rounding error in our personal spending.
Before my rt2600ac I had many routers (and I configured more than triple), started with the famous Linksys WRT54GL running on Tomato (some of you may not know about this router but back in the day it was legendary) and ending configuring some Cisco routers. I can say the rt2600ac (+ mr2200ac in mesh) is the one of the most stable, fastest and features rich routers ever seen. Best money spent on routers ever.
I bought the RT2600 about a year ago and just picked up my RT6600. I'll never go back to anything else that did not run SRM. I've been mucking about with it for 2 days now and am still learning and finding new stuff. Oddly, if you use one of the built in web filters, it might just get you past that pay wall. It did for me on one really big new web site.
As a Synology NAS owner, I would love to buy this, but as I am forced to have it on display under my wall-mounted TV in my Living Room, it’s way too tall. I would love to see a synology mesh enabled router in a shorter form factor. Oh well - hopefully the Google Nest Wifi Pro eventually gets released in Australia
Planning to pair 2 of this with my RT6600ax. Do you recommend using the 2.5Gbps port to connected, using a 2.5 compatible switch, with the RT6600ax?
If yes, which switch do you recommend?
So as a heavy syno user very much deep in the eco system, my main complaint about their "Mesh devices is that they are routers and not APs," and that they do not offer Mesh APs, it should be if you want a mesh setup you get one of the main routers, and the Mesh devices be simple APs. In my last apartment I needed 5 aps and a primary. very expensive. when you buy one of these Mesh Routers, your paying alot for the router functionality, so essentially your burning money if you just use them as an AP, not sure if the setup is any better now with this one, but switching from router to AP and trying to get them to connect and join a mesh environment was a rigth pain in the ass with the 2200ac s. when working, epic, but the initial setup was a proper nightmare as everything needs to be running the same firmware in order to function and out of the box, chances are, they are not. and so to get them on the right FW, requires alot of screwing around. you pull a lan cable from your primary into the wan of the mesh, and you really need to watch out for not setting up a dhcp server. the list goes on. But on that bombshell, "not sure about right now but back when the 66ax came out, there was no other device you could buy that would give you IPS IDS with a 1gb throughput.
Having experience with both this router and the rt6600ax, which would you go with considering an $80 price difference? I'm learning toward the rt6600ax due to the better CPU and more RAM because I'm going to buy a DS920+ and want to take some load off the NAS by putting some applications on the router (dns, vpn server, etc).
The only factors that would make me go for the 560 over the 6600 are: Price (would have to be €150 less than the 6600, good luck outside special deals on that one maybe). And, where it's going to be placed if the space is a limiting factor, i.e. has to be walled mounted, antennas won't fit etc. Other than those, i can't see any reason not to get the 6600! I have things like Download station (with WD Elements Desktop 8TB Ext. USB hard drive attached) and a couple of other things like file sharing, that i've taken off the NAS (DS918+) and put on the router. Probably best tech buy i've ever made after the NAS! Well worth the money if it's in budget.
the way i see it is 6600 as main router.. and 560 as mesh sattelite.. the triband 6600 can be utilized for one dedicated backhaul in 5ghz... hence the triband in 6600 and dual band in 560...
Best router and software combo I have seen is Ubiquity routers. You can hold your phone up and it uses Augmented Reality to tell you all the cables and ports connected. Please do a review of Ubiquity. Hands down the best.
Well Ubiquity is not for everyone, the software runs on a separate device and it is not always reliable, plus the software is updated way too frequently to be taken seriously.
You haven't mentioned the addition of "Threat Prevention" compared to the MR2200ac. Don't you agree?
Need Help!
My turn finally to buy a NAS and money isn’t an issue.
I edit 4k multi cam vids all day long and need to work off a NAS that has caching etc. I will need raid to back up work just in case of storage failures. My vid and clips and data are at the moment at around 15T so want a system that can handle that, back it up, and extract the data whenever I need with fast speed.
Again I want the best, something that will last years and not something that will be outdated any time soon.
Speed is the key for me though.
Thanks
Does this router have any integration with a Synology NAS?
a year later and its priced 226 chf in switzerland and I would not buy it becaue it has one port, I would use one port for the IPS which requires a USB storage device to be connected, formatted and setup for the database. and then a second port would be nice for all other functions
I realize not many home users have Linux as their OS, but in a server environment it's quite common and, as such, it would be useful to know if the software coming with the Synology WRX560 is compatible with Linux (Mac would also be useful for some users, I'm sure), since that's not always a given.
After a reply I received here, it seems that the software is accessible via web app and isn't a piece of software one needs to install.
However, the 'Synology SSL VPN Client' (found on their website under the 'Desktop Utilities' tab) - which, due to the name, I presume is purely a VPN utility - only comes with Windows and Mac versions, not Linux ones. It's not quite vital (as the main software itself is), but still notable.
isn't everything done in the web-app?
@@alpenfoxvideo7255 Is it? I'm genuinely asking, as I really don't know and I don't think it was brought up in either review on this channel.
On Synology's website there's a download section which features a 'Desktop Utilities' tab, which is where one downloads their 'Synology SSL VPN Client'. It has Windows and Mac versions, but not Linux ones. Given it's the only piece of software there, besides the router OS itself, I figured that's how you access the router's flagship software.
Thinking on it now, it might just be a VPN handler and nothing more. Honestly, it was early in the morning when I wrote the comment and I don't think my brain properly parsed the VPN part in that title and focused too much on it being the only downloadable software.
I'll edit my original comment accordingly. Thank you for the clarification.
@@DarkVeghetta i watched the video again and every setting he messes with is on the router’s web app…
@@alpenfoxvideo7255 It seems I simply missed it when he said the 'SRM' was accessible in the browser, at 01:41. I don't think I clocked that 'SRM' referred to the presented router's software.
That said, most of the time the settings were far off in the background and it looked like a normal program to me. Though, even at the time, I found that environment to be a rather oddly customized 'Windows'; it makes a lot more sense now.
I did edit my first comment once you pointed me in the right direction. Regardless, mea culpa.
Mind you, the VPN Client software that Synology offers still doesn't come with a Linux version, but it's not that big of a deal as I initially feared.
Cheers.
I’m a bit confused with something. USB port can be used as a failover by using a mobile device’s network connection. What device exactly? Synology states on their website that usb LTE dongles are no longer supported. Can I use for example a mobile 4G/5G modem like Netgear air card or Tp-link M7350 and connect it via the USB port?
Synology is pretty vague on this.
Thank you in advance.
I ran into the same issue. I ended up just ditching the USB dongle idea and bought a NETGEAR 4G LTE Broadband Modem (LM1200). Inserted SIM, plugged modem into the 2.5Gbps port on my existing RT6600AX and setup as failover. Worked perfectly.
Given the standard of 2.5Gbe available on all better motherboards these days and most newer NAS connections having above 1 Gbe available (even if its via the scam Synology 10Gbe addon) ... there is absolutely no excuse for any router maker to try to sell any router without providing 2.5 Gbe across the board, for ALL connections. Even the cost for buying the port parts wholesale for 2.5 Gbe is now directly comparable to 1 Gbe. No excuse at all.
Well, maybe you can connect a DAS to that USB3 port and avoid to have to buy a NAS altogether, still, this is not for me.
That was a lot of commercial blah blah blah, how about reliability? Does it keep a reliable internet connection? How often do you need to reboot this thing? I am thinking about switching from my unreliable and buggy Netgear Nighthawk RAX45 to Synology.
first time a review where real test speed and comparation isn't important,when you talk a lot on a particular device without testing is a paid promo, most of the comanies force youtubers to talk wonders but not test on live coz will failed expectations.
This is so annoying because there are a lot of routers out there just like this: one 2.5 gigabit ethernet for the WAN side, but 1 gigabit for the LAN side.
If I am paying for an Internet connection that is faster than 1 gigabit, why would I not want those higher speeds on my ethernet devices? Having a faster speed on the WAN port but not the LAN port means that the only people who are going to benefit from an Internet connection faster than 1 gigabit are people with WiFi 6E devices, and then only when those WiFi 6E clients are right next to the router.
Oh. Whoops. This router doesn't even do WiFi 6E so that 2.5-gigabit ethernet port is simply wasted.
There are so many routers out there like this, and I would really love to know what goes through the brains of the engineers who design these devices.
Think of your bandwidth like a highway. The more bandwidth you have, the more theoretical lanes you have. Having a 2.5g wan connection (which most normal consumers will never take advantage of, anyway) will allow you more lanes for more traffic from your 1g ports to drive on simultaneously. It actually makes a lot more sense to have a 2.5g uplink and 3 1g downstream ports in order to not bottleneck your upstream traffic.
Like I said, though, normal consumers will never take advantage of that wan connectivity (even with 4k streaming, which doesn't require that much bandwidth). That would be more reserved for businesses who need that higher bandwidth connectivity. People think that by going higher on the number you will get more benefit out of it, but that's not necessarily the case most of the time unless you know what your devices are going to be doing.
Should they have made the main WAN a 2.5g? Yes. It's odd they put it as a LAN port (optional WAN), because I don't think you can use the 1g WAN port as a LAN port if you are using the 2.5g port as your WAN connection. This just removes a port. If they wanted just one 2.5g port, which is completely fine in this case, then it should have been the primary WAN.
The engineers messed up on that bit and the lack of an extra USB port, but other than that they actually had the right idea, imo as a Network Admin at a Datacenter.
I made this more verbose than necessary. Forgive me, as I was watching the video at the same time as writing, haha
Fully agreed, I would love the synology software but the 1 port limitation is a dealbreaker.
I currently own an RT2600ac unit. The RT6600ax just looks like a bigger and uglier version. I don't know where one would put that ugly thing in their home where it wouldn't be an eyesore.
I cant with the rooter
Root 66!
only 1 2.5GBE? meh...
stay with asus.....so far the best router on earth (in all aspect specially by price)
I just removed my Asus and installed my Synology RT6600ax and am so pleased that I did. Given the average lifespan of a router and the differences in cost, the daily / monthy / annual cost for a premium product is just an infinitesimally small rounding error in our personal spending.
Stock ASUS or Asuswrt-Merlin?
@@doug-zilla asuswrt-merlin
Before my rt2600ac I had many routers (and I configured more than triple), started with the famous Linksys WRT54GL running on Tomato (some of you may not know about this router but back in the day it was legendary) and ending configuring some Cisco routers. I can say the rt2600ac (+ mr2200ac in mesh) is the one of the most stable, fastest and features rich routers ever seen. Best money spent on routers ever.