Hardware reviews

Gear we bought, racked and measured. Numbers first, verdict highlighted, flaws included.

The test bench is being set up.

Reviews here will follow one protocol: real hardware, bought or borrowed, run for weeks in an actual network, measured with the same methodology every time (throughput, latency, power draw, noise, the annoyances the spec sheet omits). Each review ends with a one-line verdict and who should skip the product entirely.

Until the first verdicts land, the articles and tools are where the action is.