AMPLIFI TELEPORT TV
With the free Teleport feature, you can easily make YouTube TV think you are at home. Let’s say that you use YouTube TV to watch your local channels, but when traveling, it forces you to view the channels of the place you are currently. This feature will also come in handy when traveling. Using this will make your connection come through your home network and give you a better privacy situation over just using public Wi-Fi. If you are at a coffee shop, you can use the Teleport app to create a VPN connection to your home network. There are a lot of great ones on the market, but they aren’t free. It allows you to skip using a third-party VPN. This feature isn’t specific to just the Alien model, but rather the entire AmpliFi lineup. Teleport (VPN home)Īnother feature of the AmpliFi Alien that I absolutely can’t imagine not having now is the ability to teleport home. With that being said, Wi-Fi 6 is here, and if you want to future-proof your home network as much as possible, AmpliFi Alien is your best choice at the moment. Wi-Fi 6 is going to help enterprise networks provide better service to a lot of devices. My house has 35 devices (mostly Homekit switches), where a lot of enterprise customers can easily have 350+ on their Wi-Fi at any given time. Wi-Fi 6 is bringing capacity enhancements to the enterprise, but most homes aren’t struggling with that as much as businesses are. It’s a much bigger deal in the enterprise than it is for a single-family home (multi-dwelling units are another story). I’ve written about how Wi-Fi 6 will impact enterprise environments in the past few months, but I haven’t mentioned much about home markets. If you are comparing Wi-Fi to Wi-Fi, you might be right, but AmpliFi Alien provides three features that, if you need/want them, make it the only option. After all, it’s $379.99 for one router where Eero offers a router and two satellites for less money.
As I was using the Alien router, I was thinking through why might someone want to buy it over another product. Mesh systems have made it easier to cover larger homes as well. They might have a fancier UI or an extra feature or two, but overall, it’s about providing reliable Wi-Fi in the home. What makes AmpliFi Alien different?įor most routers released in recent years, they are generally doing the same thing. It’s the most straightforward home router I’ve ever configured. It initially connected using a mesh connection, but the app allows you to switch to a wired backhaul if it exists. It immediately paired with the central unit. I went to work setting up router 2 in my upstairs bonus room. But my entire house is wired with CAT6, so of course, I am not going to stop at just one. I could comfortably live off this one router alone. The app allows you to pick your SSID, password, and then it’s done.Īfter this initial access point was up and running, I took a stroll around my house, and I had coverage everywhere. I am not talking about one of those setups where I had to reboot the app a few times to get it to connect, but rather it was just done. Upon plugging it in, it starts up, and then I used the iPhone app to connect to it. Much to my surprise, I had a single unit up and running in about a minute. Ubiquiti claims a one-minute setup experience in its marketing copy, but I am usually pretty suspicious of such claims. 5 GHz 4×4 Wi-Fi 5 radio (Max speed 1733 Mbps).2.4 GHz 4×4 Wi-Fi 6 radio (Max speed 1148 Mbps).5 GHz 8×8 Wi-Fi 6 radio (Max speed 4804 Mbps).The router includes a touch screen that allows you to test your internet speed, view the time, and make minor network changes. It comes with the actual router, a power cord, CAT6 cable, and the instruction manual. It’s quite a bit taller than Google’s base station, and it’s slightly bigger than Apple’s old AirPort Extreme. I prefer the black color over Google’s white as it blends in easier. The actual hardware is beautifully designed. I recently got a chance to try out the new AmpliFi Alien router, so I was excited to put some of its features (including Wi-Fi 6 support on iPhone 11 Pro) to the test. The first one was a Microsoft 802.11b router, followed by the classic WRTG54G, onto a Netgear 802.11n model, followed by two 802.11ac AirPort Extremes, and finally the previous generation Google Wifi. One of those is knowing every router I’ve ever used. I can forget my wife’s dinner order when picking it up from a restaurant, but I can remember the most random details from years ago.
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