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Review on Peplink Surf SOHO MK3 Router: Entry-Level Home Router with Cloud-Based Management (InControl), SUS-SOHO-T by Michael Tegan

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Good concept, doesn't offer stability or bandwidth

I got this because it's considered easy to create (somewhat) complex setups using multiple Wi-Fi networks and VLANs to control different ones to isolate parts of the network AND IT IS. BUT about once a month (sometimes twice a week on average) it turned off all wifi networks except the main network and required a reboot. And how long does it take to reload! (a few minutes) I haven't fully confirmed this yet, but I believe this device is also having serious bandwidth issues. The CPU seems extremely small, even the web interface is sluggish. It's a budget unit for what it claims, but it over-promises and under-prices. I wish they were more open about the fact that this isn't "small office/home office" but "one or two users and one or two computers". When you try to mix it with today's multimedia home internet with (easily) a dozen Wi-Fi devices, it seems to fall off quite a bit.

Pros
  • Practical thing
Cons
  • Don't like it, everything is fine