WD MyNet N900 Wireless Router with FasTrack+ QoS Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2013-05-07
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1,018 words · ~5 min read
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are you filming yes okay
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cool hold on a sec I'm going to open the door first with my
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keys and welcome to the lus tech tip show where we are not going to be
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unboxing four separate routers we are actually going to be doing one router
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this one this is Western digital's
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almost well no this is their Flagship router this is the minet N900 which is
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apparently about effortless entertainment okay that's good that's
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good I know what they mean by that and I will explain but it's a very cryptic thing to put on the front of the Box
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effortless entertainment I I'm putting effort into it already I have to open
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the bag that's not effortless and I'm not entertained at all it's ridiculous
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false advertising bait bait and switch bait and switch that's what customers
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love to say bait and switch whenever something's wrong okay 450 plus 450
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megabit dual B concurrent performance
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which gives you that N900 rating HD dual band router okay got it this is the best
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range out of their lineup features 1 two 3 easy setup full 1080P and it better 7
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GB ports this is cool why hasn't anyone done this the home is so connected now
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why does everyone make you like where did I put it I had a switch here why
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does everyone make you buy there like switch separately and give you only four
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ports on your router thank you Western Digital for providing an adequate number
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of ports on your high performance router uh multid streams and the most important
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thing about this router FastTrack Plus
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so FasTrack plus is basically wd's
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proprietary qos that's quality of service that dynamically analyzes the
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traffic coming in and out of your router looks at it and goes okay
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that traffic is sort of like shaped like this that's probably a game I'm going to
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prioritize that over something else
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that's less important like that's torrent traffic it actually does not
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rely on any manual input from the user it does not rely on any profiles written
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by WD to prioritize certain applications which is the case for the two lower end
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routers the minet 600 and the 750 and it
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also doesn't require any updates to continue to dynamically update itself to
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provide the best quality of service it can without any input from the user
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that's what they mean by effortless and it's not really effortless I mean I had
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to take this thing out of the box and I have to peel the plastic off the
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top it's like a job I mean this is my
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job but you know whatever you guys get the point okay so let's have a look at what WD has to say for themselves more
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access so you can connect ld's mybook live storage to this with up to two USB
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ports One USB 3 Port cool um um for
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remote access with their WD to go and WD Photos applications more control the
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minet dashboard okay so this is just your their branding for controlling your
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router more Simplicity supports UPnP and auto configuration good okay more HTS
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FASTT track plus very good awesome more advanced features okay we've been
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through this parental controls Auto sensing antenna amplifiers right so this one has the best range out of their
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range of routers and you can see that
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they have it positioned as being just like the uberis in every possible way so
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they've all got push button WPS setup IPv6 they are all ready for it and this
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one oh look it's it's a DNA server so you can actually use this as a media
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server on your home network and uh well
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access your media that you store on your WD hard drive that you attach to it
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which is a convenient way for them to sell you more hard drives which I don't
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inherently object to because it makes the product better so why not and it's
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not like they're forcing you to you know it's not like they include a hard drive
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with it and you know sell it to you for more like this one which we'll talk about
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later okay uh right so let's have a look at the physicality of the unit there's
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your power LED your wireless LED your internet LED your WPS LED and your WPS
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button there's your matte finish on the top which has like more of a performance
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pattern on it compared to the other ones which are just solid mat and there's
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your shiny outline okay there's your power button DC in two USB ports 7 GB
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Ethernet ports again Kudos WD way to go
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way to figure out what no one else could that like you know 40 cents of extra
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Ethernet ports might actually make a difference to your customers um there's
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your Wan Port so that's your internet port there is oh it has a cooling fan
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that better be quiet! uh I really hope that's only enabled like out of under
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heavy load there's your reset switch and there's your ventilation holes so this
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looks like an exhaust so as long as you have this down like this or wall mounted
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it does come with flexible mounting options and you shouldn't have any uh
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shouldn't have any trouble with that included accessories in include include
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the inclusion of a technical support and limited warranty guide a start here
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guide with simple steps for people who don't know how to set up a router I do
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you
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know power cable and an Ethernet cable
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thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the minet N900 don't
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