WD MyNet N750 Wireless Router with FasTrack QoS Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2013-05-07
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The unboxing ninja chooses his prey
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wisely
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and they fell. Oops. Okay, so today we've got the Minet N750. This is
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slightly higher end than the N600, meaning for your dualband speeds, you've
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got one 450 megabit per second stream and one 300 megabit per second stream,
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giving you a total of 750. And slightly lower end than the N900, which has two
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450 megabit per second streams. This one also has gigabit ports, better range
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than the N600, and also has easy setup.
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Also has fasttrack streaming, fast track streaming, which I will go over in a
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moment. also supports full HD, which it bloody well better if it has gigabit and
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N750 and has 4 GB ports, which I already
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talked about. I Fasttrack HD entertainment. So, let's talk about what
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FastTrack does exactly. Fasttrack is profiles that WD builds into the
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lower-end routers, the N600 and the N750
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that I was expecting him to come look at this while I sort of talk. There we go.
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Fasttrack basically is profiles that WD builds into the firmware that takes your
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frequently used games and applications and turns them into priorities. So
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instead of doing manual QoS, manual quality of service, which you do with
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most traditional routers, WD provides all the profiles. All you got to do is
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turn fasttrack on and it'll automatically prioritize things like
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Skype over, you know, your brother who's
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torrenting in the next room and you're like, "I'm trying to talk to grandma."
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And he's like, "I'm trying to play League of Legends." And you're like, "No, I'm trying to talk to grandma." And
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you have these conversations and it's just pointless. It's stupid. Just get one of these. Then you don't have to
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worry about it anymore. It'll automatically prioritize. So, moving
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right along. Here's the help me choose things. So, the benefits, I kind of
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already covered this. So you get 4 GB ports versus the four fast Ethernet
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ports on the N600. You get two USB 2 ports. So WD is a storage company. They
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do want you to buy a hard drive to use with your Minet router in order to, you
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know, back things up and store all your data in one place, access it from
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wherever you want. If you get a compatible Western digital drive, such
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as a MyBook Live, you can actually even
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use your router as kind of an Apple time
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capsule replacement with Time Machine. although it's compatible with Windows
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utilities as well. Uh one, two, three step setup, 24/7 customer support, and
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this one is rated for multiple HD streams um over Wi-Fi. I mean, I think
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that's it's optimistic at the best of times. I
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think if you're getting one full HD stream over Wi-Fi over any kind of
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distance, you should probably be pretty happy. But who knows? I could be wrong.
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I'm just unboxing it now. I haven't actually sat down and tested it yet. Uh
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the Minet dashboard gives you a simple view of your essential settings, more
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access, remote access with WD to go. So these
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are apps that are available that you can use as well as the WD photos app. More
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simplicity. Okay. Easy to auto configure, advanced QoS. Yes, that's
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that fasttrack feature. Parental controls and internet security, network
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diagnostic tool, auto sensing port technology, and antenna amplifiers. So
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that's what makes this one higher range than the N600. In terms of included
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accessories, there's not a whole lot. There's a power brick. There's warranty
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as well as technical support. Phone numbers for you. There's a start here
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which has steps for Mac, steps for Windows as well as a disc as well as an
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Ethernet port port.
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An Ethernet port which you can plug this Ethernet cable into is what I meant to
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say. All right, let's have a look at the physicality of the router. There's your
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power LED, your wireless LED, your wireless LED. Yes, wireless LED, your
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internet LED, and your WPS LED. There's your button for that. On the top, it's
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sort of matte and sort of shiny. It's actually got kind of a nice look to it. Can you see that in the camera? Does it
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look good? Looks good. Yeah, Diesel's giving me the nod. Okay, so you've got
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power switch, power in, 4 GB ports,
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internet port, and then two storage ports, which is actually really cool.
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And again, WD is a storage company. They want you to like get more storage. And I
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personally totally believe in NAS storage. I'm a big NAS like guy. Uh,
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this is a little basic for me. I actually have like some pretty high-end
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NAS stuff going on. But uh hey, if you
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don't have any network backup already, you will thank yourself if you throw a
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centralized backup on here next time a computer hard drive crashes or anything
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bad happens and you need to recover some data off of it. You will, yes, you'll
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thank yourself. Plus, being able to access your files while you're on the go
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on your tablet or your phone or whatever other device is very cool as well. So,
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thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the WD Minet N750.
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