On November 1, WavKong V2700 goes on sale for 520 USD. An RPU chip moves base-station digital predistortion into a home router; the official claim is 3 to 10 times faster at medium-to-long range. But it is entry-level MT7981, 256MB memory, four Gigabit ports—whether it’s worth it depends on what wall it’s in.

Without a public IPv4, QuickConnect often falls back to relay. Actually, domestic home broadband is basically all assigned IPv6, and the address is public; once connected, the speed ceiling is your home upload. But you have to pass three gates: the ONT/optical modem and router must release the prefix, the firewall must not block the entrance, and when the address changes someone must keep up. Step by step; the pitfalls are all written in it.

When you're on a business trip and open your phone to view photos on the NAS at home, the loading spinner spins until you question life. Most people use QuickConnect for remote Synology access; according to the official whitepaper, its connection has three stages: direct connection, hole punching, and relay, and when it is slow it almost certainly falls into the third stage. This article explains how to determine that and how to configure the other three routes in DSM.

Huawei Router X2 Pro opens pre-sales on October 20 and goes on sale on October 26, at 588 yuan per unit. The book-style design solves the placement problem; what really needs to be worked out is who the 2.5G port is for, whether 256MB of memory is enough, and who can benefit from the plus in Wi-Fi 7+.

QNAP Qu405-N150-8G 4-bay NAS goes on sale on JD.com on October 9, standalone unit 2599 yuan, about 2,000 cheaper than the 16G high-spec version. This 2,000 yuan is not all memory price difference—the processor also drops from 8 cores to 4 cores. This article explains how to actually make use of the dual 2.5G ports and dual M.2.

When you want to access files and photos on your home NAS from outside, “how to connect back” should be thought through before choosing a machine. Public internet direct connection, vendor relay, remote networking, and self-built tunnel differ in speed ceiling, cost, barrier to entry, and security exposure surface. This article puts the accounting for the four approaches side by side and ends with the security checklist that is most easily overlooked.