ASCII.jp Parabolic antenna? Plate? BUFFALO's interior-style wireless router is actually excellent!!

There must be a lot of readers who enjoy online services such as 4K video, live commentary, and music on a regular basis. Streaming services are also becoming established, and many people are probably enjoying them.

For those who are already enjoying these services, and those who want to try them in the future, I would like you to review not only the antenna performance and Wi-Fi compatibility of your PC or smartphone, but also the router performance. When multiple people use a streaming service together with a family member, the level of comfort tends to depend on the router in particular. If your home LAN is not doing well recently, you should first review the performance of your router, not your PC or smartphone.

So this time, I would like to take a look at BUFFALO's interior style wireless LAN router "WTR-M2133HP". It tends to attract attention for its outstanding design, but it is also quite excellent as a wireless LAN router. If you want to buy a high-performance router, but your wife won't let you put a square black object in the living room, this is the product you want.

BUFFALO "WTR-M2133HP"

There are two body colors: pearl white greige (left photo) and pearl rose greige (right photo). Even with this color variation alone, you can see that it is conscious of the ease of acceptance by women.

Some people fall in love at first sight at the store!? A strangely shaped router

Speaking of routers, we are familiar with the image of a square box with an antenna growing out of it, but the WTR-M2133HP is a circular plate. It has a unique design that looks like a parabolic antenna. Some people may think that it looks like a watch with an unusual design. The size excluding the movable directional antenna described later is 231 mm in diameter x 70 mm in depth. The installation is designed to stand even if you use the attached stand. It can be said that the design is quite elaborate as it aims to blend into the interior of the living room.

Let's take a look at the LAN port and buttons first. It is concentrated on the bottom back side, and in addition to USB 3.0 port x 1, WAN x 1, LAN x 3, there is a power button, reset button, mode switch, MANUAL / AUTO switch, status LED and AOSS button on the right side. be.

Side. There is only an AOSS button, and the rest is a status LED. LEDs are white with moderate brightness

LEDs are placed along the perimeter of the body. For example, while watching TV in the living room, it shouldn't be that flickering and conspicuous.

Most of the terminals and switches are concentrated on the bottom side

The Wi-Fi side supports 11a/b/g/n/ac, and the channel is 11a: 5.2-5.7GHz (36/40/44/48/52/56/60/64/100/104/ 108/112/116/120/124/128/132/136/140 ch), 11g/11b: 2.4 GHz (1 to 13 ch). The maximum transfer speed is 866 Mbps for 11ac, 400 Mbps for 11n, 54 Mbps for 11a/g, and 11 Mbps for 11b.

The external directional antenna is surprisingly convenient

The WTR-M2133HP has an internal 5GHz (W52/W53 ) and 2.4GHz, and the external directional antenna is for 5GHz (W56). This directional antenna literally strengthens transmission and reception in a specific direction, and can be said to be a manual beamforming function.

The range of motion of the directional antenna rotates 135 degrees horizontally and up to 90 degrees vertically, so you can aim the direction of the device you want to stabilize. Being able to point it at a device running 4K streaming or at a place with a bath is very convenient. Also, it is ant to place the WTR-M2133HP in a slightly higher place in the room and point the directional antenna downward. The design does not look like an antenna, so it is difficult for children and other family members to feel intimidated by the idea of ​​a machine that they do not understand, and it is easy for them to use it.

Since the directional antenna is movable, you can decide the direction by yourself, so you can use it properly.