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原文： What's a "tri-band" router? In extremely rudimentary, lay terms, the Nighthawk has the strength of three routers. It can handle three times the number of connections a single-band router ever could (presumably), yet all the devices are able to "see" one another and play nice together
. So, yeah, it's expensive. It's quite possible, in fact, that you don't really even need a tri-band router.
And then there's us.
I just walked through our apartment; between my husband and me, I count 25 web-enabled devices. That number doesn't include light bulbs. Most of these gadgets are connected to the Internet *at this moment.*
Our friends make fun of us because we have totally embraced the concept of the "Internet of Things." Besides the usual gadgets (iPads, phones, game consoles), we use a Nest thermostat, a Nest Cam, Philips Hue bulbs, an Amazon Echo on our kitchen countertop, and a Sonos.
Far from automating our home, we've instead created a TON of headaches for ourselves. We live in a waking nightmare. The "Internet of Things" is here, and it's miserable.
But by far the biggest hassle has been the simple fact that our trusty old Linksys router just could not handle the workload. When you have this many gadgets and gizmos connected to the 'net, it's pretty easy to bring the whole home infrastructure down. And when the wireless is down, there goes your fancy Sonos-equipped stereo, your home security, your thermostat.
After a couple years of frustration, my husband and I agreed to go with a beefier router. At that point, we didn't care if we paid through the nose for one. Initially we went with a top pick from Wirecutter (which is a tech review site that is almost always right about everything). And, not to disparage Wirecutter here, but the router we ended up with was EVEN MORE MISERABLE. Maybe we just had too much stuff connected to it? We tweaked the router's settings, upgraded its firmware, downgraded it again, and ultimately returned it after maybe a weekand we rarely return anything, okay.
Desperate, I took to the Internet for advice. About a jillion of my friends (all of whom work in tech) endorsed the Netgear Nighthawk without reservation. It was almost unanimous. A lot of folks were really passionate about this! So I overnighted one.
Twenty-five devices connected simultaneously? No problem. In the month+ that we've had a Nighthawk, it hasn't needed to be restarted once. It lives in a closet. I never look at it. I don't even know it's here. I'm sure the UI is terrible but I've rarely needed to use it, since it worked out-of-the-box. We live in a city, halfway up a high-rise building, and we can still get a signal from downstairs on the street. Beat that.
Sitting here, I just ran a speed test, and on my wireless connection I'm getting 58.37 Mbps download speedsnot too shabby, considering we pay for 50. (Never mind there are literally 200 other wireless routers in our building!) I barely remember that Netflix and Hulu used to stutter and stagger. Multiplayer gaming connections don't drop or lag. Great stuff.
Anything more than $100 is a HUGE investment in a router, I feel; anything non-commercial over $200 is probably criminal. But the Netgear Nighthawk really works for us, especially when literally nothing else would do. For that alone, it's worth it.
I hope I don't need to buy another router for many years.
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译文： 什么是“三频”路由器？在非常基础的条件下，夜鹰有三台路由器的实力。它可以处理单波段路由器所能达到的连接数量的三倍（假设情况下），但是所有的设备都能够“看到”彼此并且一起用。所以，是的，这是很贵的。事实上，你甚至不需要三频路由器。
然后是我们。
我刚刚走过我们的公寓;在我和我丈夫之间，大概有25台网络设备。这个数字不包括灯泡。这些小工具大部分都连接到互联网*在这一刻*。
我们的朋友们取笑我们，因为我们完全接受了“物联网”的概念。除了平时的小工具（iPad，手机，游戏机）外，我们还使用Nest恒温器，Nest Cam，Philips Hue灯泡，厨房台面上的Amazon Echo和Sonos。
我们的家除了自动化功能以外，也为自己创造了一个令人头疼的问题。我们生活在一个噩梦中。 “物联网”就在这里，而且问题严重。
但是迄今为止，最大的麻烦就是简单的事实，即我们可靠的旧Linksys路由器无法处理这个工作量。当你有这么多的小工具和连接到“网络”的小玩意儿时，把整个家庭基础设施降下来很容易。而当无线网络出现故障时，您可以使用配有Sonos功能的音响，家庭安全设备和恒温器。
经过几年的不太愉快的使用经历之后，我和我的丈夫决定买一个更好一些的路由器。那时候，我们不在乎是否为了一个设备的使用而付出了代价。最初，我们首选了Wirecutter（这是一个几乎总是正确的技术评论网站）。而且，不要鄙视这里的Wirecutter，但是我们最终选择的路由器可能更不好用一点。也许我们只是有太多的东西连接到它了？我们调整了路由器的设置，升级了它的固件，再次降级，最终使用了一个星期后退货了，我们很少退回什么东西，还不错。
绝望，我上网咨询了一下。大约我的几十个朋友（都是科技人员）毫无保留地批准了Netgear Nighthawk。大家几乎是一致的意见。很多人真的对这个充满激情！所以我就马上选择了它
二十五个设备同时连接？没问题的。在我们用它的时候，它不需要重新启动一次。它被放在一个壁橱里。我从来没有看过它。我甚至不知道它在这里。我敢肯定，用户界面非常糟糕，但我很少需要使用它，因为它可以直接使用。我们住在一座高层建筑的半山腰，我们仍然可以从街上的楼下接收到一个信号。完全超过了那个。
坐在这里，我只是进行了一次速度测试，毕竟考虑到我们支付了50美元，我的无线连接下载速度为58.37Mbp/s，不算太坏。（不要在意我们的建筑里有200台其他的无线路由器！ Netflix和Hulu曾经一度连接和交错。多人游戏连接不会下降或滞后。好东西。
任何超过100美元的东西都是对路由器巨大的投资，我觉得;任何超过200美元的非商业广告都可能是犯罪行为。但是Netgear Nighthawk确实对我们有用，特别是在没有别的办法的情况下。仅此而已，这是值得的。
我希望我多年都不需要再购买一台路由器。
