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<p> When I first learned about the Portal a few months ago, it
was intended to be a single Wi-Fi router. Now Ignition Design Labs has reintroduced it as a mesh system,
meaning you can use a second unit to extend its Wi-Fi network.</p><p>
While it works fine as a single router, it's not a
well thought-out or well-tested mesh Wi-Fi system.
And it certainly isn't worthy of its current price of around $180 for a single
unit or $319 for a set of two. So if you're a fan of Portal (the game), this Portal
is, for now, <a website rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-component="externalLink">a lie</a>.</p><div class="compareWrapper" data-component="readMore" data-read-more-options='"url":"\/products\/compare\/portal-home-wi-fi-system\/xhr\/","event":"ready"'>
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</div><h3>Why should I care about yet another Wi-Fi system?
</h3><p> Good question. What makes the Portal different
from the most Wi-Fi routers is a dynamic frequency selection (DFS)
mechanism Ignition Design Labs calls FastLanes.

The router can use Wi-Fi channels that were previously only available to radar systems
to boost speed at peak times (around 6-8 p.m.
wherever you live). This means that FastLanes will only benefit those who've had speed or connection problems during peak times in the past.
I personally didn't see any improvement at home, but your mileage will vary depending your internet
speed and how congested the air space in your neighborhood is.</p><p>
The real problem with Fastlanes, however, is that not every product is
compatible with it. Here's a <a website rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-component="externalLink">short list of those that aren't</a> and therefore will only connect to the 2.4GHz frequency band of the Portal (FastLanes is only available on the 5GHz
band.) Since the the 2.4GHz's airspace is almost always congested, which is why we need the 5GHz
band in the first place, FastLanes will mean extremely slow
Wi-Fi for certain devices.</p><p> FastLanes is turned
on by default. When turned off, the Portal will support all
existing devices.</p><figure class="image image-large pull-none hasCaption shortcode" section="shortcodeImage"><span class="imageContainer"><span><img website class="" alt="portal-2.jpg" height="0" width="1092"></span></span><figcaption><span class="caption"><p>The Portal system includes two identical units.
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</span></figcaption></figure><h3>OK, here's what's (mostly)
good</h3><h4>Simple setup</h4><p> Setting
up the Portal is similar to that of the <span class="link" section="shortcodeLink"><a href="/reviews/google-wifi-review/">Google Wifi</a></span> or the <span class="link" section="shortcodeLink"><a href="/reviews/eero-wi-fi-system-review/">Eero</a></span>.

But you don't need to create an account with Ignition Design Labs.
As with most home routers, the system does not require you to connect to the vendor in order
to work.</p><p> The Portal mobile app (available for Android and <a href="/products/apple-ios-11/" data-annotation="true" data-component="linkTracker" data-link-tracker-options='CNET_EVERGREEN' section="annotation">iOS</a>) was buggy, Savemycam.com
however. I used it on a Pixel XL and the interface would freeze while applying changes or switching from one section to
another. Still, it took me just 10 minutes to set up the first router.
Basically, all I had to do was pick a name and a password for the Wi-Fi network.</p><div class="injectedAd eighty"><div data-ad="native-leader" data-ad-container="5f7af16dec4ce" class="ad-native-leader ad-slot ">
</div></div><p> Adding a second unit to create a mesh system
took me much longer but most of the time was spent on waiting for the system to be ready.
The process itself was still simple and relatively straightforward.</p><h4>Good performance</h4><p> Supporting AC2400 Wi-Fi,
the Portal performed well both as a single router and a mesh Wi-Fi system.
As a single router, it has a top sustained real-world Wi-Fi speed of more than 540 megabits per second.
As a Wi-Fi system, when connected to the second unit, the top speed fell to just
244Mbps, due to signal loss. Signal loss is a common phenomenon of Wi-Fi systems, when the
"satellite" unit needs to both receive and rebroadcast the Wi-Fi signal from the
first router unit at any given time, resulting in some 50 percent efficiency reduction. Dynamic frequency selection (FastLanes) is supposed to mitigate this phenomenal but it doesn't
seem to help in the Portal's case.</p>














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