Ignition Design Labs sent us a two-piece Portal system that provides up to 6,000 square feet of wireless coverage. If you live in a smaller dwelling you can buy a single Portal, which covers up to ...

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With the Portal Smart Gigabit WiFi Router, you get fast throughput, MU-MIMO streaming, and a couple of extra 5GHz channels, but configurability is limited and the mobile app needs some work.

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With the Portal Smart Gigabit WiFi Router, you get fast throughput, MU-MIMO streaming, and a couple of extra 5GHz channels, but configurability is limited and the mobile app needs some work.

The Portal is a “Wave 2” 80211.ac router, so it supports all the typical features you’d find in a high-end router including MU-MIMO, Beamforming, and so forth. It’s a dual-band router, so it provides ...