Razer has just introduced the Razer Portal router, a router developed in collaboration with Ignition Design Labs and designed by and for gaming.
Curious is the latest announcement from the peripheral company Razer, which has evolved to touch gaming desktops and laptops and is even going to launch a gaming smartphone. The latest move is a collaboration with the specialist home networking company, Ignition Design Labs, who developed the award-winning Portal router, which has been optimized for Razer with the gamer world in mind. Routers have been developed to improve lag, the tearing that can occur when playing over a wireless network and loading online content. The Razer Portal Router will prioritize streaming games and apps.
"Razer continually transforms categories to redefine what 'peak performance" means, said Min-Liang Tan, Razer Co-Founder and CEO. “Now we are raising Wi-Fi to meet that standard. Creating the best gaming and entertainment experiences for our fans around the world is vital. "
“As engineers, we are passionate about technology and beautiful design. We've created high-performance Wi-Fi solutions for some of the biggest names in consumer electronics. I am delighted to partner with Razer to transform Wi-Fi networking into a competitive advantage for the world's largest gaming and entertainment ecosystem, ”said Terry Ngo, CEO of Ignition Design Labs.
The collaboration creates the Razer Portal, a router that implements proprietary anti-saturation technologies, adjusting traffic so that games and applications make more efficient use of bandwidth and reduce latency. It features FastLanes' simultaneous multichannel DFS technology, which allows devices to operate on dedicated channels with radar protection, avoiding a slowdown of the WiFi connection and avoiding peaks at peak times. It has SmartLanes Intelligent Active Traffic and Interference Avoidance technologies, which direct devices to empty, clean and fast channels.
This router offers 802.11ac WiFi connectivity with Wave-2 MU-MIMO for great connectivity, QoS for game prioritization, Mesh 2.0 for improved and faster WiFi coverage and with a reliability of 1.8 square kilometers using two Portal routers. WiFi AutoPilot technology has been implemented for great performance optimized for routing devices to a faster channel. The Razer Portal since you can buy on the official Razer website for € 169.99, a really high and unattractive price.