Synology WRX560 Router Review

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Video Chapters
00:00 - It's Pronounced Router, not Router...
01:00 - Introduction to the Synology WRX560 Router
03:55 - Unboxing the Synology WRX560 Router
06:50 - The Design of the WRX560 Router
07:18 - Comparing the Synology WRX560 with the RT6600ax and MR2200ac Routers
09:21 - Ports and Connections of the Synology WRX560 Router
14:39 - SRM and its Services
35:27 - Verdict and Conclusion on the Synology WRX560 Router Review
The importance of a competent router in your home or business environment has never been more pertinent than RIGHT NOW! Finding that sweet spot for your internet access needs of high bandwidth, ease of access, yet secure and multi-layered is a terrifically difficult middle ground to achieve. Alongside this, the less technical savvy user doesn't want to spend their days learning the intricacies of firewalls, port forwarding, encrypted authentication processes and micro-managing the privileges of their client user base. Synology's range of routers first arrived on the scene back in 2015 and in the years since has evolved into a decent range of solutions, all of which have been designed to make the arguably complex and technical subject of router management much, much easier. Still, we ARE talking about a premium/paid router solution when most users can get a free router/basic-modem from their internet service provider (ISP) with their data plan - so in today's review of the Synology WRX560 Router, we need to answer three main questions, 1) How does this router stack against the average free domestic ISP Router, 2) What advantages does this solution provide to the end user that cannot be found elsewhere, and 3) How does the WRX560 compare with other routers in the Synology device lineup right now? Let's take a closer look at this new WiFi 6 and 2.5GbE-equipped router and see if it deserves your data!
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[@Nearest_Neighbor]

It is as much rooter as it isn't raut 66. You're 💯 right!

[@indothai21]

Your 45 seconds rant drove me up the wall !!! But it didn’t stop me from watching your great review.

[@cyberdroidsystematic3230]

There is a company named " Mr. Rooter Plumbing," and it's all about plumbing. A " Rooter " is A device for boring a pathway through a blocked drain or sewer. A Router (raw-uter) is a network device that routes traffic. Mate, you can do it! I know you can do it! Say it right. It won't hurt. If you say it right it will rain 60 days and 60 nights in the UK I promise you.

[@PeteBreen]

OK. You did give us John Oliver. ROO-TAH it is. 😀

[@nascompares]

Yeah...umm..about that...when are we getting him back?

[@PeteBreen]

@@nascompares You're not. 😃

[@nascompares]

OH COME ON!!!

[@RussRamz]

😁ROOTER

[@Michael_Cook]

I love LOVE your channel! Thank you for all of the honest in-depth reviews, as well as the out-of-the-box experimentation you’ve done. I recently switched to the RT6600AX following my change to Synology for my NAS setup. Love Synology! I know this may be a bit of a niche audience to reach, but wondering if you can create a video on fine-tuning/optimizing router and NAS setups for home use. Be it setups specific for router to NAS settings or simple router port-forwarding, firewall, security settings. I’m of course partial to SRM and DSM, but not limiting to those OS may reach a larger audience if you need more incentive for me to nudge you into doing a video on the topic! 😂 Thank you again SOOOO much for the content!

[@Leebobs1983]

I was having problems with my RT2600AC and two MR2200AC Mesh. So I watched your reviews and got an RT6600AX... It alone gave reasonable signal over my entire house... I added the RT2600AC back in and get excellent coverage everywhere. I would go for an RT2600AC over the WRX560 in a mesh if you have a RT6600AX.

[@sickegg2000]

Totally agreed. I have 2X RT2600AC(not mesh yet until SRM1.3 is more stable...)... But they work great separately. Finally decided to try MR2200 as mesh recently, MR2200 has very poor range, nowhere near transmit power of RT2600AC. I won't go for anything without external Antennas.... even it's synology... cheers!

[@johna2640]

finally, someone who says it right :), love the work you do, your work helped me choose my first nas back in 2012. Glad both new routers (rooters*) have a 2.5Gbe port, wish they had two :) , shame about the DS923+ is still only 1Gbe which I was looking to get :(

[@luisnetoTV]

DS423? I'm pretty sure he didn't talk about DS423.

[@johna2640]

thanks luisnetotv, corrected it :)

[@zusurs]

Hey, @NASCompares - thanks for the great review, as always. Your videos got me hooked on Synology products - first I bought DS220+ after watching your review some time back, and now just ordered this router after watching your review again. :) A quick question - can you please confirm whether it can be used with USB hub or not? I'm seeing contradicting information in Synology forums and on Reddit, some folks says that hub works for them, and some claim that it doesn't. I want to use both the 4G USB dongle as a failover WAN, but I don't want to lose a possibilty to plug in the USB flashdrive for logs and additional apps.

[@jimpiunti]

Lmao! You had me at "We gave you Mr Bean..." Rootah, it shall be! 😂🤣

[@bjorn2625]

It’s a nice bit of kit but I still feel Synology needs a small Wi-Fi 6 mesh unit to couple well with their big router.

[@TristanJCumpole]

To clarify, in the UK the word "rout" and "route" have different meanings and pronunciations. "Rout" meaning to remove or defeat overwhelmingly, "route" meaning to direct or directions. I use the woodworking machine "router" and the network equipment, so I end up using both but in specific contexts. They are after all, different words.

[@vytenisviruisis9156]

Synology website states "Synology will provide software updates until Dec 2027". This worries me, 4 years is not long. I usually after upgrading to new hardware hand down old hardware to my relatives. Currently I'm torn between WRX560 and Unifi Dream Router. Sure Unifi product will be suporred for more than 4 years and more networ expansion options, though WRX560 has more friendly UI and better performance as single unit. Both at similar price point. What are your thoughta? Answer would be really apreciated. 😊

[@rubencaceiro3776]

I love Synology products however I bought an ASUS recently because the SFP+ and 10gbe ports I missed already the stunning SRM, but I really needed the SFP+ port to pass fiber through electrical infrastructure because my rental house doesn’t have network infrastructure, and Synology is always behind in hardware. For me is a little frustrating if they doesn’t have the amazing software to keep me buying other product from I wouldn’t be a client of them.

[@kief_yt]

Great videos. Though, one thing I've noticed in a few of your videos is your conversion from bits to Bytes. It's not power of 10 (you said 2400 bits to 240 byes and 600 bits to 60 bytes). The conversion is actually 8 bits to 1 byte, so 2400 bits would actually be 300 bytes and 600 bits would actually be 75 bytes. Just figured I'd let you know :)

[@macsterguy]

Great video (as always)! Synology - Swing and a miss on this none. Inwill probably still buy it.....

[@lw1404]

I'm considering getting this to upgrade my current Asus AC68U. However, does this have lifetime protection like on the latter? Something similar to Asus AiProtection by Trend Micro?

[@scampilover00]

Funny you mention the way to say "Router" and how some USA viewers may think it's incorrect, but ask them to pronounce "Route 66", or listen to "John Mayer - Route 66" 😋

[@nascompares]

EXACTLY!!!! THIS!!!

[@j_holtslander]

The disclaimer at the beginning 😄

[@no-stresscat1519]

Haha "rowter" "rooter" "mowse" "moase" I love it!

[@franlucas16]

I'm happy with My Mesh Wifi 6 TP-Link X55 for $203 I had 3 base point Mesh Wifi 6 🖖😄

[@weedfreer]

would it be possible to plug an RJ11 Telephone based ADSL line into this then..i.e. use it as a Gateway router?

[@martmeister]

That was a lot to digest. Appreciate all the information. If I want to buy 3 of these, could I configure them for wired backhaul (use my house's existing network ports) for faster connections between each router, in addition to the wireless mesh setup?

[@HarleyPan]

I agree....his videos are so long 😢

[@nascompares]

I appreciate your feedback, but unfortunately not everyone is as versed in the world of storage and networking as your are. All too often the people that watch these videos are doing so because they have bit the bullet to ditch a cloud account and get their own NAS or scale up their prosumer network from teh ISP level, so they arrive as new/unique viewers who are not clued up on the background of this kind of technology. For every comment I receive that says a video is too long, I can show you 25x that say I talk too fast, or that I skipped over what X, Y or Z does. Its like when you decide to buy a new high def TV... you buy one maybe every 5-7 years and in that time, tech changes, standards change... so you bone up on a hundreds vids... get an idea of what is right/wrong for you...then pull the trigger and buy. Then you go away for another 5-7 years. In that time, others are doing the same thing. We are talking about sending thousands of dollars.. a NAS is not as well understood/known as a laptop or phone... the abilities are only known to those who..well..know. I'll keep doing videos this way, but appreciate the input and hope you can see my side too. Have a great week

[@wvansluisveld3011]

I really don’t understand why they would put ONE 2.5G port on this thing. This means your router can get fast internet but not pass it on to the connected devices. Result: 1g speed for everything. You can also use it for speedy connections with your internal devices, but not with the internet which makes fast fiber useless. I love synology software but this drives me to ASUS Zenwifi.

[@hicobra]

I've used the RT6600AX and I'm happy with it and in about 4-5 years time when I'm looking again it will need a 2.5 wan and 2x 2.5 lans 1 as a wan fallback And i hope by then they stop USB A and we get 2x USB C ports. I already have an high bitrate 8K video that will not play over 1Gbit lan and I thnk the is a 4K video out there that will not play very good over 1Gbit lan.

[@themodesttraveler745]

can you tell me why the VPN have such poor speeds i have 1gbe broadband but when i install the vpn on the router the speed drops to 8 mb

[@Coffeedad]

So I currently have an Orbi mesh wifi. Can I make the 6600 the brains of the mesh system. With my Orbi?

[@martins.7175]

Ok ok you I get it because of Mr. Bean!

[@ifneeded1]

What if you use a USB hub, especially a powered hub? Would that allow you to use 4G and storage?

[@zusurs]

People on forums are saying that USB hub works ok with this WRX560 model.

[@Artquad]

Hi. I've bought 6600 and created download station for it. Superb option to use. Is there any solution for USB speed downgrade because of WIFI 2.4 interference? Is it safe to switch downgrade option off?

[@sickegg2000]

I too use the usb as media storage and stream across all my LAN on my rt2600ac. It’s the best local storage/streaming device out there. I always thought the speed was a bit slow… just recently “uncheck” the downgrade on the USB port, it’s totally safe. I tested the read/write speed on the drive before and after enabling, you will gang almost double speed between 2.0 vs 3.0… as for interference, always try set channel yourself, don’t use auto channel and mostly you will be fine. I run about 7 WiFi networks at all times, none are in “auto” channeling. Have fun!

[@shortnews2387]

Can i use it like VPS?

[@kian8382]

I root for "rooter"

[@octagon97]

does it support link aggregation?

[@jasonhurdlow6607]

A pig is a rooter, a sports fan is a rooter... that networking equipment is neither. 🙂

[@deacbeugene]

USB HUB not supported?

[@ifneeded1]

This router is probably for the people whose wives don't want a hideous router in the living room but still want a good router. A lot of my clients got the RT2600AC vetoed by the wife.

[@sickegg2000]

Nope, thank you, because it has no rabbit ears... I guess this WRX560 is probably MR2200 replacement, the only thing I like is 4 LAN ports instead of 1. That's about it.... If mesh, nothing beats 2 X ac6600ax or ac6600ax + ac2600ac.... cheers! Only external antenna "rooter" allowed in my house, even it's Synology.

[@alexanderherget6303]

The 2200ac is tri-band, the rt6600ac is tri-band why make the wrx560 dual band again like the 2600ac?

[@victorbalta1402]

What switch would you recommend if I wanted 2.5 gb for multiple wires devices and still want to use the synology router

[@John-eq8cu]

Rooter, rooter ROOTER! Primarily because it's funny. I just visualize two of these devices having sex, and it can only be a rooter.

[@ifneeded1]

You're wrong about the rowter

[@harpersneil]

Wait does Rooting mean the same thing America as it does in Australia?? I thought it was only us Aussie's who sniggered through these videos?

[@pbrigham]

Nah, just go with the UDR from Unifi. For home use is the best offer right now on the market.

[@theknightofren]

Why is that any better than a RT6600ax?

[@doctorkj5640]

Did Mr. Bean tell you to say Ryzon? 🙂

[@LeAdri1du40]

It would have cost them absolutely nothing to put 2 holes in the back of the case to wall mount like they did on the RT6600AX.. Really a wasted opportunity, they did not learn from their mistake

[@mdhurrtn]

Mr. Bean, LOL!

[@um8778]

As an avid tea drinker, I can confirm it's "rooter" not "row-ter".

[@nascompares]

#notallheroeswearcapes

[@DavidM2002]

Is America's mother road Rowt 66 or Root 66 ? Yes, I know it's spelled Route 66.

[@NiranjanNanda]

Hehee....."Rooter vs Rauter".... :-D

[@LegendStudioGames]

ROOTER!

[@nascompares]

*waves pound notes and cup of tea* I beg to bloody differ!

[@jackwong64]

Synology has to focus on the smartphone app, if the app does not have same features as the web, I will not buy them again.

[@RobertSpitzer]

I root for your chanell, but I suspect you might get routed for your take on this.

[@nascompares]

...you motherf...! GAH! *tips tea, aggressively*

[@MrBond249]

Wait until you find out what a "roo-tah" is in Australia

[@nascompares]

I just know that the wifi swirls around the other direction...

[@rubenyusupov4530]

Rooter as in Root Canal 🤣

[@rucdoc]

The Latin scholars think we are pronouncing all their words wrong

[@pigsnack]

Rowwwwter

[@LeAdri1du40]

The sound is not synced to the video, your lips are moving after hearing you, it's disturbing

[@Mr.Strizh]

I'm watching this guy first time, and im disappointed accept his point to "rooter" I didn't find useful information, in his review no tech side of router I was unable to understand for what purpose useful this "rooter" for a game? Where's speed tests? Office? When where's Port forwarding, mesh speed tests or so. I'm sorry there's nothing to watch accept this guy telling 20 minutes about parental control.

[@gmichia]

what a dumb design. topple prone.

[@HarleyPan]

I have to say, your videos are too long.....from the marketing aspect, this has been a problem with your channel....

[@nascompares]

I look forward to your video on these subjects. Do @ me when you do, I'd hate to miss it. Also, you realise I make long and short versions of these eventually, right? GOOGLE is your friend

[@kief_yt]

I'm glad you are concerned with his channel's marketability, especially when you compare your two channels view/subscriber count. Some people prefer a very in-depth review on things they will be spending a few hundred dollars on and will use for years to come (hopefully). Unfortunately, the attention span of your average person just can't keep up with 40 minute videos; however, that places him in a niche for those who prefer longer content, thus increasing his marketability to a more specific consumer base.

[@MrJimmygunit2]

Did you get a “Root Canal” before this video?