Razer has its hands in a whole bunch of product segments, everything from mice and keyboards, to laptops and even a gaming phone. What's been missing up to this point, however, is a wireless router. That changes today.
The new Sila gives Razer a new product category to play in, and gamers a new option to consider. It's a tri-band 802.11ac router billed as an AC3000 model, broken down as follows:
802.11n 2.4GHz: up to 400 Mbps
802.11ac 5GHz-1: up to 1,733 Mbps
802.11ac 5GHz-2: up to 866 Mbps
Add all those theoretical speeds up and you arrive at 2,999 Mbps, hence the rounded up AC3000 designation. You can't actually combine those bands into a super high-speed connection (drat!), but Razer isn't doing anything that every other router maker does.
The same isn't true of the Sila's mesh support. Mesh networking is a relatively new option in the consumer space. In this case, Razer says users can combine two Sila units for fast Wi-Fi coverage across areas up to 6,000 square feet in a single story dwelling, or three Sila units for the same type of coverage in a multi-story setup.