Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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You've probably seen Kevin hanging out in the background of some of my recent videos, so let's take a look and see what we can get for $129.

He's rated at 'AXE5400', which in wifi naming means it support 802.11AX (wifi 6), E means it supports the 6Ghz band, and 5400 is the sum of the wifi bandwidth across all bands in absolutely perfect conditions, 5400 isn't that high for tri-band.

Despite his low wireless rating he does in fact support 2.5Gbe on both LAN and WAN, although no PoE. He also supports 8 SSIDs per band, and you can either configure all 24 of those individually or configure them as 8 triple pairs.

My goal is to eventually run OpenWRT on him. If you're a dev and would like me to do any sort of testing, I'd be happy to help.

Buy your own KEVIN: amzn.to/45cYgd2
Buy your own BOB: amzn.to/3VvY7hp

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:12 - Unboxing
01:36 - Setup / Web UI
03:54 - My Thoughts