{"id":192896,"date":"2017-01-03T16:49:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T14:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=192896"},"modified":"2017-01-03T16:50:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T14:50:47","slug":"linksys-launches-velop-a-modular-mesh-wi-fi-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/192896-linksys-launches-velop-a-modular-mesh-wi-fi-system.html","title":{"rendered":"Linksys launches Velop &#8211; a modular mesh Wi-Fi system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linksys.com\/us\/velop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linksys has launched Velop<\/a><\/strong>, a tri-band modular Wi-Fi system that can be installed in various mesh configurations &#8211; providing fast and reliable Wi-Fi to the edge of a home network.<\/p>\n<p>Linksys said Velop is designed for performance and elegance, and is small enough to be placed anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Each Velop \u201cnode\u201d is a Tri-Band AC2200 device that serves as a router, range extender, access point, and bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Each node is configured during setup by the accompanying Linksys app, available for iOS and Android.<\/p>\n<p>After setup is complete, the Linksys app serves as a Wi-Fi management tool, with features such as guest access, parental controls, and device prioritisation.<\/p>\n<p>Velop is available in 3-pack, 2-pack, and 1-pack options.<\/p>\n<p>The Linksys Velop\u00a0system is available for pre-order from Amazon and Linksys.com, set to sell from 15 January.<\/p>\n<p>Suggested prices for the Velop are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(1 Pack) WHW0301 &#8211; <strong>$199.99<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>(2 Pack) WHW0302 &#8211; <strong>$349.99<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>(3 pack) WHW0303 &#8211; <strong>$499.99<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sJ7U-00Thkg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/192804-2017-lenovo-thinkpad-x1-unveiled.html\">2017 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 unveiled<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Velop is a wireless and wired solution that provides 100% speed to the edge of a home network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":192902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[6328,40352,749],"class_list":["post-192896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wireless","tag-linksys","tag-linksys-velop","tag-wi-fi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192908,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192896\/revisions\/192908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}