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<blockquote data-quote="Dima007" data-source="post: 758931" data-attributes="member: 7756">Nice review for Norton core router : <a href="https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/33143-norton-core-router-reviewed" target="_blank">Norton Core Router Reviewed - SmallNetBuilder</a>Closing ThoughtsMany of us are looking for an reasonably-priced, easy-to-use solution to help protect us against the evils that lurk on today&#039;s internet. And some of us are getting to the point where we won&#039;t mind paying a reasonable monthly fee to ensure that safety.Unfortunately, like most other internet security &quot;solutions&quot; we&#039;ve looked at, Norton by Symantec&#039;s Core Router doesn&#039;t make the grade. It failed our very simple zombie machine check and has the usual weaknesses with its website content filtering.If you use Core with devices protected by its companion&nbsp; Norton Security Premium Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android apps, you&#039;ll be able to rest a little easier. But if you&#039;re expecting it to detect all the nefarious activity your webcams, streamers, printers, etc. might be up to, it doesn&#039;t look like it will.Most of all, Core fails the minimum requirements for any router that hopes to make it today, specifically, the ability to keep up with 100 Mbps+ internet connections and decent&nbsp; Wi-Fi performance. No matter how good Core&#039;s security features may be, if it has worse Wi-Fi performance than the router it replaces, it will probably go right back to the store. Since&nbsp; Core&#039;s performance landed it at the bottom of our <a href="https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/rankers/router/view" target="_blank">Router Ranker</a>, I can&#039;t even recommend Core as a plain ol&#039; Wi-Fi router.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dima007, post: 758931, member: 7756"] Nice review for Norton core router : [URL='https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/33143-norton-core-router-reviewed']Norton Core Router Reviewed - SmallNetBuilder[/URL] [SIZE=18px][B]Closing Thoughts[/B][/SIZE] Many of us are looking for an reasonably-priced, easy-to-use solution to help protect us against the evils that lurk on today's internet. And some of us are getting to the point where we won't mind paying a reasonable monthly fee to ensure that safety. Unfortunately, like most other internet security "solutions" we've looked at, Norton by Symantec's Core Router doesn't make the grade. It failed our very simple zombie machine check and has the usual weaknesses with its website content filtering. If you use Core with devices protected by its companion Norton Security Premium Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android apps, you'll be able to rest a little easier. But if you're expecting it to detect all the nefarious activity your webcams, streamers, printers, etc. might be up to, it doesn't look like it will. Most of all, Core fails the minimum requirements for any router that hopes to make it today, specifically, the ability to keep up with 100 Mbps+ internet connections and decent Wi-Fi performance. No matter how good Core's security features may be, if it has worse Wi-Fi performance than the router it replaces, it will probably go right back to the store. Since Core's performance landed it at the bottom of our [URL='https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/rankers/router/view']Router Ranker[/URL], I can't even recommend Core as a plain ol' Wi-Fi router. [/QUOTE]

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