Sitecom Wi-Fi Router X6 N900 (WLR-6100) Review

Others/Networking Gear by stefan @ 2013-05-24

Sitecom has reinvented itself with a new look on both the website and the products. Their latest X6 N900 WLR-6100 is a dual-band router with 450Mbps rating on both frequencies, which also sports SCS (Sitecom Cloud Security) subscription free for the first six months, but also multiple mounting possibilities and two USB 2.0 ports for connecting printers and storage devices.

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A Closer Look Part III

On the lateral sides we will find multiple ventilation holes:

 

 

 

The back side comes with a Power On/Off switch, a DC-IN port, one WAN and 4 LAN ports, along with two USB 2.0 ports? Where is the Reset button hole? Well….let’s look a little closer:

 

 

 

On the top side of the router we will find two extra buttons, for activating OPS on both bands; these buttons can be also used for resetting the router to the factory defaults, by keeping one of them pressed for more than 15 seconds:

 

 

 

On the other side of the router we will find the mounting mechanism for wall mount; this side also comes with small feet on the sides for sitting the router on the table, without using the dock:

 

 

 

The dock installation can be done in a snap:

 

 

 

Besides the Installation Guide, we will also get a leaflet with default network details (including the initial administrator account password from the browser login screen), an additional leaflet regarding SCS, a disk with necessary software and also one “declaration of conformity”:

 

 

 

One of the leaflets will show us how the SCS layer works; for extending the subscription to one year, we will be charged about 15 Euros by going to shop.sitecomcloudsecurity.com. For extending by 6 months, we will have to pay about 9.99 Euros and for two years 23.99 Euros:

 

 

 

The manual will explain us step by step how to perform the installation on multiple platforms:

 

 

 

 

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Comment from jmke @ 2013/05/28
does it pass the custom firmware test? Tomato, DDR-WRT or other?
Comment from Stefan Mileschin @ 2013/05/29
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Originally Posted by jmke View Post
does it pass the custom firmware test? Tomato, DDR-WRT or other?
The router is a bit too new and haven't seen so far the model listed on the custom firmware websites.

 

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