Devolo Gigagate, a WiFi bridge of up to 2 Gbit / s for all home devices [Review]

We are facing a high-speed Wi-Fi bridge for maximum Internet transmission to all multimedia devices in the home, the devolo Gigagate. In this sense, it should be noted that this bridge will allow you to bring the internet to any corner of the house.

For all those who do not know the devolo firm, we can tell you that it is a company founded in 2002 with headquarters in Germany, which has a history of more than 10 years in this segment and that little by little it has earned its name. site with work and perseverance. In this case we can say that it is one of the important companies in the smart home market and its products are related to Home Control.

But let's go to the mess and it is that nowadays it is normal that the routers sent by the telephone operators need external help to be able to achieve 100% Wi-Fi coverage throughout the home, and it is that most of these routers they are quite simple and not very effective. In some cases we already warn that even with these bridges (as in the case of the devolo) it is difficult to reach all the corners of the home and even more if we have a house with several floors, but in a very high percentage we can say that they solve the problem.

Box contents

In this case we have on the table the devolo GigaGate Starter Kit. With this pack we can easily make our entire house covered by our Wi-Fi network and be able to enjoy the high speed of our network if it is compatible. We are talking about a speed of 2 Gbit / s and all this obviously with the maximum possible security thanks to the AES coding.

In the box of this Starter Kit we find:

• 1x devolo Wi-Fi Bridge Station
• 1x devolo Wi-Fi Bridge
• 2x interchangeable 12V power adapters between satellite and BASE
• 2x 2m long Ethernet cables
• A small installation and warranty manual (which in this case is 3 years according to the box)

Design and manufacturing materials

We do not have to leave aside the design of these bases since they are products that will be visible to everyone and therefore aesthetics is important. In this way devolo is holding a product with a really elaborate designIt is true that it is all in plastic, but it is a neat and elegant design.

The only problem in this sense is that many homes have the router already in the dining room or central place of the house, with this type of product you have to add one more. Quantenna 4 × 4 technology provides equipment with a precise and powerful connection via the 5 GHz band which is only suitable for devolo satellites, so do not try to connect your equipment to it because it does not allow it.

Start-up and operation

This is the step that we are all waiting for and that is because starting this team may seem complex this way at first, but nothing could be further from the truth. Anyone can use this WiFi bridge and to connect and configure it is as simple as connect an Ethernet cable from the devolo BASE to our operator's router and connect the satellite to the electricity grid so that it can pair with the BASE. Clarify that the BASE is the one that has a Gigabit LAN connection and each of the satellites are capable of supplying up to four devices via LAN cable.

At the base and on the satellites we find several LED lights that indicate that we are connected at all times. In this sense, we can use the Devolo software, called Cockpit, which has been adapted to support this type of connection, see the synchronization speed of the devices to place them in the best place or configure our network in the most optimal way. . You can find all this in the devolo website in Spanish.

On the other hand, if it were the case that with this product we are not able to cover our WiFi coverage needs, we can Expand the network with up to eight more devolo satellites on a single base. In this way we will safely reach every corner of the house regardless of size.

Once all the satellites have been linked and connected with the bases, the wireless networks that will be available are 2, one of 2,4 GHz and another of 5 GHz. As we previously warned, the 2,4 GHz network is the one that is available to us for our devices, which does not prevent us from enjoying multimedia content without problems, consoles, Smart TVs, computers, tablets, smartphones, NAS drives, cloud services, servers and much more.

Price of the devolo Gigagate

The devolo GigaGate is now available in the company's online store with a price of 230 euros. In the case of wanting or needing more satellite devices, these can be purchased separately with a price of 140 euros. You can find all this directly on the manufacturer's website or a little cheaper (213,50 euros) in the well-known online store Amazon.