While Zyxel doesn't have the prowess of a Netgear, Linksys or ASUS in the consumer networking space, behind the scenes, they have built a legit SMB networking platform that rivals Meraki, Netgear Insight and many others. More recently they have been moving into the consumer space with the launch of the Multy X and now Multy U mesh platforms.

The Multy U is part of a quickly expanding ecosystem of solutions over at Zyxel. This platform is a tri-band AC2100 class solution offering 300MBps on the 2.4GHz band and 866Mbps on the 5GHz. A secondary 5GHz band is dedicated to backhaul between nodes and offers the same 866MBps. As for hardware this platform is built on Realtek silicon with the RTL8198CS SoC operating at 1GHz across two cores paired with 256MB of memory. 512MB of flash has been added for the firmware.