Realme Band and Samsung Galaxy Fit 2 Reviews

Last updated: 2022/3/25

I bought two smart bands to monitor sleep and heart rate. It’s interesting to know which sensor is usedI bought two smart bands to monitor sleep and heart rate. It’s interesting to know the sensors and medical theories behind them.

After using them for more than 10 months, I realize alarms, timers, sleep, and exercise trackers are the most frequently used features to me. The latter two are good at recording durations but not accurate on sleep stages and heart rate. I also found the gyroscope helps to detect motions more precisely than a single accelerometer.

In conclusion, smart bands are good at time management but not heart rate or sleep stages. The sensors and theories are not as accurate to medical equipment.

802.11n 300 Mbps and 802.11ac 867 Mbps Wireless Routers in Real-World Report

Because QNAP Virtualization Station and other services needs more and more bandwidth, I bought a Asus RT-AC1200G+ to replace RT-AC51u and netis WF2190 to upgrade to 802.11ac 867Mbps. Expecting to replace my wired  Gigabit Ethernet.

Things doesn’t go well. I experience random reboots with Asus RT-AC1200G+ but learn the complexity of wireless implement. While working on it, an Edimax engineer give me a hand and send me an Edimax BR-6478AC V2. Dolly from Asus also provides me an unpublic firmware to test. And all the commends on post. Without their help, I couldn’t get my wireless working properly.

Therefore, I decide to write this post to share my real-world experience. It will be update continuously.

Let’s begin from knowing my devices, network map, and placement:

Asustor AS-5102T with Mac OSX File Transfer Performance Report

Asustor focus on Intel processors only. They all made with metal case and looks solid. Let’s see if AS-5102T is faster than AS-602T with OSX.

Asustor AS-602T with Mac OSX File Transfer Performance Report

Asustor focus on Intel processors only. They all made with metal case and looks solid. Let’s see how fast AS-602T could be with OSX.

QNAP TS-253 Pro with Mac OSX File Transfer Performance Report

We have seen QTS 4.2.1 Build 0217 for TS-119PII but QTS 4.1.3 Build 20150313 for QNAP TS-253 Pro is different. The later support smb 3.0 in [Control Panel] → [Network Services] → [Win/Mac/NFS] → [Microsoft Networking] Tab → [Advanced Options] dialog] → [Highest SMB version]. Let’s see if it is compatible with OSX and faster.

QNAP TS-251 with Mac OSX File Transfer Performance Report

We have seen QTS 4.2.1 Build 0217 for TS-119PII but QTS 4.1.3 Build 20150313 for QNAP TS-251 is different. The later support smb 3.0 in [Control Panel] → [Network Services] → [Win/Mac/NFS] → [Microsoft Networking] Tab → [Advanced Options] dialog] → [Highest SMB version]. Let’s see if it is compatible with OSX and faster.

Thecus N2520 with Mac OSX File Transfer Performance Report

Thecus Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 is slow with OSX but how about ThecusOS 6? It’s based on Linux and perform well in my previous tests. Maybe it is a better alternative solution if you preferred Thecus. Let’s see how it compete with others.

Thecus W5000 and QNAP TS-119PII with Mac OSX Wireless File Transfer Performance Report

Recently, I bought a Asus RT-AC51U for Android USB tethering and 5GHz features. I also bough some new wireless USB device. Two D-Link DWA-171 A1 are for Mac mini and NAS. One D-Link DWA-131 E1 is for Lenovo C440.

Because DWA-171 A1 is compatible with OSX, Windows Server 2012 R2, and QTS but DWA-131 E1 isn’t for QTS, I decide to test wireless transfer between Mac mini and two NAS.

Thecus W5000 with Mac OSX File Transfer Performance Report

After Thecus Windows Storage Server 2012 R2, I am expecting to see how it competes with others in real-world. Recently, I have a chance to test W5000 with Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials.

QNAP TS-119PII with Mac OSX File Transfer Performance Report

After moving from Edge 72z running OpenSuSE to Mac mini (Late 2012) with OSX, I have a chance to compare NAS with different clients. It is interested to know which one is faster.