EnGenius Touts $70 Price in Smart Mesh Router With Remote Cloud Storage

EnGenius Technologies launched the ESR530, a smart dual-band 802.11ac Wave 2 router, said to provide stable Wi-Fi connections in high-demand home network environments. Features of the $69.99 device ($129.99 for two) include simplified configuration, deployment, remote cloud storage and recovery capabilities, said the company. Consumers connect the first ESR530 to a modem and add additional ones via an AC outlet to create a mesh network. The routers auto-connect to the existing home wireless network, and the EnMesh app allows them to create a secure guest network and advanced parental controls, it said.