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WHICH WI-FI ROUTER LOOKS THE MOST LIKE AN EVIL ALIEN SPACESHIP?

Coverage. Speed. Latency. Security. All of these are important features of a Wi-Fi router, and they’re all things we’ve disregarded for this article. Because the question of the day is, which modern router looks the least like a consumer electronics appliance, and the most like something that would menace the Rebel Alliance in the third act?

Gaming hardware in general has some weird aesthetics going on. Between the seas of black plastic and galaxies of RGB lights, an expensive gaming desktop setup looks like a rave in a NASA control center. But Wi-Fi routers in particular, with their multiple antennas and no real restrictions

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