Wi-Fi Access Points, Explained: Tips on Building a Serious Wired Home Wi-Fi Network
Wi-Fi access points (WAPs, or APs) are similar to extenders, with one significant difference: an AP connects to the existing …
Top Five Best Wi-Fi Access Points: Extend Wi-Fi to that Far Corner the Right Way
Access points are excellent options for a wired home to deliver the best Wi-Fi coverage. This post includes the top …
Ubiquiti’s UniFi E7 Review (vs. U7 Pro Max): The First Real Wi-Fi 7 Indoor Access Point
The Enterprise 7 or UniFi E7 is the latest in Ubiquiti’s Wi-Fi 7 access points—in case you wonder why “7” …
Power over Ethernet (PoE) Explained: How It’s Your Wi-Fi’s Best Friend
You want to blanket your sprawling property with fast Wi-Fi, but extending electrical power to the far side of your …
Ubiquiti 8-Port Flex 2.5G PoE Switch Review (vs. Enterprise 8 PoE): A Compact and Flexible Multi-Gig Switch that Packs a Punch
The Ubiquiti 8-Port Flex 2.5G PoE switch, model USW-Flex-2.5G-8-PoE, is unlike any other switch I’ve played with, and I’ve played …
Top Five Best Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Systems: 2025’s First Powerful Collection For Large Homes
This post includes the top five best Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems you can confidently bring home today. Wi-Fi 7 is …
Home Wi-Fi Router Setup and Maintenance: Here’s How to Do That Like a Pro
The head says it. This post is part of a series that helps you set up a home network like …
Netgear RBE873 Orbi 870 Series Review (vs. Asus ZenWiFi BT8): High Wi-Fi 7 Meets Low Multi-Gig
The Orbi 870 series, first announced on January 7, 2025, at CES 2025, is Netgear’s third Wi-Fi 7 Orbi set. …
Top Five Best External SSDs: 2025’S Ultra-Secure, Extra-Rugged, Highly-Spacious, and Super-Fast
External SSDs are storage devices that conveniently carry a large amount of data from one computer to another. Or you …
Five Best Entry-Level Multi-Gigabit Wi-Fi Routers and Mesh Systems: Go Beyond Gigabit Today!
Multi-Gigabit is the term used to describe data traveling at least twice the speed of Gigabit. To experience it, we …
Asus RT-BE92U Review (vs. TP-Link Archer BE550): An Excellent Just-Right Wi-Fi 7 Router
Judging from the model names, you might think the Asus RT-BE92U BE9700 tri-band router is simply the Wi-Fi 7 version …
Online Security and Privacy Risks: Be Aware of that Hidden Potential Danger within Your Wi-Fi Router
If you have been following my router reviews, you’ll note that I have increasingly mentioned the “online privacy risks” notion. …
Model Y 2025 Road Trip Through Death Valley: Happy Camper Meets Annoying Full Self-Driving (Supervised)
As you might have noticed, I attended CES 2025 in Las Vegas, which lasted during the entire first working week …
Double NAT vs. Single NAT: How to Best Handle an (ISP-Provided) Gateway, or an Existing Router, When Expanding Your Network
This post helps you deal with the situation where you want to improve your home Wi-Fi network yet can’t (or …