Deals! 🛒Top Five DIY Mesh Wi-Fi Approaches: Build Yourself the Fastest System Today!
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While shopping for a home Wi-Fi system, we often overlook DIY mesh options and opt for a purpose-built — or …
How-Tos
Detailed posts on the way stuff works and how to get things done.
No matter how inexperienced you’re, you’ll be in the know, even a pro on the subjects of home networking, digital storage, and other matters, when through with these posts. Put aside some time. Curiosity is the only requirement.
Popular Home Mesh Brands in Brief: AiMesh, Deco, eero, Orbi, Velop, and More
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This post will give you an overview of how a popular home mesh brand differentiates itself from others. In other …
Tips on How to Keep Home Network Safe: It’s in Your Wi-Fi Router Security
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In a home network, everything goes through the router. As a result, when your home Wi-Fi router’s security is compromised …
Wi-Fi Drops Signals Frequently? Best Tips to Fix Those Common Connection Issues
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If you experience Wi-Fi dropping signals, disconnections, or can’t connect a device to your network (at the expected speeds), this …
Home Wi-Fi, Explained: Hertz, Bands, Streams, Channels, Range, and More
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This is an umbrella post on Wi-Fi, the familiar name of the 802.11x networking standards. For the past two decades, …
Wi-Fi 7 Explained (vs Wi-Fi 6/6E): How It’s Slowly Becoming a Real Game-Changer
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There has been a lot of buzz about Wi-Fi 7 — the standard after Wi-Fi 6E — since the end …
Wi-Fi HaLow, Explained: Low-power, Passable-bandwidth, Extreme Range
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Per the request of many, this post will briefly explain Wi-Fi HaLow, a new standard that extends the use of …
Mesh Wi-Fi Systems, Explained: How to Best Use Multiple Broadcasters
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You must have heard of “mesh,” “Wi-Fi system,” or “mesh Wi-Fi system,” and might even have some idea of what …
Home Wi-Fi Settings Explained: SSID, Smart Connect, WPS, WPA, and Many More
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When configuring a home router, you’ll run into many Wi-Fi settings with cryptic names. Often, you have no idea what …
Dual-WAN vs Link Aggregation Explained: Practical Real-World Tips
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As mentioned in the piece about 10Gbps Internet, I’ll explain the differences between Dual-WAN vs Link Aggregation and how to …
Multi-Gig Explained: The Wired Standard that’s Your Wi-Fi’s Best Friend
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With Wi-Fi 6/6E and especially Wi-Fi 7, we naturally need faster-than-Gigabit wired connections to match — else we’d be stuck …
MoCA Explained: Tips on Turning Coax into a True Wired Computer Network
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I’ve always recommended using network cables to extend a (Wi-Fi) home network. I still do. However, when running new wires …
Tips on Building a Home Wi-Fi Network Correctly: That Jump-to-Conclusions Mat
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Kudos to anyone recognizing the reference in the header. If you don’t know, it’s a mat that you put on …
Building a Serious Network: A Quick Guide on Picking the Best Wi-Fi Access Points
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Wi-Fi access points (WAPs, or APs) are similar to extenders, with one significant difference: an AP connects to the existing …
