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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 …
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. …
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 …
ASUS AS1000 TUF Gaming Plus Review (vs. WD Black P50): A Tough, Affordable, and Super-Fast Portable SSD
The ASUS TUF Gaming Plus is an interesting portable SSD lineup. For one, it has interesting capacity-showing model numbers, including …
Silicon Power DS72 Review: A Verstile, Compact, and Speedy Thumb Drive
The Silicon Power DS72 portable SSD stick looks like a thumb drive and works like one, too. However, it has …
