Netgear MK83 Review (vs MK63): A Tawdry Tri-band Mesh Alternative
The Netgear MK83 Nighthawk Tri-band Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System, first announced on March 16, 2021, sure seems an upgrade to the previous Dual-band MK63 model. It has an …
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Mesh Wi-Fi System Explained: How to Best Use Multiple Broadcasters
By now, you must have heard of “mesh,” “Wi-Fi system,” or “mesh Wi-Fi system,” and might even have some idea of what they are. OK, they are the same thing. …
ASUS ZenWiFi ET8 vs ZenWiFi XT8 Preview: Same Hardware with a Twist
Late last month, Asus quietly released the ASUS ZenWiFi ET8 Whole-Home Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E 2-pack mesh system. It looks like you’ll be able to get your hands on it later …
Best Home Mesh Brands in Brief: AiMesh, eero, Orbi, Google, Velop, and More
Folks have been asking me to compare popular home mesh Wi-Fi systems of different vendors. Stuff like eero vs. Netgear Orbi, TP-Link Deco vs. Linksys Velop, Google Wifi vs. AiMesh, …
TP-Link Archer AX73 Review (vs Archer AX50): A Medium Home’s Wi-Fi 6 Choice
TP-Link seems to try to fill in all the slots of Wi-Fi 6, case in point, the TP-Link Archer AX73. This dual-band AX5400 router is an incremental improvement from the …
Can’t Connect or Wi-Fi Drops Signals Frequently? Here’s How to Likely Fix It
If you experience Wi-Fi dropping signals, disconnections, or can’t connect a device to your network, either at all or at the expected speeds, this post is for you. I’ll explain …
Internet or Wi-Fi Speed Test: How You Can Figure Out the Correct Numbers
At one point or another, you might have wondered how to do a proper Wi-Fi speed test or the right way to figure out how fast your Internet actually is. …
Home Wi-Fi Explained: Hertz, Bands, Streams, Channels, Range, and More
Wi-Fi — the familiar name of the 802.11x networking standards — is an essential cord-cutting invention. Just imagine how your smartphone or tablet would be without your home Wi-Fi. So, …
Asus GT-AXE11000 vs Netgear RAXE500: Patience is a Virtue
This Asus GT-AXE11000 vs Netgear RAXE500 matchup is very similar to the one of the Asus GT-AX1100 vs Netgear RAX200 with a twist: Currently, I do not recommend that you …
Internet and Wi-Fi in 2021: Still a Tango of Two Different Things
Sometimes an obvious thing to one ain’t so much so to another. Case in point: The notion that the Internet and Wi-Fi are two different things. I’ve received so many …
Broadband Internet Troubleshooting: The Steps to Do It Right
We tend to only care about broadband Internet troubleshooting when there’s no connection. But of course! There’s no need to do anything when all is well. The problem is you …
TP-Link Archer AX90 Review: A Worthy Upgrade, Mostly (vs. Archer AX3200)
The TP-Link Archer AX90 AX6600 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 router is, for the most part, the souped-up version of the tri-band Archer AX3200. That said, this review is also an Archer …
TP-Link Deco X90 (vs the Deco X5700): An Expensive Wi-Fi 6 Alternative
For a few months now, folks have been asking me to review the TP-Link Deco X90 AX6600 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi System, and I was about to do exactly that. …
Making the Most out of Free Wi-Fi: Turn One into Your Broadband Internet
This post will explain some extra roles of a home Wi-Fi router and walk you through turning an Internet-ready free Wi-Fi connection, or not-so-free one, into the broadband Internet source …
