If you’re using cable Internet, check your bill, you might be paying around $15/month “equipment rental” fee. If so, replacing the ISP-provided equipment with a cable modem of your own will eliminate that monthly cost. Over time the saving will …
Read MoreCable Modem Explained: How to Swap an ISP-Provided Gateway with One
By now, you must have heard of “mesh,” “Wi-Fi system,” or “mesh Wi-Fi system,” and might have some idea about that they are. OK, they are the same thing. If you already know that, well, there’s more than just semantics …
Read MoreMesh Wi-Fi System Explained: How to Best Use Multiple Broadcasters
A big part of the questions galore I get daily includes those asking for a specific router or mesh recommendation. Some readers even sent me a detailed sketch of their home — you know who you are! Everyone wants to …
Read MoreWi-Fi Router Explained: How You Can Figure out that Perfect One Today
For years, I’ve received a lot of questions regarding Dual-band vs. Tri-band in Wi-Fi routers. For this reason, in the past two years, folks were super undecided between the Netgear RAX200 vs. RAX120 or the Asus GT-AX11000 vs. RT-AX88U. Then …
Read MoreDual-band vs. Tri-band Explained: 2021’s New Wi-Fi Bandwidth Question
This might not apply to everyone, but here’s some good news if you use fiber-optic Internet. CommScope today announced the NVG578LX 2.5G GPON Wi-Fi 6 residential gateway. You can read more about GPON vs. DOCSIS in this post on Fiber-optic …
Read MoreCommScope Intros New Wi-Fi 6 NVG578LX Multi-Gig Fiber-optic Gateway
If experience Wi-Fi dropping signals or disconnections, or you can’t connect a specific device to your network, this post is for you. I’ll explain how things work and walk you through a few tricks that will likely make things better. …
Read MoreCan’t Connect or Wi-Fi Signals Keep Dropping? Here’s How to (Likely) Fix It
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. In this post, you’ll find the answer to that question, …
Read MoreInternet or Wi-Fi Speed Test: How You Can Figure Out the Correct Numbers
By now, you can easily make a Wi-Fi 6 upgrade to your home network. There are just so many excellent options. In fact, I bet you’ve done that already, which is why you’re reading this post — you want to …
I’ve been receiving a lot of questions concerning safety. Those along the line of “how to protect my computer from online threats” or “how to stay safe in this age of misinformation.” (OK, “sane” is more like it than “safe” …
Read MoreOnline Media, Wi-Fi Explained, and How to Stay Safe: It’s All on You!
If you can’t replace your Xfinity xFi internet gateway, or just love it, there’s now any easy way to extend its fast Wi-Fi coverage around your large home, without resorting to third-party hardware. Comcast today announced the second-generation Xfinity xFi …
Read MoreComcast’s Latest Xfinity xFi Pod Gets Tri-Band, Double Speed
I’m not settled on how I feel about Netgear’s Meural Wi-Fi Photo Frame (model MC315GDW). On the one hand, after almost a month of trying it out, I kind of want to keep it. On the other, I’d probably never …
Read MoreMeural Wi-Fi Photo Frame Review: A Great Gift… on the Receiving End
If you’re looking to share a cellular Internet connection with an entire home network, in a large home for that matter, there’s now an easy way. Netgear announced today the availability of its Orbi LBR20 4G LTE Advanced Wi-Fi Router. …
Read MoreNetgear’s Orbi LBR20 4G LTE Advanced Wi-Fi Router now Shipping
This past week, I received a lot of questions regarding yet another newly-found router vulnerability, this time coming from Netgear. Some of you expressed frustrations and went as far as saying you’d “never buy a Netgear again.” Well, that’s your …
Read MoreNo, Netgear’s Recent Router Vulnerability Is Not that Serious
I reviewed the SURFboard mAX Pro — the very first purpose-built Wi-Fi 6 mesh Wi-Fi system — at its launch late last year and found it well-performing yet sorely lacking in features and settings. That might change today. CommScope, the …
Read MoreARRIS SURFboard mAX Gets a Parental Control-Enabled Mobile App
If you can’t justify the cost of the ZenWiFi AX (CT8), here’s some excellent news. Asus announced today the availability of a more affordable alternative, the ZenWiFi AX Mini AX1800 Dual-band Mesh WiFi 6 System (model XD4). Asus ZenWiFi AX …
Read MoreAsus Releases ZenWiFi AX Mini XD4, an Affordable Wi-Fi 6 System
You read that right. D-Link’s Dynamic DNS service will soon be no longer. The networking vendor sent out an email to some of its customers today to announce the discontinuation of the free DDNS included with most of its Wi-Fi …
The Archer AX50 is the international and better variant of the slightly stripped-down Archer AX3000 TP-Link made exclusively for Walmart in the U.S late last year. Since the two are so similar, I had a pleasant surprise finding out how …
Read MoreTP-Link Archer AX50 Review: A Nice Surprise of a Wi-Fi 6 Router
This post will help almost anyone, including those without networking know-how, set up a home Wi-Fi network from scratch. If you’ve never worked on a router before — or don’t even know what it is — you’re at the right …
Read MoreHome Wi-Fi Network Explained and How to Build One From Scratch
Looking to have that Wi-Fi 6 explained properly? You’re at the right place. After all, this wireless standard’s first routers became available on the market in early 2019 — mine was the Asus RT-AX88U. It’s time to get it sorted …
Read MoreWi-Fi 6 Explained in Layman’s Terms: The Real Speed, Range, and More
I find myself locked out of my office quite often of late. Partly because I’m the absent-minded type. But mostly, my toddlers, who just recently grew tall enough to reach the deadbolt, love the idea of shutting daddy out in …
Read MoreAlfred Smart Door Lock Review: A Deadbolt that’s Totally Alive