Wi-Fi is the wireless alternative to network cables. It’s the most popular way to connect devices locally and to the Internet. A Wi-Fi device is one with this wireless capability built-in to connect to a Wi-Fi access point which can host multiple Wi-Fi-enabled devices at a time.
Kudos to you for reading this right now. You’re clearly online! Often, folks worry about broadband Internet troubleshooting when they can not connect, which is a terrible time to start googling for solutions. Such is life. The point is that it’s good to be well-prepared. Give yourself a pat on …
March 2022 was when I first entered the realm of 10Gbps Internet with a Sonic fiber-optic plan, which has since proven to be an excellent service, at least in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was a game-changer moving from Comcast’s Xfinity cable Internet. The fast speed aside, Sonic has …
The ECW516L is the first Wi-Fi 7 access point in the EnGenius Cloud Lite (ECW Lite) family, which is supposedly a lesser alternative to EnGenisu’s standard ECW hardware. That, plus the model name, might suggest that this new AP is inferior hardware to the ECW526 that came out in mind-2024. …
Wi-Fi access points (WAPs, or APs) are wireless host devices that can handle multiple Wi-Fi-enabled clients simultaneously. In that sense, they are similar to extenders, with one significant difference: the way they connect to the network. An AP connects to the existing network, namely your router, using a network cable, …
The Enterprise 7 or UniFi E7 is the latest in Ubiquiti’s Wi-Fi 7 access points—in case you wonder why “7” and not “8” or any other random number. The name E7 is a bit different from the convention used for previous models, such as the U7 Pro Max or U6 …
The head says it. This post is part of a series that helps you set up a home network like a pro. It’ll work you through the detailed steps to get a home Wi-Fi router up and running using the web user interface. If you like using the phone’s mobile …
The Orbi 870 series, first announced on January 7, 2025, at CES 2025, is NETGEAR’s third Wi-Fi 7 Orbi set. In a way, this 3-pack system (model RBE873) is a testament to how the “third time is the charm”, at least within the ecosystem. It combines the sensible, non-dedicated backhaul …
