Deals! 🛒Archer AXE200 Omni: TP-Link’s 6E Router Gets Serious Auto-Rotating Antennas
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When it comes to a Wi-Fi router’s antennas, my standard recommendation, for the most part, is to leave them alone. …
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is the wireless alternative to network cables. It’s the reason why we’re so virtually connected, yet so physically and emotionally disconnected, nowadays.
TP-Link (Re)commits to Wi-Fi 6E, Announcing New Routers and Mesh Systems
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If you’re wondering the whereabouts of those Wi-Fi 6E solutions TP-Link flaunted back in January 2021, your guess is as …
Netgear EAX50 Nighthawk AX5400: A (Kind of) Promising Mesh Extender
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Netgear today announced its latest Wi-Fi 6 extender, the EAX50. While it’s not the first Wi-Fi 6 extender from the …
Comcast’s latest xFi Advanced Gateway Gets Wi-Fi 6E, Zigbee, and Matter
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Comcast announced today its latest xFi Advanced Gateway that, among other things, has the support for Wi-Fi 6E. Wi-Fi 6E: …
Netgear RBKE960 Series (RBKE963) Review: The Best Orbi Yet, with Big Caveats
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The new Netgear Orbi RBKE960 series — currently available as a 3-pack Orbi RBKE963 — is a nice and large …
Gaming Routers Explained: How Latency Kills (Your DPS)
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You play online games a lot and think it’s now time to get the best gaming router so you can …
dBi: Wi-Fi Broadcasting Power and Antenna Explained — There’s no “High-Gain”
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This post is a supplement to my other piece on dBm. I’ll explain here how a router’s antennas work and …
Wi-Fi Signal Strength, Broadcasting Power, and that Cool -70 dBm RSSI Value
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You walk around the house and, at times, can see the Wi-Fi signal strength bars on your device move up …
Best Home Mesh Brands in Brief: AiMesh, Deco, eero, Orbi, Velop, and More
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Folks have been asking me to compare popular home mesh Wi-Fi systems of different vendors. Stuff like eero vs. Netgear …
Fire TV Stick 4K Max Review (vs Fire TV Stick 4K): A Min Incremental Upgrade
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The Fire TV Stick 4K Max is a three-year wait from the Fire TV Stick 4K that first came out …
TP-Link Archer GX90 Review (vs Archer AX11000): A More Refined Lesser Clone
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The TP-Link Archer GX90 AX6600 Wi-Fi 6 Tri-Band Gaming Router sure is an interesting broadcaster… On the one hand, it’s …
CommScope Ships ARRIS SURFboard G34 and G36 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Gateways
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On the market for a gateway that can do both DOCSIS 3.1 cable broadband and Wi-Fi 6? CommScope might have …
ZenWiFi XD6 review (vs ZenWiFi XT8): An Excellent (Wired) Mesh Alternative
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If you read my review of the ZenWiFi XT8, you’d note that I recommended it mainly for those living in …
Asus GS-AX5400 vs GS-AX3000: Two Identical yet Distinctive Gaming Routers
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This quick post is the GS-AX5400 vs GS-AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 router matchup. These two distinctive gaming routers, part of Asus’s …
