Bratton McGregor was tired of dealing with crummy WiFi. A small business owner who lives just outside Mobile, Ala., he merely wanted to stream Netflix and play the occasional video game on the family ...

Starlink has ended support for the first-generation router that came with the original, first-generation, round, motorized ...

Summer means everybody's home and putting a beating on your network, and if streaming and gaming are slowing down your modem, it might be time to upgrade to something new. Modern routers and mesh ...

Samuel has spent years writing about mobile carriers and their networks following a stint working as a technician in a carrier phone store. Whether it's helping people avoid 36-month payment plans, or ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Routers are cheaper, faster, and easier to set up.Mesh systems fix dead zones with wider coverage.Choose based on budget, home size, and connection needs. With the adoption of ...

Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to ...

The majority of U.S. homes have an internet connection, and it’s probably not a stretch to guess that the proportion that also has Wi-Fi is close to 100 percent. Anyone who lives in a populated area ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Limited settings. Basic parental controls (for now). Can’t mix and match routers. It comes in two flavors: The Wyze Mesh Router is a dual-band Wi-Fi 6 mesh system ($174 for a 2-pack), and the Wyze ...

One home improvement project probably worth the expense for anyone who spends a lot of time online is upgrading the router that runs your WiFi network. The router is possibly the ugliest piece of ...

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