Category: Wi-Fi & Networking

Routers, dead zones, dropped connections, slow speeds and mesh setups.

Should You Turn Off Band Steering? When Splitting 2.4GHz and 5GHz Fixes Wi-Fi

Band steering is meant to put devices on the best band automatically. When it goes wrong it causes dropouts and devices that…

A Wi-Fi extender only helps if it sits in the right place. Here is how to find that spot in about ten…

Ignore the elaborate advice. Six changes cover most of the realistic risk to a home network.

A router that needs a daily reboot has a specific problem. Here is how to identify it rather than living with it.

A router VPN covers every device including ones that cannot run an app. It also slows everything down and breaks some services.

Router-level controls cover every device but are easily bypassed. Here is what they can and cannot do.

The speed claims are misleading. The real benefit is how many devices a network can handle at once.

Most routers sit in the worst spot in the house. Moving one costs nothing and often beats buying new hardware.

One network name is convenient until a device picks the wrong band. Here is when to split them and when not to.

Microwaves transmit on the same frequency as 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi. The fix is a channel change or moving to 5 GHz.

Router firmware fixes security holes and stability bugs, and most people never install it. Here is how, safely.

Both fix coverage problems in different ways. Which one suits your house depends on your wiring and what you need it for.