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 ...

Are you looking to upgrade your Wi-Fi? You're undoubtedly considering the benefits of a mesh network against a typical Wi-Fi router. Both options can provide excellent Wi-Fi performance, but each has ...

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 remote and hybrid ...

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 ...

Unlock to see our ratings and compare products side by side The router throughput (speed) of the communications is measured very near the router in an "open space" hallway. For our test, it was 8 feet ...

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 ...

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 ...

Compare mesh Wi-Fi vs traditional routers in 2026 for coverage, speed, latency, and device handling in large homes and smart networks.

Moving into a larger house next month. I currently use a Synology Rt2600 router, which I absolutely love. In current home (2 story), it covers the house fine. New home is 3 levels (2 story + basement) ...

As I've started to build up a little home lab, I've been playing around with the idea of either building or buying a PC to run pfsense on and use as my primary (edge?) router. That is, I would run my ...