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Wi-Fi 6E: The Basics

Updated: Here's a quick primer on Wi-Fi 6E.

Our 2018 guide to choosing a wireless router finds 802.11ax not yet ready to play.

We reveal the secrets of why your devices don't always connect where you want them to and what you can do to fix it.

What is Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) and why should you care? Here's the straight poop.

Our 2017 guide to choosing a wireless router reflects the changing Wi-Fi landscape.

How many SSID's should you use in a multi AP network? The SNB Answer Guy knows.

Our 2015 guide to choosing a wireless router focuses on AC routers.

Our quick and easy guide to buying a router, freshly updated for 2014!

It turns out that higher transmit power can affect range, but not as you might expect.

Learn the right way to set up a wireless router that won't make your dorm mates hate you.

The best way to future-proof your next wireless router is to plan for the one after it.

Updated - A/B/G/N/AC? G54, N300, AC1750? Does any of this tell you how fast Wi-Fi devices really can go? No. But this article does.