Wireless Features

The best way to deal with a flaky router is quickly and simply.

We took a quick look inside Apple's newest and WD's first wireless routers.

The forces driving 802.11ac aren't really what you think they are.

Updated - In Part 2 of our short series, we check to see if some popular routers and access points back off from 40 MHz bandwidth when they are supposed to.

Updated - If you've been wondering why your new 802.11n router won't link higher than 130 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band, we have the answer.

Updated - We peeked inside Cisco's new Linksys E and EA routers so that you don't have to.

Updated - 802.11ac is all about faster wireless. But it will eat up most of the 5 GHz band to do it.

Update 5 - Yes, Wi-Fi Protected Setup is broken. Here's what vendors are doing to fix it and steps you can take in the meantime.

If your wireless performance isn't what you think it should be, don't blame your router. It could be your notebook.

We've added a new plot option to the Router and Wireless charts.