Pretty much every major company that makes consumer routers has gotten into the mesh WiFi business over the past few years. But a startup called eero one of the first companies to posit the idea that you’d get better WiFi coverage in your house if you used a system of up to three routers instead […]
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Asus Lyra Voice is a mesh WiFi router and an Alexa smart speaker
Over the past few years I’ve seen a growing number of smart speakers and mesh networking gear at the Consumer Electronics Show. So it’s not surprising at all that somebody decided to combine both of those technologies into a single product. The Asus Lyra Voice is a tri-band WiFi router that’s also a wireless speaker with […]
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D-Link’s new router is designed to bring 5G into the home
Wireless carriers are busy building out 5G networks and chip makers, phone manufacturers, and other tech companies are busy adding 5G support to their hardware. But while 5G promises faster speeds, more bandwidth, and the ability to get more devices online at once than ever before… I’ve often found myself wondering what benefit consumers will […]
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Netgear’s newest Mesh WiFi router is also an Alexa smart speaker
Two of the biggest trends in household consumer electronics have merged in a way that should have seemed obvious: Netgear has released a mesh networking router that’s also a smart speaker. It’s called the Netgear Orbi Voice and in addition to working as a tri-band WiFi router that can be used in conjunction with additional […]
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OpenWrt 18.06 released (Linux OS for your router, first major update in years)
OpenWrt is an open source, Linux-based operating system designed to run on hundreds of routers and other embedded devices. It can add new features to your networking gear and give you more control over the software running on the hardware in your home. This week the developers released OpenWrt 18.06, which is a big step […]
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Apple is getting out of the WiFi router business
The last time Apple released a new WiFi router was when the company released an AirPort Time Capsule in 2013. And while the company continues to sell and support a handful of AirPort models, it looks like their days are numbered. Engadget reports that not only does Apple have no plans to make any new […]
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Asus firmware update can turn old routers into mesh networking devices
Up until recently if you’ve wanted to improve the coverage area of your home WiFi network, your simplest options were to invest in a router with better range or pick up a WiFi range extender. But over the past few years a number of companies have released mesh networking routers that are designed to let […]
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Break out the Ethernet cables, because WiFi is insecure (for now)
Most modern devices that use WiFi make use of a security protocol called WPA2. Basically you enter a password and you can connect to the network. But what you don’t see is how that password is just the first step in securing your connection. Once it’s entered, your phone, tablet, laptop, or other device negotiates […]
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Deals of the Day (6-27-2017)
TRENDnet’s TEW-828DRU is a tri-band wireless router with four gigabit Ethernet jacks (plus one Ethernet input), a USB 3.0 port and a USB 2.0 port that you can use to share files over a home network, and a dual-core 1 GHz processor. It typically sells for around $200, but today Newegg is selling this AC3200 […]
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Eero upgrades its Mesh networking solutions, offers subscription-based security
Mesh networking is all the rage in the WiFi router market right now. Instead of buying a single router and searching desperately for the best place to position it in your house, the idea is to let you buy a couple of devices that you can place throughout a home to blanket a space in […]