Strong signal bars hid a deeply unreliable connection.

tldr: Devices connected to the 2.4GHz band can't talk to devices connected to the 5GHz band even when they are on the same subnet. Why? For background, I had always had separate SSIDs for 2.4GHz and ...

Dan has been a professional writer for more than a decade and now specializes in routers and networking devices. Originally from Chicago, IL, Dan studied comedy writing at Second City and worked as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you pay for a fast internet plan, but the Wi-Fi still feels slow, the issue may lie with your router rather than the internet ...

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It’s expensive and its firmware is a few features short of the competition’s, but the Linksys WRT1900AC is the fastest 802.11ac router you can buy today (today being April 16, 2014). When Linksys ...

TP-Link's TL-WR3602BE is a "future-proofed" Wi-Fi 7 travel router with one-click VPN security, 2.5G WAN and USB 3.0 ...

Does your wireless network seem slow? A recent study by Epitiro, a UK-based broadband-analysis firm, shows that consumers lose an average of 30 percent of the data speed their broadband connection ...

We’ve all been there: Every gadget at home is running smoothly and we’re streaming without a hitch. Suddenly, the dreaded digital slowdown and then, the mental meltdown occurs. There are plenty of ...