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Earlier this year, theFederal Communications Commission banned new routers made outside the United States, including those from TP-Link, one of the most popular and makers of some of the best Wi-Fi routers currently available.

Gaming routers aren’t snake oil, but you can get many important features without them.

You might not have thought much about configuring your router beyond the initial setup, as long as your Wi-Fi isn’t too slow and works properly. But since the router is the gatekeeper between traffic on your network and the entire internet, it’s important to keep it as secure as possible. Some default settings aren’t the…

Aussie internet speeds are undoubtedly getting faster, but there’s a strong possibility your home isn’t best prepared to take full advantage of them. There’s a simple fix… and it might be an upgrade you’ve been putting off.

Not so many decades ago, in much simpler and slower times, many Wi-Fi routers shipped with just a single antenna that could only handle one wireless data stream at a time. As Wi-Fi got better, the internet got faster and devices rapidly multiplied across households. The number of antennas on routers did, too. Today, there…

While many consumer routers have been blocked from receiving FCC approval since March due to them being produced outside of the US, Asus has finally secured regulatory clearance across a large number of its routers.

The NETGEAR Orbi 770 Wi-Fi 7 mesh drops to $449.99 at Amazon, with tri-band speeds and broad whole-home coverage. By •

Two routers can work in some specific situations, but there are other devices that work better to achieve most network needs.