There's a lot that's confusing about shopping for internet. But shopping for your own router might be one of the most confounding parts of the process. Retailers often inflate the speeds routers can ...

Picking out a Wi-Fi router can be one of the most challenging parts of setting up home internet-- and it may be a reason most of us rent our routers instead of buying them. Retailers often exaggerate ...

The wireless local area networking concept known as Wi-Fi began infiltrating the business, manufacturing and consumer worlds at the end of the 1990s. With the Wi-Fi Alliance certifying ...

First, take a look inside the device: In principle, the Sonoff Basic is a single-relay unit to be used as retrofit, based on the ESP8266 chip, a very popular and inexpensive Wi-Fi solution. However, ...

The Meross Matter Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini makes for an affordable Matter-compliant smart plug, but offers only the bare minimum of features. Compact and Matter-compatible as advertised, the Meross ...

Nothing is more frustrating than a poor Wi-Fi signal, especially when downloading games, on a video call, or streaming. An outdated Wi-Fi card could be to blame, and rather than tinkering around in ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...