Ignition Design Labs sent us a two-piece Portal system that provides up to 6,000 square feet of wireless coverage. If you live in a smaller dwelling you can buy a single Portal, which covers up to ...

The Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router AC 1900 (WRT1900AC)($74.99 at Amazon) is without question the most ambitious consumer wireless router networking hardware available. The unit is a big, beefy router, ...

Routers are boring aren't they? However a speedy internet is a lot of fun. So changing your router to something faster than the default one that comes with your broadband package might just give you a ...

You probably don’t think about your wireless router unless it’s pissing you off. Which means you probably think about your router more than you realize. Just think: buffering, half-loaded pages, ...

It’s not the fastest Wi-Fi mesh router we’ve tested, but its smart home features make it a great value for DIY enthusiasts. Securifi’s Almond 3 has two features you won’t find in competing whole-home ...

TLDR: Built for homes with serious WiFi needs, the Tenda AC23 Smart WiFi Router is optimized for speed and packed with features for even households with lots of devices. When households start ...

This is great for the handful of devices a typical home will have to get online, but it can prove challenging to work with an ...

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 ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The new Nest Wifi from Google does the thing that everybody has been asking for since we first laid ...

In retrospect, I should have learned my lesson the first time. For the past year, I have been adding some smart home devices to my apartment and seeing their performance drop with each passing minute.