Category Archives: Routers

Mesh Wi-Fi vs a router vs an extender: what each does, why extenders often halve your speed, and which one actually fixes Wi-Fi dead zones in your home.

Every new router box shouts a Wi-Fi generation at you, and the numbers keep climbing faster than most homes can use them. Wi-Fi 6 is still excellent for the vast majority of people, and Wi-Fi 7 is genuinely a leap in a few specific situations. The trick is knowing which of those situations is yours…