Buying Guide

Living in an apartment changes what you need from a router. After moving between a 600 sq ft studio in Brooklyn and a 1,200 sq ft two-bedroom in Austin, I learned that the biggest WiFi complaint in dense housing is not range. It is the 30-plus neighboring networks stomping on your channels. Our team tested

Finding the best routers for garages changed how I work from home. After struggling for months with dropped Zoom calls from my detached garage office 80 feet from the house, I tested 10 WiFi systems over six weeks. The winner had to deliver reliable signal through concrete block walls, survive Texas summer heat (95°F+ in

I lived upstairs for three years with one bar of WiFi and a constant spinning buffer wheel. Then I started testing routers seriously for two-story homes, and the difference was night and day. After 60+ days of testing across a 2,400 sq ft two-story house, my team and I ranked 12 routers that actually push

I tested eight WiFi 6E routers over six weeks in apartments and small houses ranging from 900 to 2,200 square feet. I ran speed tests in every room, streamed 4K video on five devices simultaneously, and pushed each router with online gaming sessions to see which ones actually deliver on the WiFi 6E promise for

If your WiFi signal dies the moment you walk down the basement stairs, you’re not alone. I spent the last three months testing eight different routers in my own home, which has a finished basement with poured concrete walls and a full floor of joists above. I streamed 4K movies, ran video calls, and gamed