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 ...

Whole-home WiFi 7 mesh has been an expensive upgrade to justify, with the top-end systems running well past the $1,500 mark for a router and satellites.

Netgear’s Orbi line of mesh routers has long been one of our favorite home networking devices, and now the company is showing a tri-band model with a CAT18 4G LTE modem built in. Netgear will aim the ...

With a 2.4GHz band, two 5GHz bands and the new 6GHz band for Wi-Fi 6E connections, Netgear is hailing it as the first quad-band mesh system ever made. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a ...

You'll still have to spend a bundle on the Orbi 770 mesh system and Nighthawk RS300 router, but Wi-Fi 7 is no longer relegated to people who can drop $2,000+ on cutting-edge connectivity. I’m the ...

Unlock to see our ratings and compare products side by side The router throughput (speed) of the communications is measured very near the router in an "open space" hallway. For our test, it was 8 feet ...

Netgear just announced a new flagship router, the Orbi 970, that’s absolutely brimming with features. The router supports the newest Wi-Fi 7 wireless standard and ships in a quad-band format, so it ...

Replacing your router with a new model sounds like a challenge. Thankfully, modern technology has made this process much ...

The newest entrant in the Orbi line is a mighty machine. This quad-band AXE11000 mesh router has a combined potential throughput of 10.8Gbps and has 12 beamforming antennas, a 10Gbps WAN port, a ...

TP-Link's Deco BE65 Pro is a Wi-Fi 7 mesh router system that's actually great to use. With extensive configurability and an ...

This headline might seem hyperbolic, but after you take a quick glance at the specs of the new Orbi WiFi 6E Quad Band Mesh Router System, this caption might not sound so over-the-top. New Orbi WiFi 6E ...