Students: how to connect your home network with printers and devices

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When your Wi-Fi network is set up properly and everything’s humming, life is good. But what happens when it’s time for a new router, or when you move out of your parents’ house to go to college or university and need to start from scratch with your own Wi-Fi network? Building a new wireless network —complete with printer access and storage— used to be a challenge, but these days you don’t need to be a systems administrator to do it. In fact, most router companies offer plug and play options that make setup and configuration a matter of minutes.

A new Wi-Fi router now means faster downloads and better online...

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Planning to buy a new game console, PC, streamer or smart home device? Maybe as a gift? Replace an outdated Wi-Fi router first for a much better experience.

Google announces new OnHub router

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Wi-Fi has rapidly progressed from being a novelty to something we depend on. With a wave of ‘smart’ technology now flooding our homes, Wi-Fi performance is more critical than ever. The need for reliable speed, bandwidth, coverage, security, compatibility, upgradability and setup that anyone can understand has driven tech giant Google—working with respected industry leader TP-Link—to release its own wireless router. Meet OnHub, the “new router from Google that’s built for all the ways you Wi-Fi.”  

Introducing the amazingly fast router from Linksys, the WRT1900AC

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You’ve heard the rumours: Linksys is a releasing monster new Wi-Fi router. The most powerful to hit the market yet, featuring four antennas, a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU, 256MB of DDR3 RAM, Wi-Fi speed of up to 1,900 Mbps, eSATA and USB 3.0 ports, plus support for Linux and open source firmware. The highly anticipated Linksys WRT1900ac is expected to launch on April 10 and you can get it first at Best Buy! You can beat the rush and pre-order the hottest home router ever starting today. To tide you over, here’s a quick preview of what you can expect from the iconic black and blue beast —look for a review here in April.    

TP-Link announces that Wi-Fi 7 routers are coming

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TP-Link announced that it will release a new generation of routers capable of running Wi-Fi 7, and they’ll be coming in 2023.

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6 router review

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The ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 is a Wi-Fi 6 router with long range and the features gamers need.

The Smart Home Series: The Almond+ Wireless AC Router and Smart...

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 In part five of The Smart Home Series, I take a spin with Securifi’s Almond+ Wireless AC Router and Smart Hub combination. After setting this unit up in my house, I quickly realized the power it has to provide increased Wi-Fi speeds, as well as serve as a home automation hub to manage gadgets like the Peanut Wireless Smart Plug.

OnHub from Google: now with IFTTT functionality

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 The newest feature for the OnHub Wireless Routers isn’t a Google feature at all. So what is it, where did it come from, and why does it make your connected digital home more useful than ever before?  

Achieving high-speed internet across Canada with Starlink

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Explore Starlink's impact for Canadians, offering high-speed satellite internet to urban and rural areas alike.

Netgear Routers: enterprise roots and home Wi-Fi performance

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Wrapping up my overview of the big names in routers, the final instalment in the series is Netgear. The US-based company has a long history of manufacturing telecommunications gear (it was once a division of Canada’s Nortel Networks) and has an extensive line of wireless routers, Wi-Fi extenders and adapters for the home and small business market. You probably know it best for the Nighthawk series of blistering fast AC routers.