Some router symbols are obvious, while others take a bit of work to decipher. Their lights can vary, too.

A gateway pulls double duty, but a modem and router combo can give you a lot more flexibility and power.

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Few things are more frustrating than packet loss or high ping causing in-game lag. It always seems to happen at the worst possible moment, when you’re about to snipe an unsuspecting opponent or ...

ZDNET's latest Lab Award goes to the business laptop that had the fastest Wi-Fi speed on the 5.0 GHz band.

What actually fixed it was bridge mode, a setting that turns the gateway into a plain modem, and it took me 20 minutes. My ...

The Netgear Orbi 370 Series delivers some powerful 5-GHz speeds, as long as you don’t mind a so-so 2.4-GHz band.

Faster network speeds are always good, so you should take advantage of 2.5 Gbps ports on your router if they're present.

If your old router has a native AP mode in its settings, select it, connect your original router to your older one via an ...

These days, your wireless router is not just your lifeline to the internet, but also to your job. We've hand-tested the top routers so you can find the right fit to build a snappy home Wi-Fi network.