tldr: Devices connected to the 2.4GHz band can't talk to devices connected to the 5GHz band even when they are on the same subnet. Why? For background, I had always had separate SSIDs for 2.4GHz and ...

Dan has been a professional writer for more than a decade and now specializes in routers and networking devices. Originally from Chicago, IL, Dan studied comedy writing at Second City and worked as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you pay for a fast internet plan, but the Wi-Fi still feels slow, the issue may lie with your router rather than the internet ...

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Xiaomi BE5000 dual-band router operates on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies, boasting an impressive simultaneous wireless speed of 5.011Mbps. Designed to deliver high performance, it is equipped with ...

You live your life at 2.4GHz. Your router, your cordless phone, your Bluetooth earpiece, your baby monitor and your garage opener all love and live on this radio frequency, and no others. Why? The ...

It’s expensive and its firmware is a few features short of the competition’s, but the Linksys WRT1900AC is the fastest 802.11ac router you can buy today (today being April 16, 2014). When Linksys ...

TP-Link's TL-WR3602BE is a "future-proofed" Wi-Fi 7 travel router with one-click VPN security, 2.5G WAN and USB 3.0 ...

Dan has been a professional writer for more than a decade and now specializes in routers and networking devices. Originally from Chicago, IL, Dan studied comedy writing at Second City and worked as a ...

Does your wireless network seem slow? A recent study by Epitiro, a UK-based broadband-analysis firm, shows that consumers lose an average of 30 percent of the data speed their broadband connection ...

Tenda has launched its latest high-end router, the Taishan BE7200 Ultra, in China. The company claims it challenges the best-value 7200-class routers on the market. The BE7200 Ultra supports the Wi-Fi ...