Wi-Fi Routers

Your smart home needs a mesh network, here’s what that means

• Home Assistant
• Ikea
• Smart Home
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

Your smart home needs a mesh network, here’s what that means

Tim Brookes March 13, 2026

What a mesh.

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Stop putting desktop HDDs in your NAS: How error recovery timeouts will break your RAID

• Maintenance & Optimization
• NAS
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

Stop putting desktop HDDs in your NAS: How error recovery timeouts will break your RAID

Sydney Butler March 13, 2026

The hardware truth about using cheap HDDs in a NAS

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Stop chasing Gigabit Wi-Fi: Here are the networking upgrades that actually matter

• Maintenance & Optimization
• Networking
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

Stop chasing Gigabit Wi-Fi: Here are the networking upgrades that actually matter

Sydney Butler March 12, 2026

Why a wired mesh backhaul beats raw wireless speed

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6 genius ways to use your LAN that have nothing to do with the internet

• Jellyfin
• Networking
• Plex
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

6 genius ways to use your LAN that have nothing to do with the internet

Sydney Butler March 11, 2026

Stop treating your router like it's just a Wi-Fi box

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This is the best $49 I’ve spent on my homelab

• Homelab
• Networking
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

This is the best $49 I’ve spent on my homelab

Patrick Campanale March 11, 2026

Who knew small upgrades could have such a big impact?

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Everything I learned fighting terrible internet providers for a decade (and how I won)

• Networking
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

Everything I learned fighting terrible internet providers for a decade (and how I won)

Monica J. White March 8, 2026

I haven't had the best luck with my ISPs—here's how I still came out on top

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OpenWrt’s latest update adds a piece of Alpine Linux

• Networking
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

OpenWrt’s latest update adds a piece of Alpine Linux

Corbin Davenport March 6, 2026

The popular router firmware now uses Alpine Linux's apk package manager, among many other changes.

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UniFi’s new U7 Mesh brings fast Wi-Fi 7 to your entire yard

• Networking
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

UniFi’s new U7 Mesh brings fast Wi-Fi 7 to your entire yard

Corbin Davenport March 2, 2026

Everything the light touches is our Wi-Fi network.

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You can still use your internet service during a power outage, here’s how

• internet
• Power Bank
• Smart Home
• Technology
• Wi-Fi Routers

You can still use your internet service during a power outage, here’s how

Tim Brookes February 28, 2026

Don't let a power outage knock you offline.

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This $27 ESP32 kit lets you send texts without Wi-Fi or cell service

• Single-Board Computers
• Technology
• Texting
• Wi-Fi Routers

This $27 ESP32 kit lets you send texts without Wi-Fi or cell service

Jordan Gloor February 28, 2026

This might be your key to off-grid communication freedom.

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