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HANDLING A TESLA: TIRES, RIMS, PERFORMANCE, AND THOSE PESKY CURB RASHES


THE PARENTAL CONTROL FEATURE: WHAT IT IS AND WHY YOU SHOULDN’T PICK A ROUTER
BASED ON IT


SUMMER 2022: AN UNCOOL ICE DRIVING EXPERIENCE AND SOME HANDY TRAVELING TIPS


ASUS RT-AX57 GO PREVIEW (VS. NETGEAR M6 PRO): A LITTLE SENSIBLE TRAVEL ROUTER
THAT COULD


NETGEAR M6 PRO HOTSPOT ROUTER REVIEW: VERSATILE YET RIDICULOUSLY OVERPRICED




ASUS ZENWIFI ET8 VS. XT8: PRETTY MUCH THE SAME HARDWARE WITH A BIG TWIST


DBI: WI-FI BROADCASTING POWER AND ANTENNA EXPLAINED — THERE’S NO “HIGH-GAIN”


EERO PRO 6 VS. EERO 6 (VS. ANY EERO VARIANT): HOW TO BEST USE AMAZON MESH WI-FI


BEST MULTI-GIGABIT ROUTERS AND WI-FI SYSTEMS: BUILD THE FASTEST NETWORK TODAY!


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WI-FI RANGE EXPLAINED: GREAT EXPECTATIONS VS HARSH REALITY OF THE INVISIBLE
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Dong Ngo
Feb 12, 2024
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One of the most essential elements of a home router is its Wi-Fi range — how far
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THE PARENTAL CONTROL FEATURE: WHAT IT IS AND WHY YOU SHOULDN’T PICK A ROUTER
BASED ON IT

Dong Ngo
Feb 9, 2024
9 Min Read
19 Comments


Many of you have asked me for recommendations on a Wi-Fi router (or mesh system)
with “excellent Parental Control.” This …

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BEST WI-FI 6 ROUTERS: THE OUTGOING STANDARD’S FINAL COLLECTION OF EXCELLENCE

Dong Ngo
Feb 7, 2024
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616 Comments


In this post, you’ll find the comprehensive top-five lists of “the best”
standalone Wi-Fi 6 routers. The standard’s first router …

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ASUS EXPERTWIFI EBR63 REVIEW: A SURPRISINGLY CAPABLE WI-FI 6 ROUTER

Dong Ngo
Feb 6, 2024
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I always believed the Asus RT-AX88U Pro would be my last Wi-Fi 6 router review.
Then, the ExpertWiFi EBR63 happened. …

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ASUS EXPERTWIFI OVERVIEW (VS. ZENWIFI): A NEW MESH-READY SOHO HARDWARE SERIES

Dong Ngo
Feb 6, 2024
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17 Comments


On January 4, 2023, Asus unveiled its new ExpertWiFi product line. After
unsurprisingly missing the initial availability target, initially set …

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WI-FI DROPS SIGNALS FREQUENTLY AND OTHER COMMON CONNECTION ISSUES: THE CAUSES
AND THEIR BEST FIXES

Dong Ngo
Feb 5, 2024
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191 Comments


If you experience Wi-Fi dropping signals or disconnections or can’t connect a
device to your network (at the expected speeds), …

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YOUR ROUTER IS NOT THAT FAST: HOW WI-FI WORKS AND TIPS ON DISSECTING HARDWARE
VENDORS’ FALSE MARKETING

Dong Ngo
Feb 4, 2024
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You must have experienced it. You got a new (and possibly expensive) router, and
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Dong Ngo
Jan 31, 2024
11 Min Read
21 Comments


Amazon’s eero Max 7 — its first foray into Wi-Fi 7 — was first available on
October 26, 2023, months …

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MULTI-GIG ETHERNET EXPLAINED: THE WIRED STANDARD THAT’S WI-FI (7)’S BEST FRIEND

Dong Ngo
Jan 30, 2024
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40 Comments


With Wi-Fi 6/6E and especially Wi-Fi 7, we naturally need faster-than-Gigabit
wired connections to match — otherwise, we’d be stuck …

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BEST MULTI-GIGABIT ROUTERS AND WI-FI SYSTEMS: BUILD THE FASTEST NETWORK TODAY!

Dong Ngo
Jan 29, 2024
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141 Comments


Multi-Gigabit is when data can travel at least twice the speed of Gigabit. To
experience it, we generally resort to …

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Jan 27, 2024
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The new Samsung SSD 990 Evo — first announced on January 23, 2024 — is a special
PCIe 5.0 NVMe …

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SMART WI-FI DEVICES AND YOUR ROUTER’S AIRTIME FAIRNESS: HOW TO BEST USE IOT IN A
HOME NETWORK

Dong Ngo
Jan 25, 2024
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33 Comments


In recent years, I’ve received many questions about issues with Wi-Fi
connections involving smart Wi-Fi devices. The increasingly widespread use …

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LINKSYS VELOP PRO 7 REVIEW: ELEGANT DESIGN MEETS MODEST WI-FI 7 PERFORMANCE

Dong Ngo
Jan 25, 2024
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Linksys’s first Wi-Fi 7 hardware, the Velop Pro 7 BE11000, sure is sexy. It
comes in a legit “designer” look. …

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YOUR WI-FI ROUTER AND ONLINE PRIVACY RISKS: BE AWARE OF THAT HIDDEN POTENTIAL
DANGER

Dong Ngo
Jan 24, 2024
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31 Comments


If you have been following my router reviews — and you likely have, considering
you’re reading this — you’ll note …

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