A PC World investigation has cast doubt on the popular belief that rebooting a router improves internet speed. After running multiple controlled speed tests before and after rebooting, results showed ...

A significant portion of the internet believes rebooting your router can improve its performance, just like rebooting your PC ...

The TP-Link Deco BE63 tops our list of the 8 best routers for large homes in 2026, delivering Wi-Fi 7 speed and coverage up ...

Well, that came sooner than I’d expected. Hot on the heels of the news that the U.S. government had banned all foreign-made routers that weren’t already on sale or approved by the FCC, word came on ...

Last month saw a surprise ban on almost every new wireless router intended for use in US homes. The FCC ruling described all foreign-made routers as a national security risk. The FCC offered a pathway ...

Netgear is the first major vendor of consumer routers to obtain an exemption from the US government’s sweeping ban on foreign-made routers. The Federal Communications Commission yesterday announced an ...

The Federal Communications Commission has announced that Netgear has been given conditional approval that effectively exempts it from a previous ban on foreign-made networking routers. The conditional ...

Netgear, the company with—by one estimate—the third-largest router market share, just got incredible news: it’s exempt from the FCC’s ban on foreign-made routers until October of 2027. Why it’s ...

Working from home by day, gaming and streaming by night? Defeating Wi-Fi dead zones is more important than ever. A mesh network system blankets your home with uninterrupted wireless coverage. These ...

I used to think Wi-Fi 7 routers were overhyped and overpriced. But after testing and evaluating 34 routers at our CNET Lab, I've changed my mind. I saw firsthand just how much speed you can get for ...

Microsoft is testing a built-in network speed test in Windows 11’s taskbar, alongside Sysmon integration and other feature updates in preview builds. Microsoft is testing a new network speed test ...

Microsoft mentioned the feature in the release notes for the latest Windows 11 beta (Builds 26100.7918 and 26200.7918). "Open it from the Wi‑Fi or Cellular Quick Settings, or by right-clicking the ...