Routers and WiFi

Home networking is where TechnoWifi started, and this section is the core of it: which router or modem combo to buy for your provider, how mesh systems and extenders fit, and how to fix a network that is slow or keeps dropping.

The provider-specific guides answer the question most people arrive with. See best modem router combo for cable in general, modem router combos for Optimum, routers for Verizon Fios and Verizon WiFi extenders. Buying your own equipment instead of renting usually pays for itself inside a year, and each guide says what the rental fee is that you would be replacing.

The Mesh Routers, Netgear and Modem Router Combos subsections group the product guides. The fixes live in How-To and are linked from here: resetting a Fios router, a Verizon router blinking white, changing a Spectrum WiFi password and turning off WiFi on an Optimum router.

If you are still deciding on the provider itself, the internet coverage map and the internet providers section come first. Equipment specifications come from the manufacturers, compatibility lists from the providers’ approved-modem pages, and every guide is re-checked on a schedule. The full archive follows.