Following an illustrious 35-year career with Popular Mechanics, he imparts his wisdom on life and all things DIY.

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Just like we do with traditional Wi-Fi routers and mesh Wi-Fi systems, we put each Wi-Fi 7 router we review through extensive real-world testing but we also use network benchmarking software as well.

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In the era of remote and hybrid work, your Wi-Fi router is piling up serious overtime ... as the 6GHz radio band should remain uncrowded for a bit, until wider Wi-Fi 6E adoption takes hold.

In the remote-work and hybrid-work era of the 2020s, your Wi-Fi router is piling up some serious ... as the 6GHz radio band should remain uncrowded for a bit, until wider Wi-Fi 6E adoption takes ...