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A Surprise Ending to a Networking Problem

I’ve got a networking adventure to tell you about that has a very surprising ending. While the specifics of the story will be recounted purely for your entertainment, there are some steps along the way that might help you in diagnosing technical problems. Remember, we have two engineers with masters degrees in the house so […]

Too Many Devices on an eero Mesh Network?

How Lindsay Knows We’ve Arrived We often visit our daughter, Lindsay, and her family. Because we go there really often, I like to make sure our electronic life is as smooth as it is at home. Lindsay is an accomplished geek in her own right, so she enjoys the improvements as much as we do. […]

Moving from Netgear to eero

4 years ago, I told you about my wicked cool new router, the Netgear Nighthawk X8 AC5300 tri-band router. I bought it about 3 minutes before the whole mesh router craze hit the market. A while later, I tested it against Netgear’s Orbi mesh router and the “normal” router actually outperformed the 2-unit Orbi for […]

CCATP #584 – Dave Hamilton on Mesh Routers

Dave Hamilton of the Mac Geek Gab and The Mac Observer joins us to talk routers, and mesh routers in particular. He explains the difference between a range extender with a traditional router vs. a modern mesh router system. He explains why some IoT devices demand a dedicated 2.4GHz network (or at least they used […]

NC #669 CloudMounter, Mesh vs Regular Router Flyoff, PLEX, Security Bits

Steve and I are off to Paris for a couple of weeks, so be sure to send your audio reviews to Bart to help him out doing the show (Allister has his already in the can). We won’t have a live show for the next two weeks – will miss you! In this episode, I […]

Netgear vs. Netgear WiFi Speed Flyoff

You know how I’m always starting my stories with “What problem are you trying to solve?” Before you decide whether to go for a traditional single router or one of these fancy new mesh routers, you really should think about the problem you want to solve, because this is definitely not a one size fits […]

CES 2017: Luma Home Mesh Router

Allison interviews Daniel Peck from Luma about their new WiFi mesh router. Luma routers are controlled from the Luma iOS or Android app and use BlueTooth LE for easy set-up. A set of three Luma routers is generally sufficient to provide high speed WiFi throughout a normal home. The setting is the Pepcom Digital Experience […]