Trey Paul was a CNET senior editor covering broadband. His 20+ years of experience as a writer and editor include time at the broadband marketplace Allconnect, as well as working with clients like ...

When setting up a wireless network, the utmost thing that a person should consider is the range of the WiFi signal. In some cases, a weak WiFi signal could be infuriating to a user, especially when he ...

Don’t cough up hundreds of dollars on a new home Wi-Fi system just to kill a few dead spots in your house. Or perhaps you thought you needed to buy a high-priced repeater to extend your wireless ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Sadly, we're not yet living in an age of ubiquitous high-speed Wi-Fi access—there are ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: Love your column and read it every week. You’ve been asking for some questions so here is one for you that I’m ...

WiFi connectivity problems are so common that there's an entire class of devices aimed at extending the range of your Internet service and eliminating dead zones. If only the technology worked better.

New research indicates that the signal range of your favorite smart home devices can be boosted, and you might not have to install new hardware to do it either. According to a press release published ...

Wi-Fi makes it easy to connect your laptop, smartphone, gaming console, and more to the internet without the need for pesky cables. However, folks with large homes that span multiple floors have ...

Rice University grad student Ryan Guerra is on a mission to extend the range of WiFi signals from a few hundred feet to a mile—and beyond. This month, he succeeded, thanks to some nifty engineering ...

For most of us, the Wi-Fi signal usually ends at the back door. If that includes you, your laptop, projector or big-screen TV might be unable to connect to the internet for a big sporting event or a ...