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Apple exited the home Wi-Fi market at the wrong time

”One of the more interesting news items of 2018 was Apple discontinuing the AirPort lineup. From the first Airport product to the last final AirPort Extreme, Apple was selling premium Wi-Fi hardware devices at a time when most people I knew were content with a $30 router from Walmart,” Bradley Chambers writes for 9to5Mac. “Since they released their final AirPort product, the market has

How to set up your home network for many Apple TVs, Macs, iPhones, and iPads

“Maybe you can get away with a single Wi-Fi basestation, if you have modest needs, but with the arrival of 4K media streaming, home network bandwidth demands are growing quickly,” Mike Wuerthele writes for AppleInsider. “There are some best practices and things to consider instead of just slapping another Wi-Fi router on a network, or extending the network another 20 feet with a cable and a…

Apple begins to sell out of AirPort base stations

“AirPort base stations are beginning to sell out or disappear entirely from Apple’s online and retail stores in select countries, a few weeks after Apple announced it has discontinued the lineup of routers,” Joe Rossignol reports for MacRumors.

“The first casualty is the AirPort Extreme, now listed as “sold out” on Apple’s online store in the United States, and unavailable for pickup…

The best wireless routers

“Routers have come a long way since the early days of broadband, and the market is now saturated with different models serving different need,” Jayce Wagner writes for Digital Trends.

“There are actually three flavors of the Netgear Orbi system, but we chose the middle tier version due to its performance versus price ratio. It’s an awesome setup, and the real-world connection speeds –…

Everything you need to know about wireless mesh networks: There are genuine benefits behind the hype

“You would be forgiven for thinking that wireless mesh networking is just another marketing bullet point for new Wi-Fi routers, a phrase coined to drive up prices without delivering benefits,” Glenn Fleishman writes for TechHive. “But we can avoid being cynical for once: mesh technology doesdeliver a significant benefit over the regular old Wi-Fi routers we’ve bought in years past and…

Eero’s new mesh WiFi system packs more power in an Apple-esque design

“The first-generation Eero was a game-changer. With a mesh network that blanketed your home in WiFi, it finally offered home wireless that doesn’t suck,” Nicole Lee writes for Engadget. “Now, Eero is out with two new products — a second-generation Eero, plus a new Eero Beacon — that promise a more powerful network overall at a slightly lower entry-level price (you can get both in a starter bundle…

AppleInsider reviews eero Wi-Fi: ‘A solid option for Apple’s outgoing AirPort’

“With the rumor that Apple is discontinuing Airport and Time Machine Wi-Fi products, it leaves some users looking for new solutions,” Lester Victor Marks writes for AppleInsider. “One of the problems with Wi-Fi is its inherently poor signal strength to the places in your home you want to actually use it.”

“And all that’s fine, but it doesn’t really help you understand how to solve the…

Shootout: The best mesh Wi-Fi system

“The market for consumer grade Wi-Fi routers had been stagnant for more than a decade until a new trend recently swept the industry,” Zach Epstein writes for BGR. “Setting up a wireless network in one’s home used to mean heading out to a local electronics store, buying the cheapest blue Linksys box in the store, and living with spotty coverage. On top of that, those old Wi-Fi routers had all…