Buying Guide: 10 best wireless routers 2016

Buying Guide: 10 best wireless routers 2016

By Orestis Bastounis

Buying Guide: 10 best wireless routers 2016

Introduction

Every household sporting broadband internet needs a wireless router. Without it, accessing the web on a mobile device will require either a pesky (and quite limited) mobile data plan or a complex workaround. Even older routers, like most technology, are due for an upgrade after a handful of years.

If you have an existing router, it may be getting to the point where it’s a bit long in the tooth, that it doesn’t have the latest hardware or support the latest 802.11ac networking standard, which exhibits faster speeds and range, courtesy of directional beamforming. This equates to less time-consuming downloads and nippy web browsing. Plus, today’s top-end models are blisteringly quick, thanks to a technology called NitroQAM.

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You may even be enticed by the benefits of the new software produced by router companies, which make it easier to administer to your home network for necessities like parental controls and even basic maintenance. In most situations, you’ll even get to take advantage of USB ports for over-the-air storage or to share printers throughout the house.

We’ve rounded up ten of the best modern 802.11ac routers to give your home wireless network a boost.

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Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components

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