Wes Davis is a reformed touring country musician with a longstanding infatuation with technology that began with a Commodore 64, continued with navigating file systems in MS-DOS and writing fantasy novels on a Macintosh Performa 550. Now, his days are occupied with cycling, fatherhood, networking tech, and fixing what ain’t broke with smart home gear.
The Netgear Nighthawk RAXE300 shaves hundreds of dollars off the price of previous Netgear Wi-Fi 6E routers. It still ain't cheap, but it's a whole lot cheaper.
TP-Link unleashed an avalanche of mesh router systems at CES 2022, including a flagship Deco XE200 that costs $800 but comes fully loaded with every feature and spec you could ask for.
The Netgear Orbi Quad-Band Mesh WiFi 6E System AXE11000 (RBKE960) provides a dedicated 5GHz backhaul channel, leaving you with a free 5GHz band for connected devices.
