Tim Higgins, Author at SmallNetBuilder

How We Test Wi-Fi – Revision 11

Updated: Our Revision 11 process brings multiple clients and a change to WAN-based testing.

It's harder than you think for that expensive router of yours to deliver all the throughput the big number on its box promises. We show you why.

Updated: We're taking a look at whether Wi-Fi 6E is worth waiting for, using ASUS' first-to-market top-of-line GT-AXE11000 ROG Rapture.

Wi-Fi ping spikes aren't always caused by a poor connection. Your router settings could be to blame.

Updated: Here's a quick primer on Wi-Fi 6E.

...And we're back. But things are going to be different.

Our test of six Wi-Fi 6 routers found no significant benefit from OFDMA.

We resume our quest to find OFDMA's promised benefits, by first trying to find a good benchmark test.

OFDMA, a key Wi-Fi 6 feature, is still mostly absent from consumer routers and makers are not telling us.

We take a look at how five Wi-Fi 6 routers perform with a Wi-Fi 6 client.

The first Wi-Fi performance test standard will change the way we test Wi-Fi products.

Advertising supported content doesn't work, at least no longer for SmallNetBuilder. So we're taking a different path.