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Labs Routers<br />
CHARGE<br />
YOUR WI-FI<br />
Unhappy with your wireless coverage?<br />
Upgrade your router and kill all known<br />
notspots dead<br />
Welcome to the future. A future with no<br />
dropped packets, no dead patches, no<br />
moving your laptop a few inches to get a<br />
better connection.<br />
It’s not just that wireless technology has moved on:<br />
it’s now moving in a distinctly different direction. The<br />
emergence of mesh networking as a viable and effective<br />
alternative to the single, super-powerful router means<br />
you have a real and palpable decision to make.<br />
Do you stick with the tried and tested, but not always<br />
effective? Or do you invest in a new way to do Wi-Fi?<br />
Over the next 16 pages we attempt to answer that<br />
question for you, comparing the best routers and mesh<br />
network systems on the market to see which is the<br />
most effective.<br />
We’ve even tested and reviewed the routers the major<br />
ISPs supply to their customers to find out if it’s worth<br />
considering an upgrade in the first place. Read on for the<br />
full lowdown – you may be surprised at the results.<br />
CONTENTS<br />
7 things to look for in a wireless router 76<br />
How we test 77<br />
Feature table 78<br />
BT Whole Home Wi-Fi 80<br />
Google Wifi 81<br />
Netgear Nighthawk X10 82<br />
TP-Link Archer VR2800 85<br />
Asus BRT-828AC 86<br />
BT Smart Hub 86<br />
DrayTek Vigor 2860AC 87<br />
Linksys Velop 87<br />
Linksys WRT3200ACM 88<br />
Netgear Orbi 88<br />
How mesh networking works 89<br />
Sky Q Hub 90<br />
Virgin Media Hub 3 90<br />
View from the Labs & graphs 91<br />
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