Guide
The ultimate guide to Wi-Fi routers
The RouterHaus hub guide: what matters when buying a router, what to ignore, and how to size coverage for your home.
Choosing a router
Wi-Fi generations, ports, mesh and what the marketing numbers mean.
Guides
Everything you need to choose, place and tune home Wi-Fi, written in plain English and checked against manufacturer and standards documentation.
Start with your goal
Fixing coverage
Dead zones, wall materials, placement and backhaul.
Speed and lag
Latency, jitter, busy networks and multi-gig plans.
Planning and wiring
New builds, remodels and when to get help.
In-depth guides
Guide
What does a Wi-Fi consultant do?
The scope, deliverables and pricing models of professional Wi-Fi help, and how to tell whether you need it.
Articles
Gaming
Gaming latency and jitter: a 10-minute fix for low-lag Wi-Fi
Latency vs. jitter in plain English, plus the 10-minute router fix for lag spikes: SQM, placement, 6 GHz and wiring.
Wi-Fi 7
iPhone 17 and Wi-Fi 7: do you need a new router?
Which iPhones support Wi-Fi 7, what a Wi-Fi 7 router really adds for them, and when your current router is already good enough.
Bandwidth
Too many devices? How bandwidth splits in a 50-device home
Wi-Fi capacity is shared airtime. Here’s how to keep calls and streams smooth when dozens of devices are online.
Mesh
Mesh or a single router: which fits your home?
A plain decision guide to choosing one router or a mesh system, based on size, walls, floors and whether you can run Ethernet.
Structured wiring
Structured wiring for a new home: what to pre-wire
Where to run Ethernet, conduit and coax before the drywall goes up, and what to ask your builder for.
Coverage
How to find and fix Wi-Fi dead zones
A step-by-step way to confirm a dead zone, find its cause and fix it in the cheapest order.
Work from home
How to build a rock-solid work-from-home network
Video calls need stability more than speed. A step-by-step plan for coverage, wiring, SQM, network separation and VPNs.
Tools and data
- Router finder: filter 143 routers, mesh systems and gateways, or answer a few questions.
- How we recommend: the rules behind every pick, and their limits.
- Router dataset: the specs as JSON and CSV, with sources.