SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- These days, your WiFi might be your family's connection to the world. But you know it doesn't always work as well as it should. As Consumer Reports explains, upgrading to the ...

Long gone are the days of dial-up and waiting for your turn to use the computer. Today, it’s easier than ever to connect to the internet, and that’s mostly thanks to Wi-Fi. You’ve almost certainly ...

Fast WiFi is more of a necessity than ever as more of us work from home, and 4K streaming and gaming become the norm. In the United States, our national average download speed of 173Mbps from internet ...

The further you live from a town or city, the more limited your home internet choices can become. You’ll probably have to spend a bit extra as well, even if your speeds aren’t as good. One of your ...

Most of us spend time in at least a few places where our phones just don’t work, whether it’s a room or two at home or at work, a favorite coffee shop, or some other signal-lacking location. That’s ...

Wi-Fi (which is short for “Wireless Fidelity”) is on the brink of a major update: 802.11ax, also known as “WiFi 6”. For devices which include the new standard (and its requisite hardware), this means ...

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The sequel to WiFi is here. We've all spent most of the last decade relying on something called WiFi 5, but that's all in the past now. Don't worry about that. It's time for the future. And the future ...

You should be fine. WiF6 supports at least 802.11ac as a backward compatible protocol. Most implementations will still downgrade to g/n as well. This would be a good place to ask these questions ...