The Long and Wireless Road to a Home Router

By ERIC A. TAUB
NYT

Buying a home wireless router is about as chaotic and confusing a shopping experience as you will ever encounter.

Walk down the aisle where some distracted clerk points you and you’ll see boxes marked cryptically as G, N and N+. And then another bunch of codes like 150, 300 and 600 as well as some marked dual-band. There are boxes next to them with things called “Powerline.”

Try asking a clerk and you’ll still be confused, except that maybe you’ll be told that the most expensive one is the best.

You are going to need a little help.

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