WiFi Router: Buying Guide on Black Friday

In addition to a fast connection, to sail well on the Internet must have a good WiFi router. That’s the reason why today I want to take care of these important devices and help you choose the most suitable for your needs on Black Friday Deals.

I assure you that once made it clear a few basic concepts and understand the meaning of technical terms (very few, quiet), you will know to choose your router in complete autonomy. However, I will give you also some advice on the best devices that you can currently find in stores. Let’s get started!

Before analyzing the characteristics that may have a WiFi router, you should make a distinction between the different types of routers that you can find on the market. This way, you will avoid buying the wrong.

The wireless modem router is the device that probably serves to you (and on which we will focus in this guide). You can connect to the Internet using the telephone cord and distribute the link to multiple devices wirelessly, ie wireless. This does not mean that it is free of ports for connecting wired devices, but more about that in a bit.

There are also routers ” pure ” that lack the functions of a modem. The latter can only redistribute the network between multiple devices, but do not connect directly to the Internet, they need to be connected to a modem to do this. It can be wireless or wired. Finally, there are modems that allow you to easily understand how to connect to the Internet via telephone cable but not redistribute network between multiple devices.

Make also attention to the range extender (repeater or wireless) whose design may look identical to the router / modem but only serve to extend the range of an existing wireless network.

Once clarified these important differences, we can talk about the characteristics that we must do more careful when buying a WiFi router. Let’s start from the available ports: as mentioned earlier, also the router / modem wireless ports are available for connecting devices with cable and these ports can be of various types.

Besides the classic revenue for the connection of devices via Ethernet, there are routers that have USB ports for connecting devices to the Internet that do not have wireless support (as some models of printers or external hard drives). Then there are the Gigabit ports that provide a faster transfer of data in the local network than Ethernet (1,000 megabits per second against 100 megabits per second) but – beware – they do not affect in any way the speed of browsing the Internet.

Other features to consider are the classes supported by the Wi-Fi router. There are three, three and each of them supports a maximum connection speed: the class B Repeated Word up to 11 Mbps , the class G RepeatedWord up to 54 Mbps while the class N up to 300 Mb ps, so if you have the internet connection to the top 11 Mbps make sure not to buy that supports only the class B .

Talking about speed supported, it is to evaluate the connection protocol provided by the telephone that can be ADSL (up to 12M), ADSL 2 (up to 24M) or ADSL 2 (24M or more). Buy a router that supports the protocol used by your connection.

You could then run into the dual band router that in addition to supporting the classic radio band to transmit the signal also on 2.4 GHz band 5 GHz. This avoids the interference issues that can be found on 14 channels at 2.4 Ghz (now crowded with wireless devices of all sorts) but has some ” against ” to be evaluated carefully: the price is higher than the traditional router, the radius action below and the fact that harnessing the 5 GHz you have to have computers and other devices that support it.

A separate discussion deserve the router portable devices that allow you to connect to the cellular data network (3G or LTE) and share the connection among several Wi-Fi devices such as computers, tablets, smartphones, and printers. There are also traditional routers that have support for the SIM data, but more about that in a bit. Now let’s take a look at some of the best WiFi router available on the square trying to find the ones that offer the best value for money.

TP-LINK TD-W8951ND

Wireless ADSL2 modem router with four Ethernet ports and detachable antenna. One of the   best choices in the economy.

NETGEAR DGN2200

Wireless ADSL2 modem router with 4-port network and one USB port. Surely one of the solutions with the best value for money.

Netgear D6200

The NETGEAR D6200 Wi-Fi Modem Router delivers next generation Wi-Fi at 300+867 Mbps speeds. With a built-in ADSL2+ modem, it creates a high-speed Internet gateway with speeds up to 3x faster than 802.11n. Simultaneous dual band enables HD streaming and Ready SHARE Cloud allows for remote access to a USB hard drive.

TP-LINK TL-WR841N

TP-LINK Technologies TL-WR841N Wireless Router – 300 Mbps TL-WR841N Routers & Gateways – Wireless. TP-LINK’s TL-WR841N Wireless Router is designed specifically for small family and home office networking. With optimal speed of 300Mbps you can handle tasks such as streaming music, uploading photos, video chatting, and all other basic online activity.

D-Link AC3200

With Tri-Band Technology and speeds up to 3.2 Gbps, it delivers the necessary ultra-performance to power even the most demanding connected homes. Simply put: the AC3200 Ultra Wi-Fi Router offers premium connected experiences across all your devices.