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Whether you've got the NBN or you're still on ADSL, to get fast and reliable connections to all your home-network devices you need a fast wireless router for your home Wi-Fi. We lab test and review the latest models to help you find the best wireless router for you. Our buying guide will help you know what features to look for.
Our test covers dual-band wireless routers and tri-band wireless routers, all of them NBN-ready.
Our expert testers give every router a thorough workout to help find the models that:
Our interactive comparison tool helps you find out which routers have a built-in modem and VoIP support and which have the best parental filter controls. Our Recommended list will help you see quickly which models come out on top.
Note that though two wireless router models we tested also include a built-in modem, we tested them only as wireless routers.
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The number of USB 2.0 ports included.
The number of USB 3.0 ports included.
Whether the device is designed to be optionally mounted on a wall.
Lets you give visitors access to the internet, but not your local network.
Whether the router supports Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) guidelines that make connection to other networked devices and streaming media files across your network easier.
Type of 802.11 Wi-Fi standard support included.
The fastest achieved throughput result on the 2.4GHz band. MBps = megabytes per second.
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Measures the fastest single 5GHz band throughput result. Tri-band routers may have a higher overall total throughput because they can transmit on two separate 5GHz bands simultaneously, to support multiple devices, but they do not aggregate the two bands to give a faster result to one client device. MBps = megabytes per second.
The performance score is based on total throughput, which is a combination of 2.4GHz and 5GHz throughput, and tri-band router throughput is based on 5GHz combined throughput.
The ease of use score is made up of: how easy it is to connect the router to the Internet; how easy it is to change wireless names and passwords; and how easy it is to implement extra features such as internet access controls or parental filters.
