The Best Wi-Fi Routers to Reach Every Corner of Your Home

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The humble router is an essential fixture in every home, but the one from your internet service provider likely sucks. Finding the best Wi-Fi router is the most effective way to improve your Wi-Fi. Benefits extend to everything from streaming movies and online gaming to video calls. Most people can get by just fine with a single Wi-Fi router, and I’ve collected recommendations to suit different needs, spaces, and budgets. I have tested all of these in my busy family home, which is full of Netflix-addicted gamers.

After testing around 40 routers (a handful of those have since been discontinued, but most are reviewed on this page), the Asus RT-BE58U is my top pick for most folks and shows how ...