Tips on buying a new Wi-Fi 6 router

Your devices can only connect to a single wireless band at a time. PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO
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Clueless about routers? Here are three tips when shopping for a Wi-Fi 6 router.

Manufacturers often tout the large numbers - up to 11,000Mbps - on their routers. But these advertised figures are actually the sum of the maximum theoretical speeds of the router's wireless bands.

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