Home Wi-Fi and routers
23 guidesDropouts, dead zones, mesh, routers and extenders.
All Wi-Fi guides →Home tech, made simple.
Step-by-step fixes and buying guides for Wi-Fi, cameras and smart home devices, based on the maker’s own documentation.
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Wi-Fi
Dead zones, dropouts, routers and mesh.
Wi-Fi guides →Cameras and doorbells
Offline fixes, setup and what to buy.
Camera guides →Smart home
Plugs, hubs, Matter, lights and speakers.
Smart home guides →Security
Passwords, two-factor sign-in and backups.
Security guides →The whole site at a glance
Download the overview (PDF)What we offer
Free guides and tools for the technology in your home, plus three downloads of our own and a video course on pre-order. Researched from the makers’ own documentation.
- 91step-by-step guides
- 3free interactive tools
- 66glossary terms
- 3products of our own
Topic areas
Cameras and doorbells
19 guidesOffline fixes, placement, storage and choosing a camera.
All camera guides →Smart home and Matter
45 guidesPlugs, lights, locks, thermostats, hubs, Matter and Thread.
All smart home guides →Home network security
4 guidesAccounts, passwords and backups, free options first.
All security guides →Brand guides
38 guides + 4 comparisonsSetup steps and offline fixes by brand, from the maker’s own help pages.
All brand guides →Buying guides
31 guides“Best” roundups and how to choose a router, camera or hub.
Recommended gear →Each of the 91 guides is counted once by main topic. Brand and buying guides are a second view of the same guides, so those counts overlap.
Free tools and helpers
- Home Network Health Check25 questions
- Wi-Fi Solution Finder6 questions
- Smart Home Compatibility Checker7 questions
- Start here13 situations
- Glossary66 terms
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Our own products
Health Check Pack $12A personal PDF report with a score per area and a weekend plan, plus a 16-page fillable Home Tech Binder.Password Rollout Kit $9A 27-page fillable kit with a household roster, per-person checklists, a 2FA tracker and a recovery plan.Inventory & Warranty Tracker $6A 13-page fillable PDF and a spreadsheet with 7 tracking tabs for your devices, receipts and warranty dates. Sold on Etsy.One-time, instant download. Plans and records, not scans or security audits.
Coming soon: The Home Tech Reset $79 pre-orderA video course: 46 short lessons on Wi-Fi, smart home, cameras and passwords. Founding price until November 30, then $129. Lessons from November 27; if the course doesn’t go ahead, every pre-order is refunded by November 16.How we pickGuides draw on the makers’ own manuals and are not independently tested. Some contain labeled Amazon affiliate links, at no extra cost to you.Full detailsAffiliate disclosure