EverydayTech Guide
Site overview · Figures as of October 28, 2026

What Everyday Tech Guide offers

Home tech, made simple.

Everyday Tech Guide is a free guide site for the technology in your home: Wi-Fi and routers, security cameras and doorbells, smart home gear and the accounts that protect them. It is for people who want clear, step-by-step help with setup, troubleshooting and buying decisions.

Guides are researched from manufacturers’ own documentation and are not independently tested. We also make our own downloadable tools for checking and organizing your home setup.

Download the two-page overview (PDF)2 pages, to share with someone new. A snapshot as of October 28, 2026.

What we cover

80 step-by-step guides, each counted once by main topic. Brand and buying guides are a second view of the same guides, so those counts overlap the topic counts. There are also 9 comparisons, such as eero vs TP-Link Deco.

Home Wi-Fi and routers 19 guides

Dropouts, dead zones, mesh, routers and extenders.

All Wi-Fi guides →

Cameras and doorbells 17 guides

Offline fixes, placement, storage and choosing a camera.

All camera guides →

Smart home and Matter 41 guides

Plugs, lights, locks, thermostats, hubs, Matter and Thread.

All smart home guides →

Home network security 3 guides

Accounts, passwords and backups, free options first.

All security guides →

Brand setup and fixes 34 guides + 3 comparisons

Setup steps and offline fixes by brand, from the maker’s own help pages.

All brand guides →

Buying guides 26 guides

22 “Best” roundups, a budget routers guide and 3 buying or compatibility guides.

Recommended gear →

The 167 pages are everything in our sitemap: the home page, 5 topic hubs, 80 guides, 3 interactive tools, 66 glossary terms and 12 site, policy and product pages.

Free tools and helpers

Home Network Health Check 25 questions

A 0 to 100 score, a score per area, your top 3 fixes and a weekend plan.

Home Wi-Fi Solution Finder 6 questions

Narrows down why Wi-Fi is slow, weak or dropping.

Smart Home Compatibility Checker 7 questions

What to verify before buying a plug, light, camera, doorbell or thermostat.

Find your way around

Start here covers 13 common situations. Search and the 66-term glossary help you find anything else. New guides also go out through the RSS feed.

The three tools run in your browser, so your answers stay on your device, and no account is needed.

Glossary

The glossary explains 66 home tech terms, such as Matter, Thread, mesh and PoE, in short definitions that link to the guides that use them.

Our own products

Optional downloads for people who want a plan and a set of records to fill in. Everything else on the site is free.

A personal report on your home network and a fillable binder to keep your home tech in one place. Instant digital download. Works offline, and nothing is sent anywhere.

Report Builder

  • 4 quick questions, then up to 35 that adapt to your home
  • Personal PDF report with an overall score and a score per area
  • Fixes in priority order, free fixes first, with steps
  • Weekend plan, 30-day plan and a habits page

Security tools add-on (optional, included)

  • 10 more questions and a Security tools section
  • Password managers, backups, computer protection, DNS filtering and a device list

Fillable Home Tech Binder

  • 15 pages, fillable and printable, with a dark version for screens and a light version for printing
  • Equipment log, device inventory, accounts record, router settings checklist, maintenance log, warranty tracker, emergency contacts and a yearly calendar

Also included

  • A sample report built from made-up answers and a START-HERE file

See what’s inside

A 23-page fillable and printable kit to move everyone in your home to a password manager and 2-step verification. Instant digital download.

  • Choose your tools, free options first
  • Household roster and a weekend rollout plan
  • Four per-person checklists
  • Account inventory in 3 tiers (you record where passwords are kept, never the passwords)
  • 2FA and passkey tracker
  • Recovery and emergency plan, with a print-and-handwrite sheet
  • Family sharing rules
  • “After a breach” checklist, incident log and quarterly check-up

See the kit

Both products are plans and records, not scans or security audits. They contain no affiliate links and no ads. Checkout is on Payhip: payhip.com/EverydayTechGuide.

How recommendations work

Full details: How we pick products and the affiliate disclosure.

Find us

Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, Everyday Tech Guide earns from qualifying purchases. Many linked guides contain labeled affiliate links. Products are chosen from manufacturer documentation and listings; they are not independently tested.