Google WiFi: The easiest wifi to set up

One night, I was laying at the edge of my bed streaming Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories on Netflix. Now I wasn't at the edge of the bed because it was comfortable nor was it my typical leisurely position. I was actually trying to get a strong wifi signal so that I didn't have to anxiously wait for anything to buffer in the middle of something good. Low and behold, when my wife returned to the room,  I lost connection and literally lost my shit with the crappy router we had.

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A client of mine was going through the same issue. He would lose connection in certain rooms, like the bathroom. Don't ask me why he needs wifi for his iPad in his bathroom. One of my consultants recommended a mesh wifi network to help with the poor reception. If you're living in a large home with lots of doors or thick walls, wifi signals may not reach every part of the house.  A mesh network encompasses your home with wifi so that there are no dead spots.  This is not your typical router/modem or wifi extender (which sometimes help) - this mesh stuff is next level wifi.

Top recommendations: 1) eero home wifi ($309) 2) Google wifi ($259) 3) Netgear Orbi ($350). These wifi routers come in a pack of three which you should place 1-2 rooms away from each other. This gives you the ultimate wifi connection. As you walk into other rooms, your device will automatically switch to the closest wifi hub so that you never hit a dead spot.

Judging by the title of this post, I'm sure you can tell that I chose the cheapest option of the three which was the Google wifi. This thing is so easy to set up that I had this running in 5 minutes. It's connected to an app on your phone so you can monitor who's on the network, create a guest wifi accounts, and update passwords on your phone. Don't forget that this is a beautiful piece of hardware. You can hang it on walls or leave it sitting on a bookshelf.  The only downside to all of this is that Google is collecting a bunch of data on me. Well, it's not explicitly mentioned, but you and I both know that they are collecting something. So if you don't want an invasion of privacy, then check out the other two options like the eero or Orbi.

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This is my second technology post for the week, so I hope you enjoyed it. I'll try to switch it up with some premiere eats in San Francisco. Additionally, my wife will author some lifestyle and food articles.