All of the Wi-Fi tricks and strategies in the world won’t help you every time. Dropped connections outside your house, the need to turn off your media streaming box while playing an online game, or, even worse, slow surfing even if you’re just a few rooms distant from your router are all symptoms to look for. A new router or a mesh-networking kit will boost the range, reliability, and speed of your Wi-Fi across your home. If your router is much more than a couple of years old and experiencing issues in more areas than not.