Tyler Morgan

My gaming PC had a fiber line pushing 1 Gbps for two years, and I assumed I was using every bit of it. Then I copied a 50 GB game install from my NAS and watched the progress bar crawl at 113 MB/s. After plugging both machines into a 2.5GbE network switch gaming setup, the … Read more

When your router only has four Ethernet ports and you have six devices that need wired connections, you need a solution fast. The best unmanaged switches for adding wired ports solve this problem instantly without any configuration or technical knowledge. I’ve tested dozens of these plug-and-play devices over the years, and the right switch can … Read more

The best MoCA adapters for wiring a room without ethernet solve a problem that mesh systems, extenders, and powerline kits keep failing to fix: getting a true wired connection into a room your router cannot reach. I spent almost two years gaming over WiFi in a bedroom two floors from my router, watching my ping … Read more

Nothing kills a ranked match faster than a lag spike in the room farthest from your router. I have spent the last two months testing the best powerline adapters for gaming in distant rooms across three different houses, and I want to save you the frustration I went through. If your gaming PC or console … Read more

So your desktop has no ethernet port, or the only cable run in your room is on the wrong side of the house. I have lived with this exact problem twice: once in a rental where drilling holes was off the table, and once with an older tower that predated built-in wireless entirely. The fix … Read more

I built my first gaming PC back when Wi-Fi 5 was the hot new standard, and the wireless gaming experience was rough. Fast forward to , and Wi-Fi 7 PCIe cards finally deliver the kind of low-latency, multi-gigabit performance that makes cutting the ethernet cable feel like a real option for competitive players. Our team … Read more

Wi-Fi has gotten better, but it still cannot match a wired connection for raw consistency. I play on a Steam Deck, an ROG Ally, and a thin work laptop that dropped its Ethernet port years ago, and nothing fixed my jitter and packet loss like plugging into a cable. If you have ever lost a … Read more

Running network cables through your home without drilling holes or creating tripping hazards is a common headache. The best flat ethernet cables under carpet solve this problem with a low-profile design that slips beneath rugs, along baseboards, and through door thresholds without anyone noticing. Our team tested 8 different flat cables over three months, walking … Read more

WiFi is great until you try to game two floors above your router. I spent three weekends fighting 180 ms ping spikes in my upstairs room before I gave up on wireless entirely, and the fix turned out to be the most boring one available: a single long ethernet cable run from the downstairs router … Read more

I spent the last three months testing ethernet wall plates and keystone kits across two gaming setups, a home office rebuild, and a media room overhaul. What started as a simple “I need a clean ethernet connection at my desk” turned into a full teardown of ten different products, dozens of terminations, and a few … Read more