Networking

Routers, switches, access points and cabling for homes, shops and small offices. Most connectivity complaints in Pakistan are blamed on the internet connection and are actually the router: a single-band unit supplied by an ISP struggles past a couple of walls and a dozen devices, and no amount of bandwidth fixes coverage. The practical order of things is usually: a dual-band router for a small flat; a router plus one or two access points for a two-storey house, wired back with CAT6 rather than repeated wirelessly; and a switch as soon as there are more wired devices than the router has ports. Wireless repeaters halve throughput at every hop, which is why a wired access point almost always beats a mesh node in a building with a wall thick enough to be a problem. Every product here lists its wireless standard, band support, port count and speed, and PoE capability where relevant, so a router and a switch can be matched before you buy rather than after.