The house guide to Wi-Fi.

WiFiBootcamp is a free, ad-free field manual for the network running your life: where it came from, how it works, how to set it up on every phone in the house, and how to upgrade it without breaking anything.

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Fundamentals

A Short History of Wi-Fi

From a Hawaiian radio network to Wi-Fi 7 — how Wi-Fi got invented.

Fundamentals

How Wi-Fi Actually Works

Bands, channels, and standards explained without the jargon.

Fundamentals

Why a Cable Still Wins

Speed, latency, stability: what Ethernet does better than any radio, and what to wire first.

Performance

Optimize Your Signal

Placement, channels, and settings that make a real difference.

Performance

Mesh, Extenders & the Hop Tax

How many nodes you need and why wired backhaul beats wireless hops — with a calculator.

Performance

Troubleshooting Playbook

A calm, ordered method for dead zones and drop-outs.

Setup guides

Wi-Fi on iPhone

Join, share, fix, and tune Wi-Fi on iOS — step by step.

Setup guides

Wi-Fi on Android

Connect, share via QR, and tame adaptive features on any Android.

Setup guides

Upgrade Your Router, Not Your House

Move to Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 without reconfiguring any existing device.

Setup guides

Wi-Fi for Families

Bedtime schedules, device pauses, filters, and the limits you should know about.

Security

Lock It Down

WPA3, guest networks, and the five settings that matter most.

Buying

Hardware Buying Guide

What specs matter, which ones are marketing, and where to save.

Reference

Glossary

Every acronym on this site, defined in one line.

Free tool

Wi-Fi Channel Planner

See channel overlaps live and pick the cleanest channel for your band and width.

Free tool

Internet Speed Test

Download, upload, latency and jitter measured against Cloudflare's edge — straight from this page.