GoKawiilRouter Rebooter 4 / 5 Very good pros and cons Pros Simple, no-fuss gadget.
Reboots every 24 hours.
No apps, buttons, or settings. Cons No option to change reboot interval.
No indication of how long until it reboots.
Only one DC jack size. $7.97 at Amazon
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It's a fact of life that consumer-grade routers can be a bit… rubbish. Sure, you can solve many of your internet-related woes by buying a bunch of high-end gear and then connecting to a high-speed internet pipe, but most people don't have the cash or inclination to do that. Most people just want their reels to load faster.
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I've been in tech now for three decades, and one thing I've known since the dawn of time -- when internet bits flowed at speeds that seem glacial by today's standards through modems attached to beige desktop PCs -- is that one guaranteed way to speed up an internet connection is to reboot a router.
But who has time to flip a switch nowadays? I want my switches to flip for me. Well, now they can, thanks to Router Rebooter.
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