Reuse an old router to connect wired-only devices -- like your TV, DVR, or game console -- to your wireless network. Ed Rhee Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT ...

Modern communication relies heavily on wireless networking, which is gaining popularity among home and business networks. Wireless Networking offers the advantage of mobility and eliminates the use of ...

A wireless router comes with default configurations that require attention to improve your security posture. If you don't give them the right attention, you could make it easier for someone to use the ...

When you use your computer on your home or office network, there's a lot happening in the background. To connect to another device on your network and use the internet, you're using two pieces of ...

A router's wide area network (WAN) port acts as its gateway to other networks, providing an interface for the router to send outgoing traffic over. Computers should not be connected to a router's WAN ...

The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone line, ...

If you own devices with wired-only (Ethernet) connections and your router or modem is too far away or your wireless network doesn’t cover enough area in your home, an old router can solve your ...

If your internet is slow and you feel like you've tried everything, you're in luck: I've got one more fix you might not have tried. Changing your DNS settings on either your Wi-Fi router or your ...

If you receive a message Windows can’t get the Network Settings from the router when using the Printer, Wi-Fi, Mobile Hotspot, WiFi Speakers, etc, on your Windows 11/10 computer, perhaps something ...

Speed sells. Every router review is focused on speed. When they discuss signal strength, its only because it increases the speed. There may be a brief mention of other features, but the undeniable ...

Based on RRDTool, Cacti is "a complete network graphing solution." That means that Cacti polls your devices, gathers the data, then provides graphs based on what you configured. Cacti is a free open ...