Are you hardwiring your new computer to your home network, and wondering if your old Cat 5 or 5e cables are still a good choice for the job? For DSL or cable Internet speeds under 1Gbps, and for...

The short answer is that Ethernet is almost always better for faster and more secure data transmission, although it means your devices will have to be connected via Ethernet cables. If you can deal...

When I have many people at my house, all streaming movies and playing high-bandwidth video games, I have noticed that after a few days my Internet feels slower. A router reboot every once in a while...

Your router is the hub of your home network. Through it, all data passes from Internet to your personal devices. If someone hacks (or logs into) your home router, they have access to your entire...

Most consumer-grade routers are set to assign IP addresses to all the devices connected to it. Most routers are commonly set to 192.168.1.x. There are 254 addresses in that type of network, including...

Don't throw away your old routers! Or at least consider an alternative use for it before throwing it out. While the technology may seem obsolete, you can still make good use of your old device,...