A viral internet hack claims that placing a coin on a router improves WiFi performance, but networking experts and ...

Many people only think about their router when Wi-Fi fails. But knowing when to give yours a fresh start could make a ...

Cable comes in from the wall<BR>Goes to cable modem<BR>Goes to Cable Modem Router (linksys)<BR>Goes to two machines:<BR>1) Desktop<BR>2) Laptop<BR><BR><BR>Now, laptop has worked fine for forever and ...

Rebooting your router won't fix your Wi-Fi: 7 tricks that actually work ...

You wake up Saturday morning to check your favorite team's score, and the page won't load. It's the Wi-Fi again! Wi-Fi connection issues can occur for a bunch of frustrating reasons. If your Wi-Fi is ...

Your modem and router are the dynamic duo you need to get online, so long as you don't mistake one for the other.

Home WiFi networks, which give internet access to the devices in your house, are notoriously glitchy. They can stop working and then restart, or work fine in some spots but badly in others. The ...

Wi-Fi signals hate obstacles like walls, cabinets and even your kitchen microwave. By making a few strategic, zero-cost moves ...

Think of restarting your router, or router-modem combo, as a way to refresh the device. Routers are essentially tiny computers with limited processing power and memory. The more you ask it to do, the ...

I've got Earthlink's DSL service and I can connect if I go straight from the computer to the modem, but not if I put an intervening router in the layout. Here is what I can tell you:<P>They use PPPoE ...

It’s 6 p.m. on Saturday, right before guests are set to arrive for dinner. That’s when it always seems to happen. That’s when my network of Sonos speakers decides that it won’t play my daughter’s ...

When you sign a contract with an internet provider, they'll typically send you a modem and a router in the mail. But which is which? And how are they different? A modem and a router work in tandem ...