In the computer networking world, the three most ubiquitous pieces of equipment are modems, routers, and switches. These are used everywhere from the datacenter hosting Google to the internet connection in your own home. However, despite how important these three...
For many people, one of the biggest frustrations about setting up or configuring a router is simply finding the IP address of where it's located. While accompanying mobile apps in newer routers and mesh Wi-Fi systems have made this process significantly easier,...
When it comes to Wi-Fi, we don't really demand all that much. All we want is a good Wi-Fi signal with reasonable performance to watch funny cat videos in 4K. However, as you may know, in practice that's not always how things work. If poor Wi-Fi signals and slow speeds...
If you have an old router lying around and you have no idea what to do with it, one option is to turn it into a powerful wireless adapter, or wireless bridge, for your PC, home entertainment center, or anything else that requires a physical connection. This is...
The Quest for Wi-Fi Perfection The new Apple MacBook Pro (Touchbar, 2016) is quite the mixed bag. On one hand the thinner and lighter design, the beautiful Retina display, and the cool new TouchBar makes it one of the best MacBook Pros ever, but on the other hand,...
What is Iperf? So you just got a new router and you want to know whether it's actually faster than your old router or you just got a new wireless card and you want to know how much faster the new wireless card is over the old one. How do you test the performance? The...
