One of the major downsides of using the router's USB port is that it comes with its security risks. Unlike dedicated storage devices such as NAS systems, routers are primarily built to manage network ...

I have spent years tinkering with my own setup, and along the way, I made some truly regrettable decisions. Here are the five ...

Network security sounds like something that would concern an IT manager at a big company, but even ordinary home users have good reasons not to leave their small home networks to the wind. It’s about ...

When it comes to complexity of network connectors, you have got multiple levels, with a switch (hub) at the bottom and a router at the top. A hub is an astonishingly dumb gadget. It accepts a packet ...

Your internet service provider (ISP) brings the internet into your home through a modem. A router then converts that signal into Wi-Fi, allowing phones, laptops, TVs and other devices to connect ...

There are various ways to work together in a network based on Windows 11. The simplest is to set up a shared workgroup, a kind of team of computers with equal rights. The workgroup in Windows 11 ...

We have a mail server running on an internal address. Our router is configured to forward ports 110 and 25 to this server for incoming and outgoing mail.<BR>For everyone outside the local net it works ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — It’s 2023, and few things are more annoying than dealing with a WiFi dead zone in your home. The good news is fixing it is easy and, as Consumer Reports explains, doesn’t have to ...