I've used a lot of routers throughout my time on the internet, from ISP routers that have locked-down services to routers I kept way longer than I should have. Still, on every one that I could change ...

Chances are, unless you're a tech enthusiast, you likely kept the default Wi-Fi name and password from the day you had your router installed. Perhaps you have apartment neighbors with funny custom ...

Wi-Fi speed on Windows isn’t just your router. These adapter, driver, and power settings cut drops and boost throughput.

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You’re connected to wifi, and no matter what website you visit and how many apps you open, nothing works. You try to figure out what’s going on and find that your Wi-Fi icon has an exclamation mark, ...

Google may split the Internet tile back into separate Wi-Fi and mobile data toggles in a future Android release. Here’s how we know.

You might think that connecting anonymously to a public Wi-Fi network doesn’t reveal much about you. You might be using a VPN (virtual private network) to protect everything you do. Even if you aren’t ...