A WiFi extender can help improve your WiFi experience at home, especially if you’re trying to raise performance in one specific area like a home office. The device works by repeating, or extending, ...

In Part 1 of our small-business networking story, we talked about the various parts that comprise a basic network. Now it’s time to discuss a wireless network (or WLAN, for Wireless Local Area Network ...

A computer must have a wireless network interface controller, or wireless adapter, installed to connect to a Wi-Fi network. The adapter enables the computer to detect Wi-Fi signals from a router so ...

If you’ve ever hesitated to share your internet password with a visitor—maybe a babysitter, a repairman, or some neighborhood scruff your kid dragged home—you might want to think about setting up a ...

The Wi-Fi standards follow recommendations published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. From the beginning, the IEEE made a requirement that Wi-Fi networks could work without ...

I’ve tested a lot of Wi-Fi mesh (aka whole-home coverage systems) products lately, but what if you already have a good Wi-Fi router and don’t want to do a rip-and-replace job? There’s a new device ...

If you notice you’re having network & internet connection problems on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC and issues like Unidentified network appearing, the Wi-Fi connection is limited, low Wi-Fi signal ...