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Router

Accessing Your Linksys Router From a Web Page

There are a number of reasons that you might need to access your Linksys router settings page. You may be tweaking out the bandwidth allowance for gaming capabilities, changing your network password or altering the security configuration for your home or office network. If you are the network administrator, you...(more)

Basic Traits of Computer Networking

Computer networking's basic definition consists of computers connected via a communications interface. The purposes vary, but often, it is for the sharing of resources and information. Chances are, if your home has Internet access, you are operating under the concepts of simple computer networking. ...(more)

Accessing Your Wireless Router's Security Settings

A router is a powerful piece of hardware that creates a wireless network in your home. In addition, a router takes a single Internet Protocol address available from your broadband provider and assigns dynamic IP addresses to multiple devices, keeping them connected simultaneously. With a router set up as the...(more)

Are All Routers Wireless? A Technical Overview

Routers are powerful hardware components that create stable, convenient Internet access in your home. These multi-function devices combine the best of several hardware components to give you top notch capability and flexibility. ...(more)

Wifi

How to Connect Two Computers to a Home Network

When you subscribe to broadband Internet, you're only getting a single Internet Protocol address. One of the frequent problems broadband users encounter is only getting one computer connected to the Internet at a time. The reason is due to this single IP address problem. Connecting two computers to the same...(more)

Methods to Boost the Wi-Fi Signal in Your House

The average American household has become extremely Internet-dependent over the last decade. Personal computers, Wi-Fi tablets, smartphones and streaming televisions all draw bandwidth from a single-source Internet connection that comes into the home by way of cable or phone line. It's enough to put any router and modem combination to...(more)

Necessary Hardware for a Wireless Network

Wireless networks for homes and small offices are surprisingly more technologically advanced than the cable-based networks used by major installations. The companies have packed sophisticated hardware and software into small units that allow you to set up your network with little problem....(more)

DSL

Boost Your Network With Fast Cable Modems

If you are still using a cable modem from the middle of the last decade, you are almost certainly not receiving the highest potential speed for your network. DOCSIS 3.0, the latest cable modem standard, allows Internet service providers to offer you download speeds over 300 Mbps. Even if you...(more)

A Comparison of Cable Modem vs DSL

Whether you have cable Internet or DSL, you need to have a modem to convert your Internet service provider's signal into one that is usable inside your house. These modems are not interchangeable between the services, as there are some key differences between cable and DSL modems. ...(more)

Broadband Internet: What is a DSL Modem

DSL Internet is a popular high-speed Internet connection service available in a broad array of markets throughout the United States. While DSL Internet is phone-line based, it still requires some special hardware in order to connect the user to the Internet. The most important hardware is the DSL modem. ...(more)

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Chad Williamson

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Chad Williamson is an IT professional with years of experience in computer networking. He spent his last summer in college working with the university to overhaul the campus network, and he now wor ...Read More