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One of my friends brought up the 1999 sci-fi film Smart House the other day in regard to a light bulb I was fighting with. For those who never saw this gem of a movie, the premise is exactly what it ...

Your router is responsible for sending Wi-Fi signals to your phone, laptop, smart TV, security cameras and more. It has a big job. Sometimes it’s the reason your internet connection is spotty, but not ...

Your router might look like an impenetrable black box of internet mystery, but tweaking a few settings under the hood is easier than you might think. Here are some of the options you can reconfigure ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Our lives are fully dependent on faster routers, Wi-Fi, internet speed more than anything else. You don’t want to binge on your favorite Netflix show, only to know that it has started buffering. You ...

5. If the only encryption options your router has are WEP or WPA, tell your router to check for a firmware update. 6. If there’s no firmware update or your router updates but you’re still stuck with ...

Everyone wants reliable and fast internet, and a good router can help, but how do you choose a router? The trick is to work out how the complicated mess of standards, confusing acronyms, and ...