An service set identifier, or network name, is a unique, alphanumeric ID attached to a wireless local area network. The first time you set up your NETGEAR router, the device will assign to the network ...

Wi-Fi contains one glaring flaw: it's vulnerable to hacking. The range of connectivity means people down the hall or across the street can access your network. Even if it's secured with a password, ...

Guest networks are surprisingly useful.

I'm currently running a Netgear WNDR 3700 as my primary wifi router. It supports 802.11a, b, g, and n, and has both 2.4 and 5Ghz bands. Currently, I'm running a g network on the 2.4Ghz band, and an n ...

T-Mobile’s routers are designed for ease of setup and use. You just plug it in somewhere near a window, download the T-Mobile Internet app to your Android or iOS ...

Both the computers report the following wifi networks available: Homenet, Homenet 2; Homenet 2 3. All of them can be connected to and appear to work correctly. The router shows the SSID to be Homenet ...

Neighbors. What can you do about them? To those of us in homes, neighbors are a relatively easily defined group of people. There's the police officer that lives next door, there's the police officer ...

Seems like every guide to securing your wireless network tells you to keep your SSID from broadcasting to make your network more secure, but is that really worthwhile? Let's take a look at one of the ...