Smart Wi-Fi Devices and Your Router’s Airtime Fairness: How to Best Use IoT in a Home Network
You may have heard of “smart Wi-Fi devices,” also known as the “Internet of Things’ (IoT). Heck, you might even …
Multi-Link Operation, Explained: Understanding Wi-Fi 7’s “Exciting” MLO Feature
Multi-Link Operation, or MLO, is arguably the most exciting and promising feature of Wi-Fi 7 on paper. In reality, its …
Wi-Fi System and Mesh Network Setup: Hardware Diagrams and Practical Real-World Tips
A Wi-Fi system generally includes two or more broadcasters. If you get a purpose-built solution, it’s often available in a …
Best NVMe SSDs (Solid-State Drives): The Top Performance Internal Storage Options
This post includes the best NVMe SSDs among those I’ve reviewed that you can safely bring home today. These are …
Micron Crucial P510 Review (vs. Samsung SSD 9100 PRO): A Fast, Cool and Afforable PCIe Gen 5 SSD
Micron’s new Crucial P510, first announced at the beginning of the year, is kind of special. It’s the company’s third …
MTU and Jumbo Frame, Explained: What They Are and How to Mess with Them
Generally, you don’t need to worry about MTU and Jumbo Frame. In a network, these two are part of the …
Top Five Best 10Gbps Routers and Wi-Fi Systems: The Ultimate Lists of the Cream of the Crop in Network Performace
Since the first time I made the best lists of Wi-Fi broadcasters with multi-Gigabit wired capability, folks have been asking …
HOSTS File, Explained: The Location and How to Use It to Block Unwanted Websites
You might have heard of a computer’s hosts file. If not, you didn’t miss much. Literally, that’s a file named …
Five Affordable TP-Link Wi-Fi 7 Hardware Options to Bring Home Today
If you’re looking to improve your Wi-Fi but on a budget, TP-Link is generally a good brand to consider. That …
NAS Server, Explained: Redundancy (RAID) and Network-Attached Storage Basics
If you have never heard of network-attached storage (NAS), this post is for you. Even if you already know about …