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This post helps you deal with the situation where you want to improve your home Wi-Fi network yet can’t (or don’t want to) get rid of your ISP-provided gateway (or any existing router). It’s a question of Single NAT vs. Double NAT. If those “NAT” terms seem scary or strange, …
The ASUS TUF Gaming is an interesting portable SSD lineup. For one, it comes in the Plus and A2 segments, with the former being ready-made drives and the latter being more of an enclosure that you’ll need to install your own NVMe SSD before it becomes a portable drive. Secondly, …
The Silicon Power DS72 portable SSD stick looks like a thumb drive and works like one, too. However, it has the performance of a portable SSD. Most importantly, it comes with both USB-A and USB-C connectivity to work with virtually all modern host devices. Here’s the bottom line: While the …
On January 7, when everyone was busy with CES 2025, Ubiquiti, without attending the show, officially rolled out a significant software upgrade for its hardware: UniFi Network 9. This upgrade includes improvements for large-scale networks and many small things for general users. The update was first available in late December …
On January 8, 2024, the Wi-Fi Alliance introduced the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 7 program, making the standard official. However, the Wi-Fi 7 story started way before that. Since the second part of 2021, this latest wireless standard has been the talk of the town, with the first routers becoming available starting …
OWC has been known to be the make of prosumer storage devices, and at CES 2025, it showed just that. The company demoed the real-time performance of its latest Thunderbolt 5 devices. “Latest” because its first TB5 portable drive, the Envoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5, was released back in Sempter 2024. …
A couple of years ago, I enthusiastically published an explainer post on Wi-Fi Halow. (Make sure you have read that post before continuing!) Since then, I’ve been looking for hardware to gain real-world experience with the standard. Many of you have also sent me questions about when you can use …
