By now, you must have heard of Wi-Fi 6E — I mentioned it briefly in this piece about Wi-Fi 6 as a whole. If not, well, you’ll learn all that matters about this new Wi-Fi standard here. Dong’s note: I …
Read MoreWi-Fi 6E Explained: It’s Here yet Still a Blur. No Need to Hold Your Breath
To the chagrin of many, Asus’s very first Wi-Fi 6E router, the ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000, originally announced last September, didn’t materialize in 2020. But that turned out to be a good thing. We’re well in 2021 now, and the new …
Read MoreAsus GT-AXE11000 Router Review: Excellent, but Jury Is Still Out on Wi-Fi 6E
MAC address one of the two critical elements of networking. You’ll learn all about it in this post. The first thing to keep in mind is a MAC address is different from an IP address, though the two co-exist nicely. …
If you’re using cable Internet, check your bill, you might be paying around $15/month “equipment rental” fee. If so, replacing the ISP-provided equipment with a cable modem of your own will eliminate that monthly cost. Over time the saving will …
Read MoreCable Modem Explained: How to Swap an ISP-Provided Gateway with One
By now, you must have heard of “mesh,” “Wi-Fi system,” or “mesh Wi-Fi system,” and might have some idea about that they are. OK, they are the same thing. If you already know that, well, there’s more than just semantics …
Read MoreMesh Wi-Fi System Explained: How to Best Use Multiple Broadcasters
A big part of the questions galore I get daily includes those asking for a specific router or mesh recommendation. Some readers even sent me a detailed sketch of their home — you know who you are! Everyone wants to …
Read MoreWi-Fi Router Explained: How You Can Figure out that Perfect One Today
For years, I’ve received a lot of questions regarding Dual-band vs. Tri-band in Wi-Fi routers. For this reason, in the past two years, folks were super undecided between the Netgear RAX200 vs. RAX120 or the Asus GT-AX11000 vs. RT-AX88U. Then …
Read MoreDual-band vs. Tri-band Explained: 2021’s New Wi-Fi Bandwidth Question
For more than a year now, I’ve received many emails about how to “get the most out” or “take advantage” of a Gigabit Internet connection — one that can deliver up to 1000Mbps of download speed. Well, first of all, …
Read MoreGigabit Internet Explained: How to Get the Magic out of Your Cool 1Gbps
I’ve been receiving a lot of questions concerning safety. Those along the line of “how to protect my computer from online threats” or “how to stay safe in this age of misinformation.” (OK, “sane” is more like it than “safe” …
Read MoreOnline Media, Wi-Fi Signals, and How to Stay Safe: It’s All on You!
You might have heard of VPNs from some commercials. Hell, you might be even be using one right now and want to brag about how secure your network is. So what is VPN exactly? Is it all that good? If …
Read MoreVPN Explained: Privacy, Security and How You Can Get It for Free
When it comes to network storage, I’d recommend a NAS server. But a good server can be expensive; plus, not everyone wants or has time to configure all the features. So the second-best option is to make use of what …
Read MoreWi-Fi Router USB Port Explained: How to Turn One into a NAS Server
Wi-Fi 5 vs. Wi-Fi 6, which should you get? That’s a good question. It’s been more than two years since Wi-Fi 6 (or 802.11ax) — the sizable upgrade to the existing Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) — became commercially available. Since then, …
Read MoreWi-Fi 5 vs. Wi-Fi 6: It’s (Still) OK to Delay Upgrading to the Latter Today
I’ve received a lot of questions relating to the Guest Wi-Fi network in the past couple of months, especially since the reviews the Asus ZenWiFi AX of which the feature hasn’t worked as intended. Most of these questions, though, are …
Read MoreGuest Wi-Fi Network Explained: No, It’s Not Really for Your IoT Devices
You might have never heard of the file system, but when you use a computer or any devices that store something, for that matter, you have to deal with one. The same can be said about disc partition. This post …
Read MoreFile System and Partition Explained: Take Control of Your Storage