a call from one phone extension to another employee in the next room traverses the Internet to a datacenter and back again. If no router phones are used, an SBC can generally be installed in a ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years ...

Router makers seem to love linking a VPN to how secure a network is, so let me be crystal clear: having a VPN does not ...

Let’s dive in. What to do if your phone won’t connect to the internet: Is the Wi-Fi within range? Did you reach your router’s device limit Try restarting the phone! Check your connection ...

and using your phone as a hotspot quickly drains its battery and data allowance. That’s where portable Wi-Fi routers (and mobile hotspots) come in. While traditional home routers stay in one ...

After I plugged everything in and loaded the Asus Router app on my Samsung Galaxy S20 phone, I tapped to set up a new network. I picked ZenWiFi from the picture list. Next, I scanned the QR code ...

If the router stays put long enough (several days to a week), it gets added to the database. Plotted on a map, the database would look like a host of overlapping circles. When your phone queries ...