A simple router setting was holding back my home network's full potential, and I wish I'd made this change sooner.

tldr: Devices connected to the 2.4GHz band can't talk to devices connected to the 5GHz band even when they are on the same subnet. Why? For background, I had always had separate SSIDs for 2.4GHz and ...

Dan has been a professional writer for more than a decade and now specializes in routers and networking devices. Originally from Chicago, IL, Dan studied comedy writing at Second City and worked as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you pay for a fast internet plan, but the Wi-Fi still feels slow, the issue may lie with your router rather than the internet ...

My Wi-Fi is inconsistent, and it's not just about speed. I use a fiber-optic connection that terminates at an ONU (Optical Network Unit) with a built-in Wi-Fi router provided by my ISP. This should be ...

The Texas Instruments ACX100 chipset is being used by D-Link as a basis for their new line of “AirPlus” 22Mbps 802.11b wireless networking products. The AirPlus 2.4GHz Router delivers increased speed, ...

It's safe to say Apple knows a thing or too about operating on Wi-Fi, and here's five settings the company recommends users ...

It was brought up before that stuttering Bluetooth audio could be due to interference from USB. I just came across an Amazon review on a WD hard drive that further clarifies that it's specifically USB ...

Does your wireless network seem slow? A recent study by Epitiro, a UK-based broadband-analysis firm, shows that consumers lose an average of 30 percent of the data speed their broadband connection ...