Networking Archive

Over the years, there have been numerous improvements in wireless technology. Starting with the 802.11 standard in 1997, subsequent improvements have been labeled 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11ac, along with several other protocols that were mostly experimental and never gained widespread popularity. With the latest iteration, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has decided to drop the new protocol’s designation of 802.11ax, and …

How any of us lived through the age of dial up is beyond comprehension. If a website takes longer than a few seconds to load in today’s day and age we are filled with annoyance and start checking the task manager for RAM or CPU usage so that we can figure out why websites are delayed a whole 5 seconds! Perhaps not everyone is that …

Traveling always comes with certain risks. And in the digital age, those risks aren’t only things like pickpocketing. They also include risks to your data and even your identity. Accessing public wireless networks means transmitting your data into the hands of someone else’s networking equipment. That can put you at risk if the person setting up the network was incompetent, or if there are malicious …

Getting an effective router used to be more difficult than it is today. Part of what made it tough was that usually, a single device needed to handle everything. That meant people were forced into buying the biggest, baddest router they could afford. But even then, you’d face limitations. Because a single router can’t be in two places at one time. Which is pretty much …

Routers and other Wi-Fi systems all benefit from good positioning. Your wireless signals will be stronger when they’ve got line of sight with the devices which they’re connecting with. And line of sight is actually required to make use of the 5G band. But understandably, not everybody wants to put a router in the center of their home, let alone three or four of them. …