Networking Archive

Not all businesses have the same network needs. Nevertheless, there are a handful of things just about any business will want. Reliability, speed, adaptability. Features you generally need on any router are needed in even greater measure when applied to business. Then there are things almost unique to business routers. Extra layers of security, more comprehensive control over monitoring network usage, automatic data backup features, …

A business router is concerned with slightly different things. When you’re at home, a short hiccup with the internet is a minor inconvenience. When you’re at work, it might reflect on your professionalism, get in the way of accepting payments, halt productivity, or worse. With more on the line, performance gets held to a higher standard. Which is probably a good thing. In an increasingly …

When it comes to online games, whether for console or PC, your entire system is only as responsive as your Internet connection. If you wanted to undermine the performance of the best gaming PC machine in the world, all you’d have to do is pair it up with a weak router. In an increasingly always-connected world, just about any game these days can require a …

What’s the difference between one router and another? Much of that comes down to you. How many people are going to connect? How much bandwidth are you getting from your ISP? And for choosing a gaming router, what kind of games do you play? It’s by going through these questions that you can find the right router appropriate to your needs. Another good place to …

Routers can be a bit inscrutable. But it doesn’t have to be difficult to pick one, and these days, you certainly don’t need to be a network technician to setup a router. But if you want to choose the right router, it does help to have some basic knowledge about the kind of things you expect your router to do, and about your current Internet …