So I live across from my sister and she has wifi which i'm using. We are about 40-50 feet apart (from her router to my laptop and ps3). Connection is great when we're using our computers but the PS3 ...

Wireless connectivity is so ubiquitous today that I sometimes forget it wasn't always like that. Then I remember that I've lived in houses where I needed a Wi-Fi extender to get a consistent signal in ...

It's a familiar scenario: you bought a top-tier Wi-Fi router, yet there's still that one corner of the house where the signal is weak. Even the best routers have their limits, but the signal has to ...

Internet technology is constantly evolving, but just because it's time to upgrade to a new router, doesn't mean the old one is ready for the trash bin.

A wireless repeater, as the name indicates, repeats or extends the wireless signal produced from a router. Businesses use a repeater to expand the broadcast range of their networks, improving signal ...

Lisa Marie Lalonde’s router isn’t powerful enough to cover her entire home, so she installed a range extender. But when she moves from one part of the house to another, her laptop fails to connect to ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

If multiple devices benefit from a wired internet connection, a router can help The most important effect of using a router is that it allows you to connect multiple devices to the internet ...

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