Networking

Bang! Bang! Shots Fired! Ever since the release of USB C, all those unique traditional USB ports connecting various gadgets are seeing an untimely death. And as it stands, the marriage between USB4 vs Thunderbolt 3 has more or less sealed the deal. Contrary to... Read More

You have probably seen these numbers, and put across a question mark on what they represent. They actually refer to two differing bands that your Wi-Fi network can employ to attain signal. The major differences between the two frequencies are how far your data can... Read More

Every router, irrespective of type, manufacturer or brand, comes with 2 IP addresses: one public IP address (WAN) and one private IP address (LAN). The public address is the one used when you (or other users) need to access the internet from the outside world... Read More

Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced a new Bluetooth version called the Bluetooth 5.1 earlier this year. For its last release, Bluetooth 5, there was a spotlight on the interaction of IoT. With this edition, more refinement has been done to that aspect. There are... Read More

Just like you need a record of your friend's phone numbers to always contact them when you want to speak with them, a DNS server can be best described as a phone book that has all the public IP addresses and domain names that are... Read More

Sharing your Wi-Fi password is easy, but kicking unwanted guests off without changing it for everyone requires a different approach. Maybe a neighbor overstayed their welcome, or you suspect an unknown device is hogging bandwidth. While changing the password works, it forces you to reconnect... Read More

Wi-Fi 6 which also goes by the name 802.11 ax is being touted as the biggest update to the wireless standard since its first release two decades ago. And that's because of some good reasons; Wi-Fi 6 brings multi-gigabit speeds 4 times as fast as... Read More

As a rule of thumb, whenever you connect to a Wi-Fi network using a password, variations of the following Wi-Fi security protocols come into play: WEP, WPA, & WPA2. The acronyms WEP, WPA, and WPA2 represent generations of Wi-Fi security protocols present on most if not... Read More

In the tech world, there are usually buzzwords (and buzz-phrases) that are often used to simply describe new technological innovations and trends. Some (like 4K, 8K etc) are often simple and easier to grasp and differentiate while some could get relatively confusing as they are... Read More