Josh Hawkins has been writing about science, gaming, and tech culture for over a decade. He's a top-rated reviewer with extensive experience helping people find the best deals on tech and more.

The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone line, ...

A modem and router work in tandem to deliver you an internet connection. Even if the modem and router are combined in the same hardware, they serve distinct functions. The modem communicates with the ...

If you’re renting a modem from your cable company or internet provider I’ve got two words for you: stop it. For one thing, you’re not likely getting the best hardware available and you’re almost ...

Josh Hawkins has been writing about science, gaming, and tech culture for over a decade. He's a top-rated reviewer with extensive experience helping people find the ...

Craig was sucked into the endless vortex of tech at an early age, only to be spat back out babbling things like "phase-locked-loop crystal oscillators!". Mostly this receives a pat on the head from ...

Everyone needs internet to stay connected, but most people rely on technicians and their more tech-savvy friends and family to set things up. While there's no shame in that, having a basic ...

Wireless Internet is great. Radio waves burning holes in your brain as packets of data containing a Netflix movie fly through the air over to your TV; what could be better? Surely, not much. But WiFi ...

Let’s face it — experiencing an internet outage can be frustrating, especially if you don’t know what’s causing the problem. Instead of staring at all those blinking modem and router lights with ...

The powers that be recently changed to a 5G wireless modem/router. Seemed to be okay for about a week. Then..... While the best download speed for the LAN on the old modem was about 2 Mbps, it was ...

You can connect a DSL modem to a D-Link router by using an Ethernet cable and then entering your DSL username and password. Most DSL modems have a built-in router ...

If you happen to live in an area that's served by Clearwire's WiMAX network, then you may be interested to learn of a new home internet service that's very aggressive on the pricing front. FreedomPop ...