Connecting to a wireless network is typically accomplished through the user of an intermediary, such as a router. In the past, leasing an Internet account began with the hard wiring of a desktop ...

To share a printer between two computers, both computers need to be connected to the same network. Business networks are usually created using a network router, but you can also create small networks ...

If your internet is slow and you feel like you've tried everything, you're in luck: I've got one more fix you might not have tried. Changing your DNS settings on either your Wi-Fi router or your ...

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, ...

By switching to, for example, Google's public DNS servers you could experience less waiting for pages to start loading, and ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

In an upcoming blog I expect to write about configuring a home router, which requires logging on to it. This, in turn, requires knowing the IP address of the router. Non-techies typically don’t know ...