Getting the best Wi-Fi performance requires strategic antenna positioning, proper router placement, and a bit of trial and ...

Apple has published a document detailing the best settings to use on your router and highlighting some of the security weaknesses you might encounter if you had the wrong settings. Luckily most ...

I live in a small town in the boonies. Tech savvy is rare and the economy poor. People often come to me for help. So when a tech-phobic friend needed help with a network, I loaned her a Securifi ...

A MAC address may be the address of your Mac, but they’re not interchangeable. MAC stands for Media (or Medium) Access Control, a geeky term for a part of network communications between the actual ...

I’ve given a few tips for ways to configure your router, and a reader asked how to log into a specific model. If you act as your own IT department, that basic step may be the only thing keeping you ...

Knowing how to install and configure a router in the best way never hurts. Therefore, here we give you step by step instructions on how to properly connect your router, change Internet and Wi-Fi ...

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a necessary tool for every network administrator. You can easily configure it with just a few commands. SNMP is still the most popular way to monitor ...

Many administrators forget—or don't even realize—that they can configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on Cisco IOS routers and switches. David Davis discusses the pros and cons of this ...