Adding a network switch to your setup adds more Ethernet ports to your home. This allows you to plug devices in directly to ...

When you open that router box for the first time, all the different cables and ports can feel intimidating. Even the instruction manual might read like a foreign language. Fortunately, you’re not the ...

A modem-router combo merges two essential components of your home’s internet connectivity: the modem, which establishes your connection to the internet; and the router, which distributes that ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Your WiFi router is the gateway for all the data that streams into and out of your home via your internet service provider. That includes every 4K holiday movie you watch on Netflix, every last-minute ...