by Foster D. Coburn III | Feb 12, 2019 | Tutorial, wifi
Understanding the many layers of WiFi has been fairly confusing. You would see 802.11 followed by various letters. The generations didn’t go in alphabetical order so you had to dig a little deeper to figure out which technology was the newest and whether your...
by Foster D. Coburn III | Feb 16, 2017 | Software, wi-fi
Just last week I was in Las Vegas and had to use the WiFi provided in my hotel and in a convention center. I’m always a little bit concerned about using my devices on these networks as I know that I am more open to being hacked. The Norton folks just released a...
by Foster D. Coburn III | Jun 8, 2016 | Hardware, router, wi-fi
Nearly every home has a wireless router these days. It is how we connect our devices to the Internet. What we all desire is a fast connection and range that covers a large area. While many newer routers claim insane speeds, very few people have an Internet connection...
by Foster D. Coburn III | May 11, 2016 | Hardware, usb, wi-fi
If you have gotten a laptop in the last decade, it likely came with a WiFi adapter. That is also true of some desktop computers, but not all of them. What happens if you have a WiFi adapter that isn’t as fast as you’d like or simply stops working. In those...
by Foster D. Coburn III | Jan 28, 2016 | Tip, wifi
I’ve already shared some of the tasks involved with a new laptop. Probably the most important task was moving data from the old laptop to the new laptop. As the office it networked, it was fairly easy to do it. But there was an interesting glitch along the way....
