Sometimes, you just want to play that new online game with your mates, right? Then BAM. The dreaded NAT Type 3 or Strict NAT pops up, and suddenly multiplayer is…

Honestly, the whole NAT type thing is a headache. I remember spending an entire weekend, and I'm not exaggerating, an entire weekend, trying to get my online game to stop…

Staring at that generic 'NETGEAR54' or 'Linksys_Guest' network name is like looking at a beige wall. Boring. Utterly forgettable. For years, I just let mine be, figuring, 'Who cares?' Turns…

Honestly, the whole 'security ID' thing on routers is a bit of a misnomer for most home users. We're usually talking about the Wi-Fi network name, that SSID your phone…

Honestly, the first time I tried to expand my home network with a second router, I felt like I was trying to teach a cat calculus. I bought this fancy-looking…

Flashing lights. Dropped connections. That infuriating little spinning wheel of doom that mocks your attempts at productivity. We've all been there, staring blankly at a router that seems to have…

Remember that gnarly feeling when you're deep in a GNS3 lab, ready to test some advanced routing protocols, and you realize the virtual router image you're using is missing a…

Remember that time I swore my Wi-Fi was being hacked because my Netflix kept buffering? Turns out, I just hadn't bothered to change the default password on my brand new…

Honestly, the first time I had to figure out how do you change what router your chromecast is on, I wanted to throw the whole damn thing out the window.…

Bought a new router, huh? And now you're staring at a spec sheet that looks like it was written in Klingon. 'Dual-band,' 'tri-band,' '802.11ax'... and then there's this whole 'GHz'…