Tag: Heres
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Slow Wi-Fi? Your Internet Provider May Be Throttling Your Speed. Here’s How to Tell
You might not think to blame your internet provider when you’re staring at a buffering wheel. After all, there’s a lot that could be going wrong — like an outdated router or a less-than-ideal router location. You might be able to solve slow speeds with an easy fix, like upgrading to a mesh network (which…
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Your Router Is in the Wrong Spot. Here’s Where to Move It to Speed Up Your Wi-Fi
A slow home internet connection can make even the simplest Google search super frustrating. If you find that your Wi-Fi is always unstable, no matter what internet service provider you have or how many devices are connected, what do you do? Sometimes having your flagship router professionally installed might not even solve the immense problem…
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Yes, Your Router Collects Data on You. Here’s How to Protect Your Privacy
This story is part of Home Tips, CNET’s collection of practical advice for getting the most out of your home, inside and out. Your home’s Wi-Fi router is the central hub of your home internet network, which means that all of the traffic from all of the Wi-Fi devices under your roof passes through it on…
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Here’s How to Find All Your Wi-Fi Passwords on Your Mac and Windows
You should never use the same password more than once, but using so many different passwords can make it difficult to remember all of them. If you don’t write them down somewhere, you may never remember certain passwords again, including the one for your Wi-Fi network. Usually your Wi-Fi password should be printed on the…
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Here’s the best gaming accessory deals in Amazon’s Logitech Week
If you’re looking to make some upgrades to your gaming setup, now is a good time because it is currently Logitech week over at Amazon. Between the 20th and 26th of February there are discounts on all sorts of Logitech gaming accessories including mice, keyboards, headsets, racing wheels and more. Astro headsets also feature in…
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Your Router Is in the Wrong Spot. Here’s Where To Move It for Faster Wi-Fi
This story is part of Home Tips, CNET’s collection of practical advice for getting the most out of your home, inside and out. A reliable internet connection at home is pivotal — but Wi-Fi can be frustratingly finicky. Despite paying monthly fees to an internet service provider, and even if you’ve had a router professionally installed,…