Winter has arrived and, along with plummeting temperatures, many users swear their Wi-Fi has lost its pep. Is the chill somehow freezing the Internet? In short: no. Radio waves do not mind the cold. What changes is the way we live when it gets frosty. Why the network feels sluggish...

What exactly is “router port speed”? In plain English, port speed is how much data a single Ethernet jack on your router can move every second. It is printed right next to the port in tiny letters:   – 10/100 M → 100 Mbps (Fast Ethernet)   – 10/100/1000 M...

A Plain-Language Buying Guide Is your laptop dropping Zoom calls? Is the desktop in the bedroom stuck at 2 Mbps? The fastest way to cure bad Wi-Fi is to give the machine a new radio—but shops are full of USB sticks, half-height cards and shiny gaming boards. Below is a...