Does the Wi-Fi in your home suck? Here are some tips for getting better coverage from your wireless router!
On June 26, 2018, the Wi-Fi Alliance officially started certifying gadgets that support the all-new WPA3 security standard.
The Wi-Fi Alliance is getting ready to upgrade wireless internet with a new EasyMesh standard and Qualcomm's announced full support for WPA3.
A sneaky new exploit attacks UPnP to create a proxy inside your network and you will never know it's there until it's too late.
Mesh Wi-Fi systems are the hottest trend in the home internet segment and you might currently be considering upgrading your old router setup to a mesh network. One product you should consider is the Linksys Velop Whole Home Wi-Fi system.
We've shared a few eero price drops over the last couple months, but this is my favorite one so far.
Exploit in WPA2 means it's open season on your Wi-Fi network, no matter what router you use.
Right now you can pick up a 3-pack of Luma's Wi-Fi Mesh Routers for $199.99 in refurbished condition at Amazon.
Three more Indian railway stations are now offering free Wi-Fi to passengers on the network. Should you happen to be waiting for a connecting service at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, Raipur in Chhattisgarh and Kacheguda in Telengana, you'll be able to remain connected for free.
European flights are to become more technologically advanced with fast on-board Wi-Fi, thanks to a partnership between operator Deutsche Telekom and UK-based Inmarsat.
This question just popped up in our Galaxy Note 4 forums, but it's one that we've seen related to other phones before as well. We're all so used to buying a phone with intentions of using it on a carrier that we often don't consider what it will operate like without a SIM in it. Rest assured that your phone will operate just fine without active service from a carrier, leaving it as a...
A few taps in the settings can make it much easier to see available Wifi networks With Wifi being all around us, it can sometimes be tough to sort through the dozens of available networks out there in order to find the right one. Some people resort to odd names for their networks, or just go ahead and add them manually. Thankfully on at least a few different phones you have the option...
The ultimate guide to Wifi and Android Everyone with a smartphone knows about Wifi. If nothing else, you know it's what happens when you get your AT&T phone too close to a Starbucks and your Internet gets faster (or slower) because you were automagically switched from a cell tower connection to a closer — but lower-powered — wireless connection that's made available for the public...
Wifi is one of those wireless technologies we tend to take for granted these days. But it wasn't always a given. Those of us old enough to remember the early days of mobile remember shaky connections — if our devices supported Wifi at all. Or maybe we remember expansion cards that would free us up form the shackles of desktop syncing. Or extend our battery life by offloading the...
Wifi is a godsend. It gives fast, cheap data to these little devices in our pockets, and hooking in is a breeze. All you usually need is a name and a password. There are times, however, that you might want to tell your phone to "forget" a Wifi network. Maybe you don't want it to connect automatically, which for me is the case once I've landed on a plane, or gotten within sight of a...
A single network could span across cities, states and even countries A rumored Google initiative to provide local businesses with inexpensive Wifi access points now makes a little more sense, as new details show that Google plans to create a large cloud-connected single Wifi network. Jumping off of a report by The Information yesterday, Gigaom has new information on Google's plans to...
Free Wifi access in-store for shoppers British mobile network O2 continues to build out its own nationwide Wifi network, having ditched BT Wifi earlier in the year. Today the carrier has announced that it's partnered with catalog outlet Argos to light up O2 Wifi in 735 of the chain's stores across the UK and Ireland. O2 Wifi access will be made available for free in Argos stores to all...
No carrier service, no problem — if you're in Indonesia Google has partnered with MOGPlay and are now offering free or cheap Wifi access for folks in Jakarta, Indonesia. Wifi hotspots are scattered around the city, and using the official Android app and voucher codes, users can connect and stay connected (when in range) for up to 60 days. The first voucher, good for 10 days, is free,...
1GB of 'international Wifi' available for those paying for international data roaming AT&T announced today that it has reached an agreement with international Wifi operator Fon to share Wifi hotspots between the two companies for travelers in the US and abroad. Fon, if you're not familiar, operates a network of thousands of Wifi access points in a network based on users sharing Wifi...
If you let Google back up your Wifi passwords, then Google has your Wifi passwords The Internet has worked itself up into a bit of a tizzy over the weekend about an innocuous system-level feature that’s been around since Android 2.2 Froyo. The “Back up my data” option — found under “Settings>Backup & reset” on most Android phones — allows certain stuff, including Wifi passwords...