A router's wide area network (WAN) port acts as its gateway to other networks, providing an interface for the router to send outgoing traffic over. Computers should not be connected to a router's WAN ...

I use a simple unmanaged switch to expand my wired Ethernet access without complicating my home network.

A router's modem speed is the speed at which it communicates with a modem, while its port speed is the speed at which it communicates with the clients on its local network. Both speeds can act as ...

Your router’s fastest port is probably sitting unused.

Yes, you can buy your own cable modem, and you might want to, given the excellent throughput and dead-simple setup of the Netgear C3000 WiFi Cable Modem Router. Router only supports up to 300Mbps ...

The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone line, ...

If you take the excellent Netgear C3000 Cable Modem Router ($89.99 at Amazon) and replace its router with the impressive Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (WNDR3700), you get Netgear's ...

Before installing your new modem, you need to disconnect your old modem from your cable wall outlet and computer first. Connect the modem power cord into an electrical outlet. Connect the other end to ...