One type of electronic device to especially avoid is the microwave, which emits a strong signal in the 2.4GHz band, the same wireless band your router operates in. Be careful not to stick your router ...

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission closed the majority of its operations, a result of the ongoing government shutdown. The FCC enforces the rules for all the wireless broadcasts in the ...

Relocate your router for better signal strength and avoid placing it behind solid furniture. Change your router channel to a ...

IF you’re struggling with slow Wi-Fi speeds you could be using the wrong channel. Your wireless router sends and receives data via channels and you can easily switch between them. Please provide a ...

It's easy to take a smoothly functioning home wireless network for granted, especially when you're sipping coffee on the patio and catching up on the news of the morning with your iPad. You can ...

All routers broadcast a Wi-Fi signal over a specific frequency, or channel. You can find the Wi-Fi frequency settings in the administrative interface for the router. You can set the router to ...

USING the wrong router settings can slow down your Wi-Fi speed. It's worth making sure you're using the right Wi-Fi frequency channel for the devices you use most at home. Specialists at ...

Illustration: Mick Wiggins What a difference a couple of years makes. In our first roundup of draft-802.11n Wi-Fi routers (see “Wireless Routers: The Truth About Superfast Draft-N“), we found so many ...

Don’t believe the hype. A gaming router won’t help you earn more kills or beat the raid boss any faster than a regular router with the same specs. But if your current router is struggling, upgrading ...