T-Mobile customers can expect their data breach settlement checks to arrive as early as this week, according to a recent update on the carrier's status page."All court proceedings are now complete. The distribution of settlement payments is expected to begin in April 2025," T-Mobile says. At issue is a 2021 data breach in which a hacker stole 106GB of customer data, including Social Security... »

Microsoft has announced that it's overhauling its Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error message in Windows 11. The new design drops the traditional blue color, frowning face, and QR code in favor of a simplified screen that looks a lot more like the black screen you see when Windows is performing an update. It's not immediately clear if this new BSOD will remain as a black screen once Microsoft ships... »

After a long run, Google is sunsetting two of its signature Nest products and consequently withdrawing as a manufacturer in two key smart home categories. Google has just announced that it's discontinuing the 10-year-old Nest Protect and the 7-year-old Nest x Yale lock. Both of those products will continue to work, and - for now - they remain on sale at the Google Store, complete with discounts... »

Robinhood is getting closer to becoming a full-fledged financial service. On Wednesday, the company announced a wholly online banking platform that will offer checking and savings accounts to Robinhood Gold subscribers when it launches this fall.The platform, called Robinhood Banking, will let users access their accounts, as well as send and receive money through a dedicated app. It even attempts... »

The once-iconic music-sharing platform Napster was just purchased for $207 million, with a company called Infinite Reality picking up the tab. What could Napster offer in 2025 to warrant such a price tag? Infinite Reality says it'll be used as a "social music platform that prioritizes active fan engagement" with a focus on giving artists a platform they can use to connect with listeners and, of... »

The G413 AC1200 4G Smart Router allows you use your carrier's SIM/UICC card to share your 3G/4G mobile network access through dedicated Wi-Fi 5 network or any of the three Gigabit ports.

With LTE CAT6 support, you can download at up to 150Mbps, enabling you to stream in 4K definition, make conference calls, and surf the web seamlessly even without a fixed broadband connection.

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Up to 5.4 Gbps Tri-Band WiFi enables your devices always ready for the fiercest battles. The brand new 6 GHz band provides exceptional bandwidth and congestion-free channels exclusive to Wi-Fi 6E devices.

Archer GXE75 features a 2.5 Gbps Internet (WAN) port, maximizing Gigabit+ speeds delivered by your Internet provider. The more forward-looking upper limit setting can also fully meet the... »

RE235BE is a 3.6Gbps dual-band Wi-Fi 7 range extender with speeds up to 2882 Mbps (5 GHz) + 688 Mbps (2.4 GHz).

It has one 2.5G Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Port: 1× 2.5 Gbps port ensures max flexibility and boosted throughput.

Multi-Link Operation (MLO) offers increases throughput, reduces latency, and improves reliability for emerging applications. Smart Roaming allows users to walk from room... »

Better signal quality will help to improve the broadband and WiFi experience, DWR-M930 have external 4G where it can help to improve the reception of the LTE signal to ensure better performance. Not only that, it also comes with external Wi-Fi antenna to provide better WiFi connection for your wireless clients.

D-Link's DWR-M930 4G LTE Router allows you to access and share your 4G LTE mobile... »

Built-in WireGuard and OpenVPN VPNs allow you to share your commercial VPN with all connected devices.

Your website lookup request is not encrypted by default, so there are chances that hackers or DNS servers on public Wi-Fi learn what website you've browsed, sell them to ad providers, or even direct you to the manipulated IP addresses.

Your website lookup requests will be encrypted and... »

1.3 GHz dual-core CPU, large RAM, and the upgraded UL/DL MU-MIMO and OFDMA technologies significantly reduce transmission latency to and from the AP when connecting multiple devices.

Five antennas plus 3+2 structure create more paths to bypass obstacles. Beamforming tracks connected devices' directions and boosts signal towards them. Band Steering assigns devices to less congested bands. Auto... »

Windows Vista introduces a number of new features to the TCP/IP stack, including CTCP, and TCP Window Auto-Tuning. This new implementation works much better by default than previous Windows versions with broadband internet connections, and is able to adjust the RWIN value on the fly, depending on the BDP (bandwidth-delay product). This, however, introduces some problems with older routers and restricts the user from tweaking some of the TCP/IP parameters. Still, there is always some room for... »

The TCP/IP speed tweaks below work with Windows 8, 10, 2012/2019 Server. The Windows 8/10 TCP/IP implementation shares many traits with earlier Windows versions, however, there are many subtle differences and updates, new syntax for applying tweaks using PowerShell cmdlets, and some new settings. Windows 10 generally works well by default for many broadband connections, yet there is always some room for improvement and we will try to cover all relevant settings and their effect on your... »

Introduction With the popularity of wireless networks and mobile computing, an overall understanding of common security issues has become not only relevant, but very necessary for both home/SOHO users and IT professionals alike. This article is aimed at illustrating current security flaws in WEP/WPA/WPA2. Successfully cracking a wireless network assumes some basic familiarity with networking principles and terminology, as well as working with command-line tools. A basic familiarity... »

Online Gaming can often benefit from some fine-tuning of Windows TCP/IP settings and the Network Adapter properties. This article is intended to supplement our general broadband tweaks and list only TCP/IP settings that are specific to online gaming and reducing network latency. Some of these settings are also mentioned in our general tweaking articles, however, the emphasis here is on latency rather than throughput, and we have complemented the tweaks with more gaming-specific recommendations... »

I've often found it useful to get just the wireless functionality out of a WiFi router and reuse it as an access point. Wireless routers seem more common, and are often priced even lower than wireless access points. Adding an access point to a wired network already in place, or to one where the main NAT router is provided by the ISP is usually the easiest solution. However, introducing a second NAT router on the network is not a good idea, especially without some tweaking to set it up... »

Microsoft enforces a limit on half-open TCP/IP connections that is hard-coded in tcpip.sys. The maximum simultaneous half-open (incomplete) outbound TCP connection attempts per second that the system can make is intended to limit the spread of malicious viruses and worms, as well as limit the possibility of launching a DDoS attack. However, it has proven to also limit some applications using many TCP connections, such as P2P and P2PTV programs.When the OS reaches the half-open connection limit,... »

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are very common on the Internet these days, and they can make your online experience miserable. In some cases of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS), they can bring down websites, or cripple entire networks in a matter of minutes, preventing connectivity for many customers. There are different types of DoS attacks, and we've tried to explain the most common types and ways to mitigate their effects to you or your network.Types of Denial of Service (DoS)... »

The information in this article is intended to improve understanding of all common and advanced network adapter settings under current Windows versions. We will also offer some general suggestions on setting up your LAN for the best possible network performance. Keep in mind that many of these settings can significantly affect performance and reliability in a good or bad way. Consider testing performance using some type of network analyzer or even a simple throughput test before and after... »