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How to blanket your entire home with a strong WiFi signal

Posted on November 21, 2023

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Most families these days have multiple gadgets that connect to the Internet via a WiFi connection.

Whether it’s a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop computer or even a smart TV, it’s probably pretty close to useless in the areas of your home where there isn’t a usable WiFi signal available.

If you have a large home, there are probably several rooms where you simply cannot get your devices to connect to your wireless router, especially if it’s an extra long or multi-story house.

Luckily, there are several things you can do to ensure that your family will be able to use their various devices most anywhere inside your home.

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Should you connect to your router via WiFi or wired Ethernet?

Posted on January 26, 2023

A friend asked me the other day whether he should connect his computer to his router via WiFi or over a wired Ethernet connection.

My answer was…It depends.

First of all, is the computer in question sitting near the router or is it located in another room in the house?

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Q&A: What’s a good program for hacking a router’s password?

Posted on September 22, 2022

Question from Thomas: I hope you can help me Rick.

I can’t log into my router because I lost the password and I need to log into it to make some much-needed settings changes.

I’m so frustrated right now that I’m seriously thinking about not even putting a password on my router and Wi-Fi connection once I manage to get into the settings screen again.

I heard there are programs that you can download from the Internet that’ll hack into your router and give you the password. Can you recommend a good one? [Read more…]

Q&A: Can I use two Internet connections with one router?

Posted on June 13, 2022

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Question from Emile: I’m in the process of opening my own third-party remote customer service business.

What I mean is my company will handle telephone and Internet-based customer service for companies that prefer to outsource that service.

I already have contracts with two companies and I’m slated to go live with the service in two months so I need to have all the technology in place by then.

Can you help me with an issue I’m struggling with? [Read more…]

Q&A: Why can’t my daughter use her own router in her dorm room?

Posted on January 8, 2022

Question from Gretchen.: My daughter started college this fall and she’s living on campus.

When she received her dorm assignment they also gave her a list of rules that she must follow.

One of those rules is she cannot use her own router in her dorm room. They told her she has to use the campus Wi-Fi network instead because a private router could cause problems with the school’s network.

Why is that? [Read more…]