networking
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Getting Started With Mesh Networking
Until recently, the best way to cover your home or office with reliable WiFi was to invest in a decent wireless router. If the signal didn’t cover the entire premises, you could add a powerline network adaptor or add a wireless access point to the network. But a new class of device that employs mesh…
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How To Play Local Files With Just A Chromecast
The Chromecast is often hailed for its web streaming capabilities, letting you Netflix (or YouTube, or Stan, or Presto) binge on the cheap. You can, however, easily stream local files from your computer to these HDMI-enabled dongles as well with the right apps installed — here’s how to get everything set up.
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Giz Explains: Why You Should Be Using A VPN
For as ubiquitous as connectivity has become and how reliant we’ve grown on it, the internet is still a digital jungle where hackers easily steal sensitive information from the ill-equipped and where the iron-fisted tactics of totalitarian regimes bent on controlling what their subjects can access are common. So instead of mucking around in public…
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Google OnHub Review: Your Router Sucks, But Do You Trust Google?
Your router is the most horrible technology you deal with every day. This essential tool keeps your home connected to the internet, and yet, you keep it thrust in a dusty corner because it’s a wretched, opaque box of confusion. Google’s OnHub is a critical step towards helping you take control back from those miserable…