With all this talk about 5G internet connections, have you ever stopped to wonder what it means? Especially if you’re a small business owner, understanding the difference between traditional wireless ...

Of the 470,000 Wi-Fi connections made on a recent day at Abilene Christian University, fully 94% used the 2.4GHz band, representing an extreme example of how today’s surging number of Wi-Fi clients is ...

A study of 43 devices conducted by Enex for the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has "unexpectedly" shown 5GHz Wi-Fi outperforming 2.4GHz in long-range testing, negating a major ...

tldr: Devices connected to the 2.4GHz band can't talk to devices connected to the 5GHz band even when they are on the same subnet. Why? For background, I had always had separate SSIDs for 2.4GHz and ...

We’ve updated our 5GHz WiFi article to help address some of the points our readers have brought up, as well as to clarify the theories at work. Many have opined that using 5GHz rather than 2.4GHz is ...

Few devices are as essential to the smooth running of a modern-day digital household than a wireless router, so it’s strange that this black box is so little understood. Here we’ll outline one of the ...

The evolution of communications is about taking one kind of thing and making it better, faster, and more reliable. USB 1 evolved into USB 2; FireWire 400 morphed into FireWire 800; 10 Mbps Ethernet ...

I got an 802.11ac router a while ago to use with the 802.11ac card in my laptop. A while ago for reasons I can't remember I noticed an option in the wireless settings on windows on if it should prefer ...

So, you looking to buy a Router but are not sure whether your Windows 11/10 laptop supports 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz WiFi. In this article, we are going to show you some simple steps using which you can check ...