New Year's New Law – California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) came into effect from January 1, 2020. giving residents of California GDPR-like rights and protection. One of the rights afforded to people by the new law is to request that companies delete their user-specific data.Mozilla was one of the first company to acknowledge and back such a law as it has always maintained that consumer data... »

President Trump this week signed the TRACED Act, the first federal law designed to curb unwanted robocalls. With the problem of robocalls running rampant, the legislation passed with strong support in both the Democratic-led House and the Republican-led Senate. The bipartisan Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, first introduced in November 2018, increases... »

An unsecured server exposed the data of Wyze customers over a period of three weeks, the smart security camera manufacturer has admitted. The leak was first discovered by the cybersecurity firm Twelve Security, which published its findings on December 26th, while IPVM, a blog focused on video surveillance products, was able to verify that its own data had been affected by the leak. According to... »

AT&T has doubled the number of markets where its 5G service using low-band spectrum is available, deploying in 10 more cities since its mid-December launch. That brings AT&T's 5G tally to 20, including the new markets of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Washington, D.C.; Louisville; Boston; Baltimore; Detroit; Las Vegas; Buffalo, New York; New York City; and Philadelphia. AT&T's low-band 5G is not to be... »

The Federal Aviation Administration put forward a rule Thursday that would empower the government to track most drones in the U.S. The remote identification rule has been referred to as a system to create "virtual drone license plates." The FAA is asking all drones to comply with the new rule within three years. The agency is also asking for public comments. The lack of a comprehensive system for... »

The DIR-819 provides wireless speeds of up to a combined 750 Mbps (433 Mbps 802.11ac 5 GHz, plus 300 Mbps 802.11n 2.4 GHz).

With 3 High-Gain Antennas and MIMO technology, the DIR-819 avoids interference to deliver fast wireless speeds, improved coverage and reliable connections in and around your home.

The DIR-819 can pass through VPN sessions. It supports multiple and concurrent IPSec... »

The Archer AX6000 is TP-Link's first router with Wi-Fi 6 – based on the next generation 802.11ax Wi-Fi technology. Take your Wi-Fi to the next level while being backwards compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi standards.

AX6000 Dual-Band Wi-Fi speed boosted by 1024QAM delivers wireless speed up to 5952 Mbps: 4804 Mbps (5 GHz) and 1148 Mbps (2.4 GHz).

OFDMA increases average throughput by... »

Each VAP3400 can behave as the Access Point or Client, and provides a single Gigabit Ethernet interface to handle the need for extra connectivity ports.

The VAP3400 is a true beamforming 4x4 MIMO solution with whole-house rate and reach coverage. It supports 802.11ac wireless standard.

This device allows for full remote management with self-install... »

The AC2600 Wi-Fi Router Powered by McAfee goes beyond ordinary antivirus protection by integrating smart home protection, parental controls, and antivirus in one router.

The AC2600 Wi-Fi Router defends your home network in real time by using sophisticated cloud-based machine learning that constantly updates its threat database.

High-speed AC2600 Wi-Fi with MU-MIMO and a 1.6 GHz Intel... »

The PROLiNK PRT7008L is a Portable 4G LTE AC WiFi Hotspot that allows high speed data transfers of up to 300Mbps and multiple user sharing of up to 32 users or devices all at the same time.

Its concurrent dual-band technology allows you to utilize both the 2.4GHz and the faster 5GHz frequency bands for data transfer, making streaming and downloading enjoyable and pleasurable.

The device... »

The TG8442 Telephony Wireless Gateway delivers the gigabit broadband performance of DOCSIS 3.1. This feature-packed unit is intended to serve as the hub of the subscriber's home or business network, connecting all IP capable devices (Internet, Data, Voice and Video) throughout the customer's premises.

The TG8442, with its 4x4 802.11ac and 3x3 802.11n Dual Band Wireless radios, offers better... »

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... »

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... »

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... »

The Windows 8 TCP/IP implementation shares many traits with earlier Windows versions, however, there are some subtle differences, new syntax for applying tweaks, and some new settings. Windows 8 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 connection in detail below.To run some of the outlined commands, you will need to use an administrator account. With... »

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... »

A home wireless network allows all your computers, laptops, and mobile devices to communicate with an Wireless Access Point, which is in turn connected to the internet. The access point can be a separate device, or, more commonly part of a Wireless NAT router connected with a network cable to your broadband modem. It can sometimes even be built into the gateway/modem you get from your internet provider.In most cases, we find a place for a wireless router in our home and promptly forget about... »

To change TCP/IP related settings in Android you need root access. The only exception are a couple of trivial changes that are available to non-rooted devices, namely dynamic vs static IP address, and changing the DNS server. Assuming you are working with an already rooted device, the settings are listed below:Android TCP/IP tweaks (root required)In order to change other TCP/IP stack settings, you need to edit the settings in /proc/sys/net/core/ , similar to what is explained in our Linux... »

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)... »