T-Mobile has decided to shut down its TVision Live and TVision Vibe streaming TV services just five months after they first launched. The operator will shut down its Live, Live+ and Live Zone services on April 29, and instead offer customers discounted access to YouTube TV – Google's cord-cutting live TV offer. TVision Live subscribers will be given a free month of YouTube TV and subsequently... »

Verizon will shut down its 3G services on December 31st, 2022, VP of network engineering Mike Haberman announced today. According to Haberman, less than 1 percent of Verizon customers still access the 3G network, with 99 percent on 4G LTE or 5G. Verizon has roughly 94 million customers, so by the company's own math, as many as 940,000 people are still using Verizon's 3G network.The US operator... »

PayPal Holdings Inc. will start letting its U.S. customers purchase items with cryptocurrencies in the latest embrace of digital assets by a traditional payments player.Starting today, the "Checkout with Crypto" feature will be gradually rolling out for customers in the US. For the first time, PayPal will accept Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, or Bitcoin Cash as a payment option for millions of... »

Facebook has announced that it is going to team up with search engine giant, Google to install two new undersea cables to connect Singapore, Indonesia with North America, along with regional telecommunication companies to better the internet connection capacity in these regions."Named Echo and Bifrost, those will be the first two cables to go through a new diverse route crossing the Java Sea and... »

Earlier this year, Razer revealed an RGB mask it called Project Hazel. Now, it seems that Project Hazel is going to become a reality.CEO Min-Liang Tan told Yahoo Finance that Razer planned to make the mask, but didn't elaborate when manufacturing would begin. He explained that the company realized wearing masks would still be common practice for some time, especially since in countries with... »

The Actiontec C3000A is a single platform device that supports universal WAN access, FTTN, FTTdp, FTTB, or FTTP deployments. This single CPE can be deployed to seamlessly expand new network technologies and upgrade customers to faster speeds without dispatching a technician or replacing customer hardware.

Smart WiFi technology allows the Actiontec C3000A to automatically and intelligently... »

Archer AX1500 brings the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology to your home without breaking the bank. Upgrading your router to AX1500 means faster speeds, greater capacity, reduced latency, and more for an overall superior WiFi network. It supports wifi speeds up to 1500Mbps (300 Mbps on 2.4 GHz (802.11n) + 1201 Mbps on 5 GHz (802.11ax)).

Archer AX1500 talks to all your streaming, gaming, mobile and... »

The DWR-920V Wireless N300 4G LTE Router uses a 4G LTE mobile Internet connection to give you a fast, high-performance Wi-Fi network, anywhere you want. Get Gigabit connectivity with two Gigabit LAN ports – one of which can be configured as WAN.

The Wireless N300 4G LTE Router achieves high 4G LTE/3G speeds up to 150Mbps downlink/50 Mbps uplink and speeds of up to 300 Mbps on Wireless N.... »

The DIR-1260 supports 1200Mbps dual-band speeds - up to 300 Mbps (2.4 GHz) + 867 Mbps (5 GHz).

With MU-MIMO technology, multiple devices can get high-bandwidth Wi-Fi signals at the same time, distributing data more efficiently, and giving you the fastest Wi-Fi speeds in your home. You can stream HD media faster, transfer large files quickly, and play buffer-free gaming.

The DIR-1260... »

With high-speed AC1200 Dual-Band Wi-Fi, and 11ac Wave 2 with MU-MIMO, COVR-1103 is fast enough to support multiple devices undertaking everyday data-intensive tasks like HD streaming and video chats simultaneously.

COVR-1103's three discreet units cover up to 5,000 square feet (464 square meters) – enough seamless Wi-Fi coverage to eliminate pesky Wi-Fi dead zones in houses of different... »

D-Link's DWR-M921 4G LTE router allows you to access worldwide mobile broadband networks from anywhere in the world. Once connected, you can transfer data, stream media, and send SMS messages. Simply insert your USIM card and share your 3G/4G Internet connection through a secure wireless network or by using any of the four 10/100 Ethernet ports.

The DWR-M921 lets you connect to your 3G/4G... »

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 up... »

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... »

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... »

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... »

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)... »

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,... »