The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected Starlink's application for $885 million in federal subsidies that it would use to provide satellite internet to broadband customers in rural areas. Starlink was tentatively awarded the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) grant in December 2020. But the satellite provider still needed FCC approval of a long-form application to receive the... »

On Friday, Twitter disclosed information about a security vulnerability that allowed someone to find out whether a specific email address or phone number is tied to an existing Twitter accounts.Twitter says the flaw was introduced in a June 2021 update, disclosed by a security researcher in January, and then patched later that month. "At that time," the company says, "we had no evidence to... »

Google is suing speaker-maker Sonos over alleged patent infringement. In two lawsuits filed Monday in US District Court in California, Google alleges that Sonos' latest voice-assistant technology violates seven patents related to Google Assistant. It's the latest volley in a back-and-forth battle over wireless speakers that has so far involved multiple lawsuits from Sonos, one lawsuit from... »

Amazon is buying iRobot for $1.7 billion, the companies announced Friday morning. The acquisition is Amazon's fourth-largest ever and reflects the tech giant's ambitions to entrench itself inside homes with smart devices.iRobot sells its products worldwide and is most famous for the circular-shaped Roomba vacuum, which would join voice assistant Alexa, the Astro robot and Ring security cameras... »

Amazon's game streaming service, Luna, is launching on Samsung's 2022 smart TVs and monitors today. Luna will be part of the Samsung Gaming Hub, which includes services like Google Stadia, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Nvidia's GeForce Now. Samsung launched the gaming hub in late June, with the Xbox TV app exclusive to Samsung's 2022 smart TVs and monitors.Gaming Hub is free, and each third-party... »

RT-AX54HP is a 2x2 dual-band WiFi router that provides 80MHz bandwidth and 1024-QAM for dramatically faster wireless connections. With a total networking speed of about 1800Mbps - 574Mbps on the 2.4GHz band and 1201Mbps on the 5GHz band - RT-AX54HP is 1.5X faster than 802.11ac 2x2 dual-band routers.

With a revolutionary combination of OFDMA and MU-MIMO technology, 802.11ax technology provides... »

Archer AX55 provides Wi-Fi 6 speed - 2402 Mbps on 5 GHz and 574 Mbps on 2.4 GHz band to ensure smoother streaming and faster downloads.

Enjoy smooth gaming, video streaming, and live feed simultaneously. OFDMA makes your Wi-Fi stronger by allowing multiple clients to share one band at the same time, which cuts latency and jittering.

Behind the Wi-Fi 6 technology structure are the advanced... »

CG3000 operates simultaneously both DOCSIS 3.1 and DOCSIS 3.0 32x8. It provides speed up to 10 Gigabit per second, and enables operators to provide premium services while data traffic for HD/UHD video streaming and complex internet usage at home are increasing.

Beside, the embedded Wi-Fi 4x4 11ac wave 2 at 5GHz, 4x4 11n at 2.4GHz with MU-MIMO enhances wireless network as well. 2300Mbps... »

With advanced AI features for continuous network monitoring, the R15 keeps your Wi-Fi performing at its best. Managing your network has never been easier with the AI Assistant on the free mobile app.

Wall obstruction and interference from home appliances can weaken your Wi-Fi connectivity. Having many devices connected to your network can make the problem worse. Wi-Fi 6 technology was designed... »

Mi AIoT AX9000 is Xiaomi's first model specifically designed for gamers, with Tri-Band technology support for creating 3 Wi-Fi networks, one of which is especially dedicated to gaming.

The AX9000 router also supports mesh networking, so it can be used to connect and expand coverage area with other Xiaomi Wi-Fi 6 series routers.

The router pyramid design features 4 large triangular antennas... »

With 4G-AC86U you can flexibly and quick access internet through the fast 4G mobile broadband technology and take full advantage of the LTE Advanced Cat. 12 network with Carrier Aggregation technology to increase data transfer of up to 600Mbps.

Powered by 5th generation Wi-Fi (5G Wi-Fi) and 4x4 MU-MIMO technology, the 802.11ac chipset gives the 4G-AC86U faster wireless speeds than N... »

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... »

The TCP/IP speed tweaks below work with Windows 8, 10, 2012/2019 Server. The Windows 8/10 TCP/IP implementation shares many traits with earlier Windows versions, however, there are many subtle differences and updates, new syntax for applying tweaks using PowerShell cmdlets, and some new settings. Windows 10 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... »

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... »

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,... »

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... »