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Traceroute Command for Linux Users

In this article, we’ll break down everything you need to know about traceroute—how to use it, what the results mean, and how to interpret...

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Traceroute Explained: What Is and How to Use It

This article explains what Traceroute is, how it works, and why it’s useful. Ready to uncover what’s slowing down your internet? Let’s ge...

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A Complete Guide to Classful IP Addressing

Learn about IPv4 addressing, subnetting, private vs. public IPs, challenges, and modern solutions like CIDR in this comprehensive guide.

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Online Scams: How To Protect Yourself As A Senior

This article aims to guide those most at risk through understanding, recognizing, and protecting themselves from online scams.

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All You Need To Know About Bullying: Online and Off

Bullying is a prevalent issue in today's society, offline and online, and it isn't one size fits all. Read this guide to understand how d...

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Babyproofing Your Home for New Parents

Use this babyproofing checklist and list of baby-safe products to prepare for your exciting new chapter!

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Top 12 Weight Loss Devices and Apps To Manage Your Weight

With the IoT, achieving your health and fitness goals has never been easier. Here are 12 apps to get on track with your health targets. T...

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Smart Sleeping: Technology & Tools For A Better Nights Sleep

Sleep monitoring isn't the only way to improve your sleep. Let's dive into the internet of things and look at how technology can help you...

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20 Useful Wearable IoT Devices For Seniors

“IoT” is a fancy way of saying that our house appliances, in the future, will communicate with each other – and keep each other on task, ...

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Putting Off Device Updates

Exploring people’s behavior and perceptions regarding phone updates and the effects of putting off such updates.

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Protecting Your Personal Data

For those looking to step up their personal internet security, a data-driven priority checklist could be handy. Make sure your passwords ...

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When Gaming Becomes A Problem

While games can be a great way to relax for the majority, sometimes people can find themselves totally absorbed. When can we tell that ga...

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A Guide To: Gaming Accessibility

For those with learning or physical disabilities, here are some of the new, unique, and innovative technology that small and large brands...

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How to Hack WiFi Network & Get Login Credentials (Guide)

Do you need to crack a wireless network and retrieve someone's login credentials? Learn how to hack WiFi network (even if you are a newb)...

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Best Routers for Gaming | Top 6 Gaming Routers of 2021

To get to the next level of gameplay – you need to get the best WiFi router for gaming. But is a gaming router truly that important, or i...

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A Complete Guide to VPN Routers

For each of our top five picks, we'll list some pros and cons, tell you which firmware is supported, and give you an idea of what each ro...

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How To Make Your Own TV Box With Raspberry Pi, Kodi, And OpenVPN

Make your own TV Box on a Raspberry Pi 2/3 with KODI, OpenVPN and stream all kinds of media on your TV.

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What is My Router IP?

Find out your router IP address easily. Simply navigating to this page you will get your local IP address and router login info.

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What Does Your ISP Know About You?

Your ISP (internet service provider) knows a lot about you. It's time to figure out what they can find out and how effectively a VPN can ...

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The Top 5 WiFi Extenders in 2021

Here, we’ll explore just what a WiFi extender is and help you select the right WiFi booster for your needs by picking the top 5 on the ma...

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Top 8 WiFi Routers of 2021

In our wifi router review for 2021, we’ve rounded up 8 of the best options on the market, for a variety of needs. Here they are

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Comparison of VPN Protocols: OpenVPN, WireGuard, IPSec, L2TP, and IKEv2

In this post, we'll briefly take a look at what a VPN is and give you some tips on choosing the right VPN protocol to protect you.

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What Internet Speed Do I Need?

When comparing internet plans, it is helpful to understand what internet speeds are required for the activities that you will be engaging...

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Phishing, Pharming and Other Internet Scams

Some of the ways that criminals attempt to defraud victims include the use of fraudulent emails, phishing, pharming, identity theft, and ...

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Internet Slang Glossary

Learning popular Internet slang can help anyone communicate more quickly and efficiently online. Slang and acronyms help people express e...

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Kids' Coding Activities Guide

Whether you're a young kid just getting started, a teen who already has a bit of experience, or an advanced learner looking for new chall...

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HTML for Beginners

Once you start learning about HTML, you'll realize that you only need to know five tags to start creating your own Web pages. Enroll in y...

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Internet 101: A Brief History of HTML

From the launch of the world's first website to the extensive capabilities now used to design and produce websites, HTML remains the foun...

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Router-Network.com's Guide to Wi-Fi and Internet Safety

In the information age, it's more and more important to protect our personal information. But even if your network is secure and your inf...

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Router-Network.com's Kids' Computer Basics: Keyboarding

To use a computer, you'll need to know how to type on a keyboard. Although training your fingers to know the keys can seem complicated, i...

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Modems and Routers: What is the Difference?

In this post, we'll break down how a modem and a router differ and tell you a little bit about how each of the devices work. You'll be a ...

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The Basics of Wi-Fi Security

To avoid security issues, you need to set your network up carefully. It isn't very hard, and this guide will explain exactly what you nee...

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How To Find Your Saved Wifi Password

Want to see all the passwords you’ve entered in the past? We show you how to see WiFi passwords across a variety of systems including rou...

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How to Boost Your Wi-Fi Signal: 12 Tips to Improve Wi-Fi Speed

Boost your WiFi signal! Enhanced Wi-Fi performance means better quality of video streams, voice calls, and marathon gaming sessions.

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WiFi Settings

Use your WiFi to its full extent! We teach you how to increase the speed of the internet, filter the content for kids or change router se...

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Wifi Router Setup Guide

First thing we look for when we are trying to set up a new router is the login information and the default IP address.

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Find Router IP Address

To configure your router you must log in to it and know its IP address. You can review your default router IP address here.

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Port Forwarding

Opening a port and sending the incoming messages to a stated device is called port forwarding. Find here how to forward ports.

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What to Look for in a Wifi Router [2019]

The latest features in the fancy new WiFi routers explained. Here is an effort to make it easy for you to buy a new WiFi router.

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Recovering Router User and Password

Everyone has forgotten their router's username and password at one time or another. There's no need to despair.