Challenges with Asus Router and VLANs (Video)
Key issues covered in my video are: I show some of the issues I experienced with my new Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 gaming router. It is one of only about five or six routers of […]
Tag: networking
How to Choose the Best (and Fastest) Alternative DNS Server
Your internet service provider offers its own DNS servers, which help you turn websites like www.howtogeek.com into their respective IP addresses. Your devices use those by default, but you can set your own preferred DNS […]
Will IPv6 ever replace IPv4? It’s like moving from Windows to Linux
Yes, well over 10 years that IPv6 has been formally announced and in the process of being rolled out (and out, and out). Reading the linked article though regarding backwards compatibility, it does remind me […]
Don’t Buy a Wi-Fi Extender: Buy a Mesh Wi-Fi System Instead (if you can afford it)
Wi-Fi extenders (basically just adding a remote router connected by an Ethernet cable, or even just Wi-Fi) are, on paper at least, quite appealing. And why wouldn’t they be? Who doesn’t like an inexpensive solution […]
How to Test DNS Speed using Two Popular Tools on Windows and Linux
The latency (time to respond) from your chosen DNS server, determines how quickly your web browser will find the IP address to load a website. You can choose other DNS servers apart from the default […]
How to Port Forward on Your Router
Port Forwarding (or port mapping) allows external traffic from the internet to connect to a device, like a computer, on a private network. Say you want to host a Minecraft server for your friends on […]
What Is Dynamic DNS (DDNS), and How Do You Set It Up? It’s Useful for Self-Hosting from Home or for Remote Access
Dynamic DNS is a useful service that allows you to use a fixed and memorable address for your home network even when your ISP changes your home network’s IP address. You can often set up […]
Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for wide-area networks built on readily available hardware, that can operate even with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth
Reticulum allows you to build very wide-area networks with off-the-shelf tools, and offers end-to-end encryption, autoconfiguring cryptographically backed multi-hop transport, efficient addressing, unforgeable packet acknowledgements and more. Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does […]
Wi-Fi 6 Release 2 promises better upload performance and improved efficiency – Great for on-premise NAS or mesh networking
First and foremost, Wi-Fi Certified 6 Release 2 offers greater uplink capacity. It adds support for uplink multi-user MIMO, allowing multiple devices to upload content concurrently to an access point (AP). It supports transfer speeds […]