Before your router even connects to the internet, change these 6 settings
…The first thing I do before anything else is sit down, plug a laptop into a LAN port and check for a firmware update. All router manufacturers have had serious CVEs in…
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Samsung is killing off SATA SSDs, and your next storage upgrade just got a lot more expensive
…Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other peripherals - knowing them inside and out. Sign in to your XDA account For close to a decade, the…
Zigbee solved the smart-home battery problem years ago, and Matter still hasn't
…Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other peripherals - knowing them inside and out. Sign in to your XDA account Smart homes feel like a chore…
My mesh Wi-Fi was actually making my internet worse - here's what actually worked
…Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other peripherals - knowing them inside and out. Sign in to your XDA account Let's say you have a…
I turned my dusty Chromecast into a $250 smart home hub replacement
…Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other peripherals - knowing them inside and out. Sign in to your XDA account If you've upgraded to a…
Valve says the Steam Deck 2 needs a chip that doesn't exist yet
…Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other peripherals - knowing them inside and out. Sign in to your XDA account Late last year, Valve announced the…
Moving cheap IoT gear to a guest network solved more problems than I expected
…Every device can see and reach every other device, which is fine when those devices are your laptop and your phone, and considerably less fine when one of them is a $12…
Your switch's management VLAN is sitting on the same network as your smart plug, and that's a massive security problem
…the work laptop, the NAS , the smart TV, and the $25 Wi-Fi plug with firmware from 2022 are all neighbors on the same broadcast domain, free to reach each other. If…
I thought Wi-Fi wasn’t good enough for competitive gaming until I actually tried it
…The only other devices on my network at this time were my phone and my fiancée's laptop, neither of which were actively transferring data at the time of gameplay, and besides…
The Steam Deck won because Valve solved what Microsoft refuses to fix for gaming handhelds
…Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other peripherals - knowing them inside and out. Sign in to your XDA account Gaming handhelds have absolutely fantastic hardware…