Just moved home and the new place does not have Ethernet drops in each room (living room and two bedrooms). What it does have are phone and ISDN sockets. Today I tried opening them as well as the ...

I recently bought an house, and I'm trying to figure out how to set up wired internet access. The house is pre-wired but I need some advice on how to reverse engineer it.. 3 rooms have rj-11 and rj-45 ...

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...

Wireless networks may be convenient, but wired networks beat Wi-Fi in every other way. Wired networks are faster, they’re always reliable, and they’re secure. Unless you’re sitting on the couch with a ...

Want to add an Ethernet port somewhere and can’t hard wire it? D-Link has its PowerLine 2000 Mbps solution that may be the answer. You may have heard about Ethernet over Power (EoP) and the defacto ...

We’re living in an increasingly wireless world, as everything from the power that charges your devices to the audio that pops into your earbuds is transmitted wirelessly—including arguably the most ...

After getting WiFi broadband internet installed at home, people are most often frustrated by the fact that the signal doesn't reach all rooms properly. While there's full signal strength near the ...

Wherever you call home, it probably didn't come wired up for that most precious of home utilities: internet access. Sometimes wireless networking can only take you so far. Guerrilla network wiring ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Wireless networking is all the rage right now thanks to ...

Powerline networking devices have made it a lot easier to stream broadband around your home, but they are unsightly lumps, jutting out of your power sockets and they don’t always have enough Ethernet ...

I recently upgraded my home network, including a Wi-Fi 7 access point with 4x4 on each radio band. It's not the first time I've replaced the ISP router, but it will be the last time, especially now ...