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I am renting a room in a house that has DSL including in the rent, so I ca not switch to cable. The DSL modem drops the connection about every ~10 minutes are so, no matter how much traffic is going ...

When you sign a contract with an internet provider, they'll typically send you a modem and a router in the mail. But which is which? And how are they different? A modem and a router work in tandem ...

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You wake up Saturday morning to check your favorite team's score, and the page won't load. It's the Wi-Fi again! Wi-Fi connection issues can occur for a bunch of frustrating reasons. If your Wi-Fi is ...

When you start up Firefox or Internet Explorer, the last thing you want to see is a plain, white screen declaring ‘The page cannot be displayed’. But if you ever do encounter one, we have the fix.

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Whether you're shopping for internet service or trying to decipher how a router works, we've got you covered with some of the top industry terms. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and ...