Whether you’re upgrading or are setting up your first network, you will need to choose between a modem and router setup or a combo device. Modem-router combos, also known as gateways, offer ...

Let’s face it — experiencing an internet outage can be frustrating, especially if you don’t know what’s causing the problem. Instead of staring at all those blinking modem and router lights with ...

A modem and router work in tandem to deliver you an internet connection. Even if the modem and router are combined in the same hardware, they serve distinct functions. The modem communicates with the ...

Last time I noted that, for those of us with separate routers and modems, the IP address 192.168.100.1 may provide access to the modem, through the router. In my limited testing, I found this to be ...

Netgear has been cranking out excellent networking hardware lately and the C3000 WiFi Cable Modem Router ($99) is no exception. This device is also dead simple to set up. To answer the question many ...

Wireless Internet is great. Radio waves burning holes in your brain as packets of data containing a Netflix movie fly through the air over to your TV; what could be better? Surely, not much. But WiFi ...

If you’re not clued into a little known fact yet about cable provider modems and gateways let me clue you in now. Cable companies like Comcast, Time Warner, Cox and Charter don’t exactly provide you ...