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What is a smart home? How do you create a network in your home? How do you pick a good Wi-Fi router? How do you manage and connect to your network using the devices and operating systems in your home? What kind of smart devices should you use in your home?

6 reasons to buy a TP-Link Wi-Fi 6 router

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
04.20.2021

Do you want a faster Wi-Fi home network that can handle more devices and traffic? Do you want to do Full HD video conferencing for work, without lag or interruptions, while your children are streaming Netflix in 4K resolutions or playing games online? Then you should consider buying...

How do I reset my ASUS router to its factory settings? (4 ways)

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
04.16.2021

Did you misconfigure your ASUS router or mesh Wi-Fi system, and it no longer works the way you want? Did you forget the default username and password required to sign in and change its settings? What if you want to sell your ASUS router or give it to someone else? No matter your...

Wi-Fi 6 vs. Wi-Fi 5 vs. Wi-Fi 4 on TP-Link routers

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
04.02.2021

All router manufacturers have migrated towards the Wi-Fi 6 standard, and the market is filled with new routers that list Wi-Fi 6 support as their main feature. If you want to upgrade your home network, both TP-Link and other manufacturers recommend buying a router with Wi-Fi 6. The...

Mercusys MR70X review: Affordable Wi-Fi 6!

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
03.23.2021

Affordable Wi-Fi 6 routers are invading the market, and most of them also include support for WPA3 encryption. That’s a great thing! Gone are the days when you could only buy expensive Wi-Fi 6 routers. One affordable model is Mercusys MR70X. It covers all the basics people need, at...

How to login to your ASUS router: Four ways that work

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
03.22.2021

Do you want to know how to connect and access the settings of your ASUS wireless router? You don’t know the default login details for your ASUS router? Then you are in the right place. In this guide, we share four ways to login to any ASUS router or mesh Wi-Fi system, as well as...

How do I find my router’s IP address? The complete guide

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
03.11.2021

Have you ever found yourself in a situation when you wanted to configure a router, and you did not know its IP address? Therefore, you couldn’t connect to its administration user interface and change its settings. To help you out, we created this complete guide that covers finding...

Review ASUS RT-AX68U: A classic redesigned for Wi-Fi 6!

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
03.05.2021

ASUS RT-AX68U is the spiritual successor of a very popular wireless router: ASUS RT-AC68U. The new model has an elegant look, offering support for Wi-Fi 6, excellent security features, and an innovative VPN app for your mobile devices. If you want to know what you get when buying the...

How to set up Parental Controls on an ASUS router

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
02.25.2021

Are you working a lot, and your children are stuck attending classes from home? Do you need help making sure that they don’t access inappropriate content online while you work and can’t monitor their activity? If you need easy-to-use parental controls for all your home network,...

How to control your child’s internet time on your ASUS router

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
02.23.2021

Many families are now spending a lot of time at home, and children are spending considerably more time online than a couple of years ago. If you are a concerned parent who wants to make sure that his child doesn’t spend unhealthy amounts of time online, you can use the parental...

TP-Link Archer AX20 review: Redefining value for money?

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
02.15.2021

TP-Link’s line-up of Wi-Fi 6 routers includes some exciting models with good hardware that are very reasonably priced. If you want a good mid-range model, you should look at the new TP-Link Archer AX20 or TP-Link WiFi 6 Router AX1800, as you find it on Amazon. For a bit more money...

How to enable file sharing (Samba) and set the workgroup in Ubuntu Linux

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Codrut Neagu
01.06.2021

Windows computers and devices can interconnect and share files and folders between them using network shares. However, if you also use Ubuntu Linux on some of your computers, network sharing between them and Windows is not straightforward. To connect your Ubuntu Linux computers to...

TP-Link Archer AX10 (AX1500) review – Affordable Wi-Fi 6 for everyone!

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
01.04.2021

TP-Link Archer AX10 or TP-Link Archer AX1500 has a different name depending on the country and the shop you buy it from. However, it is the same router, with the same hardware and specifications in all countries. We wanted to test it because it is one of the most affordable routers...

Synology DiskStation Manager 7: Beta available, free update coming in 2021

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
12.09.2020

Synology makes some of the best Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions on the market, and they are all powered by its DiskStation Manager (DSM) software platform. In our reviews, we always appreciated the flexibility and ease of use of DSM. Synology is now working on finalizing a...

What is Bluetooth? How to get Bluetooth on a PC

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Codrut Neagu
11.24.2020

Many people visiting our website are interested in tutorials about using Bluetooth technology. If you want to know what Bluetooth is, the different versions of implementations that exist, how Bluetooth came to life, and how to get Bluetooth on a computer with Windows, read this...

How to install a wireless printer in your Wi-Fi network

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Codrut Neagu
10.30.2020

There are many people who need to install a printer in their home network. Suppose you are planning to buy one soon. In that case, you should consider a wireless printer, as it allows you to print from anywhere in your home and helps you eliminate one more wire. It lets you place...

How to enable Do Not Track in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera

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Diana Ann Roe
04.15.2021

Do Not Track or DNT is a web browser feature that lets websites know you don’t want to be tracked. When you enable the DNT setting in your web browser, it sends a Do...

What is WiFi Direct? How do you use WiFi Direct?

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Codrut Neagu
04.14.2021

WiFi? You know that and use it every day. Bluetooth? You know that too and also use it quite often. What if you could combine all the best features of the two? Well, it turns out you can, and...

How to create multiple folders at once

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Codrut Neagu
04.09.2021

Are you wondering how to create multiple folders in Windows 10 or Windows 7? That can be very useful if you’re a teacher, for instance. Say that you have a dozen students in a class, and you need...

Sony WH-1000XM4 review: Excellent noise-canceling!

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Codrut Neagu
04.12.2021

Back in 2019, Sony WH-1000XM3 was one of our favorite noise-canceling headsets. In the meantime, Sony WH-1000XM4 were launched. The new model promises to be even better than their previous iteration,...

OnePlus 9 review: Power reloaded!

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Codrut Neagu
04.08.2021

OnePlus 9 features a high-end processor, a lot of memory, an excellent display, and very fast charging times. As you can imagine, performance is the name of the game for this smartphone. Even more...

Samsung Galaxy A32 5G review

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Ciprian Adrian Rusen
04.06.2021

Galaxy A32 5G is part of Samsung’s latest lineup of affordable smartphones that cater to the needs of people who can’t afford flagship products. The device looks good, has a generous battery, an...