Reuse an old router to connect wired-only devices -- like your TV, DVR, or game console -- to your wireless network. Ed Rhee Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT ...

Mediacom routers use DHCP -- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol -- to automatically configure every network device connected to them for always-on connections. DHCP is used to assign an internal IP ...

Routers accept data packets and forward them to a list of destinations it knows about. These destinations can be other routers, or the intended destination of a computer communicating through the ...

In my apartment the DSL modem/router has to be in the kitchen because that’s where the only telephone jack in the entire unit is. The router has wi-fi capabilities. I currently have a 50-foot cat6 ...