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Harness the power of your smartphone to connect any PC to Wi-Fi seamlessly using an easy USB tethering method. Reviewed by Michael Barton Heine Jr Use your smartphone and a USB cable to give your ...

QUESTION: What’s the safest way to let guests use my computer and Wi-Fi? ANSWER: The holiday season often means guests will be visiting or maybe even staying with you, so it’s important to consider ...

Quality Wi-Fi is something that we take for granted if we have it, and curse the day when we don't. But when looking for the ...

If your laptop has an LTE or 5G adapter and thus a fast Internet connection, you can use it as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot to connect other devices in the vicinity to the Internet, such as your smartphone, ...

USB-based Wi-Fi adapters are an easy and affordable method of making your computer Wi-Fi compatible. Connecting an adapter to a USB port is all it takes—there is no need to install PCIe cards or ...

Windows creates a separate profile for each Wi-Fi network you’ve successfully logged into. Your Wi-Fi profile saves the network password so that if your Windows PC ...

Most of us tend to keep our router or modem always on so that we can be online all the time. But is it safe? Are we trading our privacy for convincing? Should we turn off our computer network when not ...