Trisha Jandoc was an associate writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on ...

Network speed will slow down with an Ethernet splitter because of the additional wires being run. An Ethernet splitter could ...

For small businesses that need to connect a large number of nearby computers to the Internet, setting up a local wired network may be a cheaper solution than installing wireless routers and access ...

I rent a room in a house—ah, Bay Area life—and one of my overlords is a former networking engineer for one of those companies here in the area. In other words, he knows his stuff. But I’ve encountered ...

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If you're regularly moving files between your Wi-Fi-connected PC or laptop and your NAS, you can put your extra Ethernet port to use by connecting your PC directly to your NAS with a network cable.