To connect to the Internet from your home, you’ll need two pieces of equipment — a capable modem that pulls a signal from your internet service provider, or ISP, and a router, which broadcasts the ...

A modem-router combo merges two essential components of your home’s internet connectivity: the modem, which establishes your connection to the internet; and the router, which distributes that ...

Are you confused about the difference between a router and a modem? You’re not alone. Many people use these terms ...

Yes, you can buy your own cable modem, and you might want to, given the excellent throughput and dead-simple setup of the Netgear C3000 WiFi Cable Modem Router. Router only supports up to 300Mbps ...

Mesh routers are the new hot trend in wireless networking, though they tend to be expensive. We took the new budget-friendly Linksys Velop dual-band whole home Wi-Fi system for a test to see how it ...

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 ...

Hello all. I used to have 2 cable modems on my home account. I used a Xincom (piece of total shit, but it worked) dual WAN router. I used to use DAP which is Download Accelerator plus. Now I could ...

Fortinet doubled down on wireless WAN this week with the launch of its first dual-modem SD-WAN appliance. The FortiExtender 212F integrates with the security vendor’s FortiGate line of SD-WAN-equipped ...

Mount an external aerial and feed the cable inside to a sim router that then acts as a backup (maybe primary connection?) to the Vodafone wirless modem/router. I'm guessing this is feasible but what's ...

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When you sign a contract with an internet provider, they'll typically send you a modem and a router in the mail. But which is which? And how are they different? A modem and a router work in tandem ...