WiFi & Home Network

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What’s the Difference Between a Modem and a Router? (They’re Not the Same Thing)

By Ken Hollow, the man who spent twelve minutes on a tech support call before realising Nana had unplugged the modem thinking it was “the…

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What Is a Guest WiFi Network? (And Should You Have One?)

By Ken Hollow, the man who gave his WiFi password to a visiting relative in 2022 and discovered three months later that they had shared…

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Why Is My WiFi Slower in Some Rooms? (The Simple Explanation)

By Ken Hollow, the man whose fox spirit roommate has declared the upstairs hallway “the dead zone” and refuses to take calls there on principle…

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How to Boost WiFi Signal in Your House (7 Fixes, Cheapest First)

By Ken Hollow, unofficial cartographer of every WiFi dead zone in a fox spirit’s unnecessarily large lair I mapped it. I literally drew a map.…

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Should I Turn Off My Router at Night to Save Power?

By Ken Hollow, the man whose fox spirit client insists on unplugging the router every night because she believes WiFi signals “interfere with dream quality.”…

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Why Does My WiFi Disconnect When I Use the Microwave?

By Ken Hollow, a man who once had to explain to a fox spirit that the microwave was not, in fact, “attacking the router out…

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Why Does My Streaming Keep Buffering? (And How to Fix It Fast)

By Ken Hollow, the man who has paused more K-dramas at the worst possible moment than any human alive The scream could be heard from…

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2.4 GHz vs 5 GHz WiFi: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Use?

By Ken Hollow, the man who had to explain radio frequencies to someone who thinks GHz stands for “Gigantic Hertz of Sorcery” Nana was furious.…

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Why is my WiFi So Slow?

By Ken Hollow, the only IT support tech whose help tickets come written in riddles and moonlight It started, as most catastrophes do, with Nana…