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"Some of the Best Broadband Speed Tweaks on the Net"
We cover Broadband Internet connections, network security, wireless and system performance. A large section of SG focuses on Cable Modems and DSL technology, stressing on improving TCP/IP performance over high speed/latency networks. Some of the more popular SG network tools are listed below:
T-Mobile is raising prices on several of its plans
2024-05-22 15:25 EST by Daniela

T-Mobile has begun notifying customers that it's hiking their rates by as much as $5 per line per month. Customers with a legacy Simple Choice, ONE, or Magenta plan will likely experience price increases. The increased price applies to each line, meaning that if you have four lines, you could potentially see a monthly increase of up to $20 per lmonth. CNET also corroborated the report with its... »

SpaceX gets FCC License to use V4 Starlink dish for vehicles
2024-05-21 17:32 EST by Daniela

After months of waiting, SpaceX has finally received an FCC license to operate its new "V4" Starlink dish and the upcoming "mini" dish model on moving cars, ships, and planes. The FCC initially issued SpaceX a license to operate the next-generation dishes in September, but only for fixed positions. Last week, the US regulator then granted SpaceX the additional authority to operate the new dishes... »

Slack trains some of its AI-powered features on user messages, files
2024-05-20 16:33 EST by Daniela

Enterprise workplace collaboration platform Slack has sparked a privacy backlash with the revelation that it has been scraping customer data, including messages and files, to develop new AI and ML models.By default, and without requiring users to opt-in, Slack said its systems have been analyzing customer data and usage information (including messages, content and files) to build AI/ML models to... »

CISA warns of actively exploited D-Link router vulnerabilities
2024-05-19 11:35 EST by Daniela

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added two security flaws impacting D-Link routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.The list of vulnerabilities is as follows:CVE-2014-100005 - A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability impacting D-Link DIR-600 routers that allows an attacker to change... »

X finally moves away from Twitter.com
2024-05-18 10:20 EST by Daniela

The social network formerly known as Twitter has officially adopted X.com for all its core systems. That means typing twitter.com in your browser will now redirect to Elon Musk's favored domain.Various elements of Twitter had already embraced the rebranding, and the company has been using X.com links since early April. But now the domain has flipped over entirely, marking the end of a tumultuous... »


Mercusys MR90X Wireless Router
AX6000 8-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router

Armed with 160 MHz channels and 1024-QAM,1 MR90X provides faster wireless connections. The speeds go up to 6000 Mbps – 4804 Mbps on 5 GHz and 1148 Mbps on 2.4 GHz.

A 2.5 Gbps port and 1 Gbps port make full use of gigabit speeds from your local ISP. Break through the 1G bottleneck and drive your devices to peak performance. WAN/LAN support gives you remarkable flexibility to tailor both... »

MSI RadiX AX6600 Wireless Router
AX6600 WiFi 6 Tri-Band Gaming Router

The RadiX AX6600 gaming router gives you lower latency and stable connections to your devices whether it's wired or wirelessly and with wide ranging device support from desktop PCs, mobile devices, gaming consoles, and all your IoT devices at home.

The RadiX AX6600 delivers fast transfer speed up to 6600 Mbps with OFDMA, MU-MIMO and 1024QAM technologies.

A built-in AI engine can... »

AVM FRITZ!Repeater 1200 AX Wireless Range Extender
3000Mbps Wireless Repeater

The FRITZ!Repeater increases the range of existing Wi-Fi networks in a simple and efficient manner, making it suitable for extending Wi-Fi signal throughout your entire home.

The multicolor LED for signal strength helps you determine the ideal location. FRITZ!App WLAN provides even more precise information about your Wi-Fi network and where best to position your repeater.

In addition to... »

Cudy Tech LT700 Mobile Router (3G, 4G, 5G)
4G LTE Cat 6 AC1200 Gigabit Wi-Fi Router

Dual SIM slots provide redundancy and keep the device always online. Both SIM slots can be filled, you can choose whether to use SIM card 1 or SIM card 2, or auto select by Cudy.

Set WAN/LAN port as WAN to enable Cudy use the landline internet from WAN, and 3G/4G connection works as a backup to provide a sustained and reliable internet connection for you.

Combined with 4 detachable SMA... »

Cudy Tech TR3000 Travel Router
AX3000 2.5G Wi-Fi 6 Travel Router

Built-in WireGuard and OpenVPN VPNs allow you to share your commercial VPN with all connected devices.

Your website lookup request is not encrypted by default, so there are chances that hackers or DNS servers on public Wi-Fi learn what website you've browsed, sell them to ad providers, or even direct you to the manipulated IP addresses.

Your website lookup requests will be encrypted and... »

Netis NC21 Wireless Router
AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Router

Equipped with Realtek 1GHz high performance SoC, the NC21 offers you simultaneous dual band connection with 867Mbps wireless speeds over 5GHz band and 300Mbps over 2.4GHz band.

NC21 works seamlessly with all 802.11a/b/g/n/ac devices. It supports MU-MIMO, Beamforming technology and has 4* 5dBi high gain antennas.

Multiple wireless modes are available: AP Router, AP, WISP, Client, Repeater.... »


Windows 7, Vista, 2008 Tweaks
by Philip (155 comments)

Windows 7 TweaksWindows Vista introduces a number of new features to the TCP/IP stack, including CTCP, and TCP Window Auto-Tuning. This new implementation works much better by default than previous Windows versions with broadband internet connections, and is able to adjust the RWIN value on the fly, depending on the BDP (bandwidth-delay product). This, however, introduces some problems with older routers and restricts the user from tweaking some of the TCP/IP parameters. Still, there is always some room for... »

Windows 10 TCP/IP Tweaks
by Philip (48 comments)

Windows 10 TweaksThe TCP/IP speed tweaks below work with Windows 8, 10, 2012/2019 Server. The Windows 8/10 TCP/IP implementation shares many traits with earlier Windows versions, however, there are many subtle differences and updates, new syntax for applying tweaks using PowerShell cmdlets, and some new settings. Windows 10 generally works well by default for many broadband connections, yet there is always some room for improvement and we will try to cover all relevant settings and their effect on your... »

How To Crack WEP and WPA Wireless Networks
by Philip (95 comments)

Introduction With the popularity of wireless networks and mobile computing, an overall understanding of common security issues has become not only relevant, but very necessary for both home/SOHO users and IT professionals alike. This article is aimed at illustrating current security flaws in WEP/WPA/WPA2. Successfully cracking a wireless network assumes some basic familiarity with networking principles and terminology, as well as working with command-line tools. A basic familiarity... »

How to set a Wireless Router as an Access Point
by Philip (236 comments)

ipconfigI've often found it useful to get just the wireless functionality out of a WiFi router and reuse it as an access point. Wireless routers seem more common, and are often priced even lower than wireless access points. Adding an access point to a wired network already in place, or to one where the main NAT router is provided by the ISP is usually the easiest solution. However, introducing a second NAT router on the network is not a good idea, especially without some tweaking to set it up... »

Gaming Tweaks
by Philip (58 comments)

Online Gaming can often benefit from some fine-tuning of Windows TCP/IP settings and the Network Adapter properties. This article is intended to supplement our general broadband tweaks and list only TCP/IP settings that are specific to online gaming and reducing network latency. Some of these settings are also mentioned in our general tweaking articles, however, the emphasis here is on latency rather than throughput, and we have complemented the tweaks with more gaming-specific recommendations... »

Windows Vista tcpip.sys connection limit patch for Event ID 4226
by Philip (19 comments)

Microsoft enforces a limit on half-open TCP/IP connections that is hard-coded in tcpip.sys. The maximum simultaneous half-open (incomplete) outbound TCP connection attempts per second that the system can make is intended to limit the spread of malicious viruses and worms, as well as limit the possibility of launching a DDoS attack. However, it has proven to also limit some applications using many TCP connections, such as P2P and P2PTV programs.When the OS reaches the half-open connection limit,... »

How to Stop Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks
by Philip

DDoSDenial of Service (DoS) attacks are very common on the Internet these days, and they can make your online experience miserable. In some cases of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS), they can bring down websites, or cripple entire networks in a matter of minutes, preventing connectivity for many customers. There are different types of DoS attacks, and we've tried to explain the most common types and ways to mitigate their effects to you or your network.Types of Denial of Service (DoS)... »

Android TCP/IP Speed Tweaks
by Philip (1 comments)

Android tweaksTo change TCP/IP related settings in Android you need root access. The only exception are a couple of trivial changes that are available to non-rooted devices, namely dynamic vs static IP address, and changing the DNS server. Assuming you are working with an already rooted device, the settings are listed below:Android TCP/IP tweaks (root required)In order to change other TCP/IP stack settings, you need to edit the settings in /proc/sys/net/core/ , similar to what is explained in our Linux... »


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