home networking

A home Wi-Fi router can often act as a lightweight file server, DNS filter, VPN gateway, print server, dynamic DNS client, firewall, switch, and sometimes even a camera recorder, depending on its hardware, firmware, and vendor software. That makes the little plastic box in the hallway less like...

When your home generator kicks on, it solves one problem — keeping the lights, the fridge, and the heat running — but it does not create a guarantee that your internet will stay up, your streaming purchases will remain accessible, or that the wider infrastructure that delivers packets to your...