windows 11 networking

I have two Win 11 PCs . My wife's is Intel and mine is AMD. Both are connected to the router via cables. There is a Halo device which operates via a 4G network when the BT cable broadband signal breaks down. The printer is wireless and both PCs have no problems printing. Neither of the PCs...

ServeTheHome’s April 28, 2026 review of the XikeStor SKN-U310GT shows a Realtek RTL8159-based USB-C 10Gbase-T adapter working in Windows 11 after driver installation, appearing properly in Device Manager as a network adapter. That small Device Manager screenshot is the least glamorous image in...

A small Windows 11 networking toggle has reopened a familiar question for anyone who bought a Wi-Fi 6E or Wi-Fi 7 router: are you actually using the hardware you paid for? A MakeUseOf hands-on report describes a laptop that kept connecting over 5GHz until the adapter’s Preferred Band setting was...

Your ISP can control a lot more of your home connection than most people realize, and DNS is one of the easiest places to feel that control. The practical workaround is not exotic hardware or a deep networking project: it is moving DNS enforcement from the router to the device, where the...

Windows 11 includes a built-in packet analyzer that many users overlook, and that omission matters more than it seems. PktMon, or Packet Monitor, is not just a hidden utility sitting in System32; it is a genuine network diagnostics tool with packet capture, filtering, counting, and packet-drop...

If clicking Network and Sharing Center in Windows 11 does nothing, crashes, or causes the Settings/Control Panel UI to loop, you’re facing a surprisingly common but solvable problem that sits at the intersection of legacy Control Panel plumbing and modern Windows app infrastructure. This guide...