Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

Netplan is a modern network configuration tool introduced in Ubuntu 17.10 and later adopted as the default for managing network interfaces in Ubuntu 18.04 and beyond. With its YAML-based configuration ...

In Windows 11/10, your computer automatically connects to known Wi-Fi networks based on their priority. If you want to set a preferred Wi-Fi network—ensuring your PC always connects to it when in the ...

Nothing is more important to the performance of your company’s Wi-Fi network than the channels used by your wireless access points (APs). You can blanket a building with the latest and greatest APs, ...

The goal of network QoS is to ensure that your most critical network traffic gets to where it needs to go with the least amount of delay (or latency in network-speak). More specifically, you can ...

A wireless network card, also known as a wireless adapter or wireless NIC (Network Interface Card), is a hardware device that enables your computer to communicate wirelessly with other devices and ...

Windows 11/10/8/7 lets you create an ad hoc network that allows computers and devices to connect directly, rather than to a hub or router. These networks are generally set up temporarily to share ...