Want more control over your internet traffic? Follow these simple steps to set up a proxy server, block unwanted websites, mask your IP address, and more. I'm a seasoned journalist who has been ...

Whether you're at home and need a privacy boost or traveling and using café Wi-Fi, here's how to set up a VPN on your iPhone.

You may have seen plenty of online ads about paid VPN services. However, as we explained in a previous article, it’s not a good idea to tunnel all your internet traffic through a VPN service. Unlike ...

Setting up and managing a home lab has been fun so far. Self-hosted apps like Home Assistant, NextCloud, Immich, Jellyfin, and others would work well — until they became unresponsive. I wanted these ...

I'm in need of some ARS expert advise. My home network is set up like this: DSL modem-->linksys router-->various computers including the intended server. My objective is to have networked storage as ...