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How To Supercharge Your Router With DD-WRT

Few routers utilise their full potential out of the box, because their firmware limits their functionality. Thanks to an open-source project called DD-WRT, you can unlock your router’s potential to broadcast a stronger signal, manage network traffic, remotely access all your home computers and a whole lot more. Here’s how to install it, set it up and supercharge your network.

20 May 2013

Entertainment

Ask LH: How Do I Set Up A LAN Party?

Dear Lifehacker, I am interested in hosting my own LAN party at my place with about 20 friends but I have no idea on how to set it up and how to allow everyone to have the same game to play. Any quick tips? Thanks, Aspiring Gamer

18 May 2013

Career

Hoverboard.io Builds Beautiful Landing Pages That Highlight Your Work

If you have work to showcase and you don’t want a nameplate site that looks like everyone else’s, try Hoverboard.io. It’s brand new, is completely free, and looks fantastic. It’s also built for writers, developers and makers who want to show off their social profiles, Github projects, blog posts and work experience.

15 May 2013

World Of Servers

How To Match Your Enterprise Systems Design To Your Business Goals

It’s a familiar refrain — IT should serve business, not the other way around. How can you actually make that happen? These five simple hints should help.

2 May 2013

Productivity

Ask LH: How Can I Convert My College Room Ethernet To Wi-Fi?

Dear Lifehacker, I am a student staying at a dorm where we don’t get Wi-Fi in our rooms. We have to use Ethernet and are given a unique pairing of username and password to log in via a software the management installed on our laptops.

27 April 2013

Productivity

Force Windows To Use Your Wired Connection Instead Of Wi-Fi

If you have a wireless connection and then plug into your wired network, Windows might continue to use your wireless connection for your network usage. Here’s how to change the primary network connection.

20 April 2013

Security

This Lightweight Windows App Lets You Easily Keep Track Of TCP Network Activity

In Windows, if you’re curious about your system’s network connections, a quick trip to “netstat” via the command-line will usually sort you out. But if you’re only interested in TCP activity and would prefer a user interface and running log, you need to check out NirSoft’s TcpLogView.

18 April 2013

Home

Ask LH: How Can I Monitor My Internet Usage?

Hi Lifehacker, I have an unlimited plan with my ISP. As such they don’t have any usage stats on their customer portal. Can you recommend a good monitoring solution? Thanks, Inquiring Mind

14 April 2013

Career

Avoid Becoming A ‘Network Jerk’ When You’re Unemployed And Need A Job

When you’re out of work, desperation lives right around the corner. You often feel the need to do everything in your power to rejoin the workforce, but pursuing a job too aggressively can turn you into something that US News calls a “network jerk”.

10 April 2013

Home

Ask LH: What’s The Difference Between Cat5, Cat5e And Cat6 Ethernet Cables?

Dear Lifehacker, I finally took your advice and went completely wired on my home network using a bunch of ethernet cables I had lying around. Some are Cat5 and others are Cat5e. Is there a difference? Is one faster than the other? What should I use?

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