You may have heard of Windows 7′s HomeGroup feature before, but never really understood what it did. It’s actually the simplest way to share files between two Windows machines, and it takes seconds to set up. If you have more than one computer in your home (or a friend who comes over and likes to borrow your music), here’s how to set it up. More »
Sometimes it’s nice to know what you’re browser is up to when it requests a page. If a site is taking a long time to load, there’s not much you can do about it except repeatedly hit the refresh button. If, however, you want to delve deeper, a handy Windows program called Fiddler can help you find out exactly what’s happening with your HTTP traffic. More »
Unless your house looks like the grid from Tron, your wireless routers and repeaters probably look pretty ugly and out of place. DIYer Bradley has a guide to hiding your repeater’s circuitry in something a little bit more attractive. More »
Dear Lifehacker, After reading how easy it is for someone else to get onto my Wi-Fi network and thinking about how often I let my friends connect to my wireless network, I want to lock down the rest of my network so people connected to it can’t go snooping around my computers — or at least secure my most super secret files and folders. What’s the best way to go about this? More »
In its first news announcement since merging into iiNet, Internode is offering a rental option on its well-regarded FRITZ!Box routers and handsets. But do the deals make sense? More »
The old adage “It’s not what you know but who you know” is especially true when it comes to job hunting. If your job search has you spending day after day behind a screen sending out waves of emailed resumes and automated job applications, it’s time to change course and start phoning your network of professional contacts instead. More »
Windows/Android: If you’re travelling with a laptop and an Android phone, chances are you’ll want to connect both to any Wi-Fi networks you use on the road. Wi-Fi PC Sync saves you having to go through the entire log-in process twice. More »
Everyone has a decent Wi-Fi signal when they’re sitting in the same room as their wireless router, but what about across the apartment or in the basement? If you think you should have signal but don’t, free site survey app Netspot is a utility that gives you the tools to draw out your floorplan, walk about your home or office with your laptop and survey network strength, available networks and channels in use along the way. More »
Using your iPad in the workplace seems easy: hook up to the wireless network and you’re good to go. However, an analysis by Gartner suggests that offices switching away from notebooks to iPads might need to dramatically increase the number of access points or see major performance issues. More »
