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 »
Originally, I had my Billion 5200N (above) broadcasting on channel 8 and reception was strong throughout the apartment. However, a few months ago we started having constant drop-outs. Where it was once possible to smoothly stream videos from my upstairs server to my laptop, which was connected to my TV downstairs via HDMI, it had suddenly become a nightmare, with Media Player lagging and playing catch-up and VLC stuttering like no tomorrow. 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 »
We’re pretty fond of mobile broadband here at Lifehacker HQ, and it turns out that we’re far from alone. The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) suggest that as of June, 44 per cent of all Internet connections were via mobile broadband, while 41 per cent were via ADSL. More »
Telstra’s already selling LTE devices. Vodafone’s announced it’ll have LTE by the end of the year. Optus isn’t in that much of a hurry; it’s just announced that its first LTE products will go on sale in April 2012. More »
Readers have contributed lots of handy suggestions to our original list of 10 quirky Wi-Fi network names, but we were particularly impressed with this response to our original suggestion of “We Can Hear You Having Sex”. Where it will end is anyone’s guess though . . .Thanks Jakeys!
We noted earlier today that using an alarming name for your Wi-Fi network could be a useful addition to your existing security approach and keep your neighbours from trying to slurp. Here are a few of the most compelling names you could try. Are you willing to rename your network WeCanHearYouHavingSex? More »
