Every month, when your Comcast bill arrives, chances are there's a charge included for renting the combination modem/router you use for internet access. It's $10 a month, and that means you are ...

Don't be intimidated by your home networking hardware. Internet access is important for everyone to stay connected. But most people rely on technicians and their more tech-savvy friends and family to ...

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Each month, when your Comcast bill comes due, many of you pay a monthly fee for the device that provides internet access in your homes. Rental for what’s known as the Xfinity Gateway typically runs ...

Last time I noted that, for those of us with separate routers and modems, the IP address 192.168.100.1 may provide access to the modem, through the router. In my limited testing, I found this to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If multiple devices benefit from a wired internet connection, a router can help The most important effect of using a router is ...

A computer screen showing a video call. - Seb_ra/Getty Images Every home is connected nowadays, which requires having access to the internet. This is through an Internet Service Provider (ISP), along ...

Margie Miller keeps losing her Internet connection. Is it the router, the modem, her PC, or something else? You can isolate the problem by trying different configurations. Try these tests: 1) If you ...

Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is ...

When you use the internet, you’re likely using both a modem and a router. But what are they, and how do they work together? In short, the modem is the doorway to the internet, while the router directs ...

When you sign a contract with an internet provider, they'll typically send you a modem and a router in the mail. But which is which? And how are they different? A modem and a router work in tandem ...