Lesser-known fixes for well-known problems ...

So I wanted to see if I'd get much boost from connecting to my airport extreme's 5 GHz band. However while my Macbook Pro and iPad can see and connect to it, it doesn't even appear in the list of wifi ...

There can be many reasons why your Mac isn't connecting to Wi-Fi properly, but some issues can be fixed by altering your router's 2.4GHz and 5GHz settings. Make sure the wireless router is three or ...

Apple silently gave some Macs and iPads a Wi-Fi speed boost with macOS Tahoe 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2. The update enables 160MHz channel bandwidth support on 5GHz Wi-Fi networks, eliminating a restriction ...

So this is a new one to me. I purchased a Asus USB-AC53 nano adapter to add 5GHz WiFi capability to a laptop that only had 2.4Ghz. Recently it stopped seeing my 5Ghz network. I narrowed it down to ...

A few years ago, 5GHz spectrum rules were so inconsistent all over the world that it would have been difficult to develop a global strategy for 802.11a networking, even if client devices and handsets ...

The evolution of communications is about taking one kind of thing and making it better, faster, and more reliable. USB 1 evolved into USB 2; FireWire 400 morphed into FireWire 800; 10 Mbps Ethernet ...