Often forgotten about until it stops working, a wireless router, also called a Wi-Fi router, combines the functions of both a wireless access point and a traditional router. Even though wireless ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Think of restarting your router, or router-modem combo, as a way to refresh the device. Routers are essentially tiny computers with limited processing power and memory. The more you ask it to do, the ...

A white light blinking on your Xfinity Gateway, modem, or router indicates a network connection issue. Generally, it means that the Xfinity Gateway, modem, or router is trying to establish a ...

Here's a question: When Wi-Fi goes out, why does restarting it fix the problem? Think of restarting your router, or router-modem combo, as a way to refresh the device. Routers are essentially tiny ...