How to Find Out If You’re Getting the Internet Speed You’re Paying For There are dozens of ways to check your Internet connection speed. You should check your Internet speed occasionally to ensure you’re getting the speed for which you’re paying good money. And if you’re not, you should find out from your ISP (Internet Service Provider),… Read More »
How to Find Your Wi-Fi Password in Windows 10 or Windows 11 It’s been a while since we covered recovering wireless network passwords. Christmas is coming soon and many of you will be getting a new computer, tablet, smartphone, smart thermostat, Roku player, smart TV, or another internet-connected device. You’re going to need to know what your… Read More »
Extend Your WiFi Range with a WiFi Range Extender A WiFi Range Extender (also called a WiFi Extender, a Range Extender, or a WiFi Booster) is a device that repeats the wireless signal from your router and expands its coverage. It captures the signal from your router and re-broadcasts it to improve the WiFi coverage area… Read More »
Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #1095 – Now Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #1095, was sent to all subscribers on Friday, October 4, 2024, at 8:40 AM, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time. We are now sending our newsletter from a new email address. Please add cloudeight-news@cloudeight.net to your address book to ensure delivery of our InfoAve… Read More »
Refreshing a Web Page Can Be a Game-Changer A couple of weeks ago our Start page stopped working correctly. The reason? The service we were using to display the news feeds on the page stopped providing their service. So, we had to find a new service to take the RSS news feed and covert it so it… Read More »
Megabytes vs. Megabits You’ll often see advertisements for internet or smartphone providers, promoting the fast internet speeds you’ll get if you switch to their services. Providers are cautious not to say megabytes or megabits. They’ll say something like “You’ll get (up to) 300 Megs per second.” Megs is a nice name, but… Now, most people automatically assume… Read More »