Your internet connection depends on multiple devices working together. Here are the details to help you troubleshoot problems and stay online.

A modem and router work in tandem to deliver you an internet connection and then grant access to your various devices.

For anyone who experienced it, the screeching hiss of a modem handshaking over copper phone wires is unforgettable. The technology may have tied up the family phone line, but modems were the gateways ...

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The local cable television company says a few of its Internet customers with computer communications hookups dating back nine or more years must buy new equipment. Just as old-style analog televisions ...

“Lately, I’ve been working with a client where my development computer is not connected to the Internet. This is a huge inconvenience, as the unavailability of Google and Stack Overflow vastly impact ...

Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology. I've known my friend Jeff since I was 2 years old. He was one year ...