D-Link COVR-P2502: Two WiFi access points Mesh PLC that aim to settle our connectivity problems at home

D-Link COVR-P2502

The deployment at a good pace of fiber optic connections is very good news. And it will be even better when this technology is available to anyone who wants to use it, even for those who live in small rural areas. And is that optical fiber guarantees us a very high Internet connection speed (at least 30 Mbps in the cheapest modes), as well as a symmetrical link that allows us to enjoy the same speed of upload that down.

However, there is a challenge in which the fiber optic can not intervene : the management of traffic and the connections that are established within our homes. Every time we have more devices equipped with a wireless interface (laptops, smartphones, tablets, televisions, video game consoles, etc.) that compete with each other to monopolize the bandwidth of our Internet connection. In addition, there is another problem that to a greater or lesser extent affects all of us who have a WiFi network at home: the quality of the signal and the coverage are not even homogeneous.

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The current WiFi speed will soon be a thing of the past thanks to the WiFi ax standard that arrives in 2018

WiFi speed

Typically, we focus on the speed of mobile data connections, and sometimes on those related to fiber optic connections, but ignore the others, and all are part of the same communications network that works so that the information come to us in a more fluid way. The arrival of Bluetooth 5.0 has been overlooked , for example, and the WiFi connection does not enjoy too much audience either.

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Which is better home WiFi? Recycle an old router, use an access point or a repeater!

WiFi

We know different ways, tricks and curiosities to improve the coverage of our WiFi network and that the signal reaches all corners of the home. Among others, we emphasized the following options: reuse an old router, use a repeater-amplifier or a wireless access point.

Which is better, which system is best for me, is it more powerful, faster, easier to install, cheaper and more reliable? Well, then we will try to answer these and other questions.

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7 ways to recover the key to your WiFi if you forgot it

WiFi

Our memory is not infallible, and may on occasion you have found with the need to remember the password for a WiFi network to which you connect to another computer soles. It’s not the end of the world if you have not signed up passwords, since computers store all passwords that you use.

You just have to know where and how to look, and so today we’ll have seven ways with which to retrieve the keys of WiFi networks that you soles connect to your computer with Windows, Mac OS X and GNU / Linux. We also say some basic trick and even an application to expedite the process.

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