If you’re into the server ecosystem, you may already have a couple of monitoring tools set up on your home lab. While Uptime ...

In this series of articles, I am looking at how to monitor my home/home lab LAN. In my first article, I probed my network to see what devices were on it and where they were located. In my next article ...

Blocking ads on your home network isn't as hard as you think. If blocking ads on a per-device basis isn't enough, try these options. Both of these options are free and effective. How many ads do you ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

Home Wi-Fi has quietly become the backbone of daily life, carrying everything from bank logins to baby monitor feeds. When that network is left wide open or only half protected, it is not just the ...

What Does a Firewall Do To Protect My Home Network Your email has been sent Understanding what firewalls do (and don't do) takes just a few minutes. Learn what a firewall does to keep intruders out in ...

Let’s be honest: not one of us loves our internet service provider (ISP). I wish it weren’t so, but ISPs have some of the worst reputations in the entire tech industry. But my own situation wasn’t ...