If you’ve got a blinking red light on your router, there’s something wrong with your connection. Depending on the brand of router, the red light can mean a few different things, but for the most part, ...

The DHCP Lookup Failed problem indicates that your PC was unable to obtain an IP address from the DHCP server. To interact with the router and the internet, each device requires an IP address. DHCP ...

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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 ...

Whenever someone sends me a question about how to fix their Wi-Fi, I wince. It’s not that I dislike helping people with their router problems. In fact, there are few geeky endeavors I find more ...

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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 ...