Broadband
Has broadband slowed down during lockdown?
With more people working from home, the UK residential broadband networks have been put under continued strain and users are starting to feel like their broadband speeds are slowing down.
Broadband
WiFi during Coronavirus Lockdown
If you’ve got a home broadband service, you probably already have WiFi access around your home, but there may be things slowing your WiFi down, we look at the most common causes for a slow internet connection.
If you’ve not got home broadband, there are a few things you can try to get online at home during the lockdown.
WiFi
Share your WiFi during the Coronavirus lockdown
As libraries and community hubs have been closed as part of the government’s attempts to manage the Covid-19 virus pandemic, some users who relied on their free internet access may have found themselves cut off from the internet.
Hardware
Wi-Fi 6 is coming (did you even notice Wi-Fi 1-5?)
The Wi-Fi Alliance have released details of Wi-Fi 6 certification program, with speed boosts, reliability, stability and efficiency built in.
Business Services
Network
Notwork Don’t let your network turn into a notwork. With more and more devices using the network to communicate with each other and the outside world, your network is being put under more and more strain. On an unmanaged network, you’ll soon start to see bottlenecks and network slowdown. Do Read more…
Network Security
Internet Routers are under attack!
The number of private home routers being duped into living a secret life as part of a botnet or in serving up malicious DNS results to it’s users has seen a surge in the latter half of 2016. It’s thought that the majority of traffic in the DDoS attack on various gaming servers in Christmas 2015 was generated from home routers that had been compromised.
Malware
Could your WiFi router be hosting a backdoor allowing hackers to access your network?
Several new exploits have been identified recently that are designed to attach your home or business router from inside, and install code to allow hackers to open a backdoor to your network and your data.