What you need to know about routers

  Firstly, let’s be sure we’re talking about the same bit of kit.  Your router is the little box that houses your modem and where your broadband signal arrives to be ‘routed’ to the various devices that need internet access.  This might be wired or wireless....

Bits and Bytes

There’s often confusion over the difference between a bit and a byte in computer-speak so here’s the explanation. Bits are usually part of the calculation relating to the speed of uploading or downloading information so you hear about ‘X bits per second’.  Now that...