By John Epeneter, product manager This question has existed since the dawn of Wi-Fi and the question has led to hot debates ever since. The answer is a bit complex, hence the contention. And like most complex questions, the… Continue Reading
Difficulty level: • • • • By John Epeneter, product manager It may seem ridiculous to ask the question, “What is Wi-Fi?” You may feel it’s like asking the question, “What is air?” But while Wi-Fi is recognized almost universally… Continue Reading
Difficulty level: • • • • By Lindsay Bull, technical writer There may be a number of things of significance in your life that have seven layers, but make none of them more important to you than the OSI model.… Continue Reading
Difficulty level: • • • • By Clarence Holmes, technical support rep We’ve talked about routers, packets, LANs, WANs, gateways, and much more. You’re becoming a networking encyclopedia, reading all these posts. Now don’t get too cocky… you don’t know… Continue Reading
Difficulty level: • • • • By Alicia Aldrette, technical support rep Online security has been at the forefront of media reports the past few weeks. And with the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook topic top of mind while hacks of Target, Yahoo,… Continue Reading
Difficulty level: • • • • By Jose Contreras, technical product support rep The Internet has given us all trust issues—from trolling to Rickrolling, no one is safe simply browsing the web anymore. With all this mindless abuse of the… Continue Reading
Difficulty level: • • • • By Christian Sage, technical product support rep VLAN or Virtual Local Area Network… and you thought local area network was a mouthful. It’s a complicated subject that everyone feels they could know more about.… Continue Reading
Difficulty level: • • • • By Ethan Harter, technical product support rep The gateway—not just the name of our incredible blog—a fascinating network term we hope to help you understand with this next IPIQ blog post. Read on to… Continue Reading
Difficulty level: • • • • By Lindsay Bull, technical writer Several weeks ago, we wrote about LANs, and we learned that all LANs are networks but not all networks are LANs. So what kinds of other networks are… Continue Reading
Difficulty level: • • • • By Rich Cushing, technical support team leader Imagine it, you’re on your first install. You complete the physical install perfectly. Your client is impressed. But now it’s time to log in to the… Continue Reading