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Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

As far as consumer network hardware goes, we’re all expected to be pretty happy with 802.11n WiFi and Gigabit Ethernet over Cat 6 cables. For most home users, that’s plenty of bandwidth for streaming ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Also called a "network interface card" (NIC), a network adapter is a plug-in card that enables a computer to transmit and receive data on a local network. Today, the term refers to an Ethernet adapter ...

Intel claims that the E835-CQDA2 network adapter delivers up to 1.9 times higher performance per watt than the comparable Nvidia ConnectX-6 DX (CX614106A) and 1.4 times higher than Broadcom ...

There are two endpoints in any network connection, and you have to focus on both the server adapter and the switch to get the best and most balanced performance out of the network and the proper ...

If your WiFi is failing and Event Viewer says Event ID 10317, The miniport has failed a power transition to operational power ...

The tradeoffs behind Windows Ethernet performance settings.

Ethernet adapters seem really convenient until you use them and realize they're not as great as they seem.

Microsoft has acknowledged another problem in Windows 10 version 1903 where user's are reporting that their network adapters suddenly stop working after installing a cumulative update. In the Windows ...

If WSL network is slow, enable mirrored networking mode, disable IPv6, switch to a faster DNS resolver, make a Windows ...