Burton Group VP and Network World columnist Dan Blum seems to agree with me that Vista belongs on your desktops. Not immediately, he thinks, but following your normal deployment schedule of new ...

Some apps on your iPhone and iPad may ask for permission to find and connect to devices on your local network. These apps usually need to find compatible devices on your network — smart home apps may ...

Since Apple sunsetted macOS’s remote network connector, Back to My Mac, I have looked for a system that would provide full access to devices on my home LAN when I was outside the network (see “Apple ...

Why didn't I do this sooner?

We are starting to get more requests from staff and management for remote access to our network. Some are using DSL, others cable modems and the rest dial up. Until recently, we only had a few ...

When social networking collides with wireless networking, it makes a lot of noise. That's what Microsoft is discovering this week, as critics take aim at a controversial new Windows 10 feature called ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A wireless network can be a big boon for a small business. Multiple computers can share printers and a single broadband internet ...

Think twice before you log on to public Wi-Fi. It’s temping at the coffee shop or airport, but you never know who else is parked on the network. What about when guests come over? Stop giving out your ...

When most people think about home security, they focus on door locks, alarm systems or cameras. But securing your Wi-Fi, is also important. These days, just as much of our lives happens online as it ...

The pop-up message “Website wants to look for and connect to any device on your local network” is a new permission prompt in Chrome or Edge that appears when you visit some specific websites. This new ...