Putting aluminum foil behind an antenna is an old trick people once used to boost TV or radio signals. Nowadays, people are using this same tactic to increase internet speed from Wi-Fi routers. Some ...

Don't laugh at neighbors who think aluminum foil can improve their Wi-Fi router's signal, because they might actually be right. Xia Zhou, an assistant professor of computer science at Dartmouth ...

I've got a roughly 10 year old Linksys router that I think is on it's last legs. My set up is such that the router is on the first floor towards one end of the house since that's where the cable line ...

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