Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly – Issue #914 – Available Online Cloudeight InfoAve Weekly, Issue #914, was sent to all our subscribers on Friday, April 16, 2021, at approximately 7:40 AM, Eastern daylight time (USA). If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, it’s because your ISP didn’t deliver it… or it’s in your spam folder. We suggest, if… Read More »
Check Your Router and Make Sure It’s Hacker-free You’re doing everything right – using good security software, a strong Wi-Fi network password so you’re safe, right. Well– most likely. Hackers are nothing if not innovative and they can break into a router using what’s known as DNS-hijacking. And if your router is compromised, so are all… Read More »
How to Change Your Windows DNS Settings & Why You May Want to First, let’s discuss what DNS servers are. Don’t worry – we’re not going to get all technical on you. We will define DNS servers as simply as possible. However, you don’t need to know what a DNS server is to use this tip,… Read More »
How to Diagnose and Fix Your Slow Wireless Internet What’s causing your slow Internet speeds? Is it your Internet service provider or your Wi-Fi setup at home? Here’s one way to find out: Using a laptop, smartphone or tablet, open a browser and go to www.fast.com Stand right next to your router and run a… Read More »
An Inexpensive Way to Speed Up Your Wireless Internet You’ll see a lot of tips on how to speed up your Wi-Fi connection, but honestly fiddling around with your router, Windows’ network settings, etc. won’t do much good. Your Wi-Fi speed is determined –for the most part — by your Internet Service Provider (ISP)… and the… Read More »
Cloudflare’s Free 1.1.1.1 DNS Service May Increase Speed and Privacy Cloudflare’s DNS service competes with — most prominently– Cisco’s OpenDNS and Google Public DNS, Cloudflare makes extraordinary claims for its DNS service including a promise of privacy backed up by 3rd-party auditing. That’s impressive. It is not the intent of this article is to get you to take… Read More »