There are days when your connection breaks, not because the internet is down, but because your computer is confused. Wrong IP, no IP, stuck on an old network, or just refusing to pick up a new one.

Here in the Oregon HQ for macosxhints.com, we’ve got a few devices on our local network. There are the Macs, of course, and a networked Brother laser printer, the AirPort Base Station, and our (rarely ...

Computers that connect to a TCP/IP network such as the Internet are assigned an IP address, a label consisting of 32-bits and represented in dotted-decimal notation, such as 192.168.0.1. PCs also have ...

Wireless networks have now mostly replaced wired LAN and you will find an abundance of wireless networks everywhere. Windows 11/10 offers various ways to manage your wireless networks using the ...