While both a modem and a router help your devices connect to the internet, they have separate (and complementary) functions. A modem is a box that connects your home network to your internet ...

A router will have LAN and WAN ports where you can plug in the cable from the modem or connect other devices. It typically has lights on it to let you know when the Wi-Fi is connected.

That said, everybody's waiting on that modem, so it's not like D-Link is behind any other potential T-Mobile 5G vendor. We'll hear more from D-Link later this year.

Margie Miller keeps losing her Internet connection. Is it the router, the modem, her PC, or something else? You can isolate the problem by trying different configurations. Try these tests: 1) If ...

The new T-Mobile Personal CellSpot router, which the company lends to customers for a $25 one-time deposit, includes everything you need to make calls via WiFi on your smartphone in minutes.

To use T-Mobile Internet to change your network’s name (you might see this called a service set identifier or SSID) or its password, open the app and log in. On your home page, tap on the ...

Qualcomm's new X55 standalone modem chip supports 5G in all major frequency bands as well as FDD and TDD modes. Support for FDD makes it the first chip to support T-Mobile's planned 5G network in ...

Critically, T-Mobile notes that its tests were conducted with standalone and non-standalone 5G devices operating at the same time on the same cell, which is to say that the carrier won’t need to ...

Franklin Wireless supplies modems (primarily of the CDMA variety) to a number of carriers across the Western Hemisphere, and they've introduced a handful of rather interesting new products in that ...

Lookin' for yet another avenue to hop on the 4G superhighway? Fret not, as Clearwire has just doled out a trio of new products intended to help you do just that. Prior to today, you had only a ...

Telstra is well on the path to 5G, with the announcement of its gigabit-speed 4G network in conjunction with Qualcomm's gigabit-class mobile router and 5G modem chipset solution.