Collaborate Disseminate
In an era dominated by broadband and wireless cellular networks, it might come as a surprise to many that dial-up internet services still exist in the United States. This persistence …read more Continue reading Dial-Up Is Still, Just Barely, a Thing
It’s certainly been a few decades, but plenty of us remember a time before widespread access to broadband internet, when connections were generally made over phone lines using acoustic modems. …read more Continue reading Replacement PCB Replicates Early 80s Modem
Some hacks are useful and some are just… well… for the fun of it, and we can appreciate that. Take, for example, [Cool Blog’s] recent experiments with dialup networking. If …read more Continue reading Dial up Over Discord
I have a replica of Huawei B535-333 LTE modem. While I was working from home on my computer I randomly got a security alert saying that certificate for connection with outlook.office365.com was issued by untrusted company and the certifica… Continue reading Did a Huawei modem just try to do a Man-In-The-Middle attack on me?
In the late 80s and into the 90s, [Cameron Kaiser] aka [ClassicHasClass] was an aspiring journalist, first becoming interested in the career in elementary school and then working on various …read more Continue reading Commodore 64 Reports the News
Sources online are saying that even if your modem has WiFi, you’re still better off having that turned off and using a router instead because they say that routers offer more security.
Is it true that wireless communications between a devi… Continue reading Are routers truly more secure than modems with wireless? [closed]
Up until the mid-1980s, connecting a computer to a phone line was tricky: many phone companies didn’t allow the connection of unlicensed equipment to their network, and even if they …read more Continue reading Acoustic Coupler Gets You Online Through Any Desk Phone
I noticed that discord (text chats) works even if I don’t have a plan on my modem (if I exceed my quota for example, I’ll have to recharge it before being able to use it again.)
Everything else does not work (on the browser) but discord wo… Continue reading Discord works after modem quota limits exceeds [closed]
After a factory reset, would a router reuse the original Mac and IP addresses with it (even if I subnet)? I work from home and live in an apartment complex. Are there any sketchy mac tracing, spoofing, or common concerns my search missed?
… Continue reading Is it safe/smart to reuse your router? [closed]
Moore’s law might not be as immutable as we once though thought it was, as chip makers struggle to fit more and more transistors on a given area of silicon. …read more Continue reading ADSL Router As Effects Pedal