Tag: Networking

Deal: 5 great deals we found on WiFi routers

Here at A&T Tech we try to make a good effort to provide our readers with great tech related deals we can find online, and what better with it now being spring to snag a great deal on a new router for the home or office? Below are five great deals we found for well reviewed WiFi routers on Amazon.co.uk Wavlink N300 was £35.99 now £17.99 While a relatively unknown […]

Deal: Get 45% off this Asus dual band AC router

This router from Asus is perfect for small homes and offices, it provides 802.11ac wireless coverage, along with a built in server for file and printing sharing. On Amazon, the RT-AC66U is usually £165 but with a deal, it’s £89.99 [amazon_link asins=’B008ABOJKS’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’alantosteadan-21′ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’8a8b836c-835f-11e7-bdd2-1f3bfe099b98′]

5Gbps over current networking cables has been approved

In terms of transfer speeds over wireless and over wires, we’ve come such a long way – to the stage now where WiFi is actually capable of more bandwidth than existing ethernet cables, but not for much longer as the IEEE has approved a new Ethernet standard which allows for 2.5Gbps over existing Cat 5e cables, or how it is officially known IEEE 802.3bz-2016. Also IEEE 802.3bz-2016 5GBASE-T allows 5Gbps […]

What is DNS?

In our latest ‘What is?’ article, we’re going to explore exactly what the Domain Name System or DNS actually is and also what it does as to even get to this website it involved the use of a DNS server. What is DNS? DNS effectively is a server or internet service which translates domain names into IP addresses. Behind the scenes the internet operates using IP addresses as if routers, computers, […]