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Network & Connectivity

Getting a stable connection to the machine, and out of it.

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PC Networking Problems Worth Diagnosing First

Bad gaming Wi-Fi, dropping USB devices and a NAT type you cannot change look unrelated. The cheap diagnosis comes first, and it usually costs nothing.

Guide

A Capture Card for a Second Machine

One PC games, another does the encoding. When that split is worth the hardware, and the two specifications people read backwards when buying.

4 min read
Comparison

A Second NIC vs a USB Ethernet Adapter

Both add a wired port and the chipset decides how well. One shares the USB bus and travels; the other needs a slot and behaves better under load.

4 min read
Guide

Bluetooth Audio Latency in Games

A film can hide the delay by holding the picture back. A game cannot, because the sound is a response to what you just did. That is the whole problem.

5 min read
Guide

Port Forwarding and NAT Type

Three different things produce the same NAT warning and only one is yours to fix. One address comparison tells you which of them you actually have.

6 min read
Guide

What a VPN Does to Game Latency

A VPN cannot shorten the distance to the server, so it usually adds delay. The narrow cases where it genuinely helps, and what to fix first.

5 min read
Comparison

2.4 vs 5 vs 6 GHz for Gaming

Higher bands carry more and travel less, so the right one depends on the wall between you and the router. What each band is actually for.

4 min read
Comparison

Wired vs Wireless Peripherals, on Latency

The latency argument was settled years ago and people still fight it. What actually differs now, and the one wireless technology genuinely unsuited to input.

4 min read
Guide

USB Devices That Disconnect

The device is usually fine. Power management, an unpowered hub and a marginal cable account for most of it, and all three are free to rule out.

4 min read
Review

TESmart HKS202-E23 Review: EDID Only in Mode 1

A dual-monitor KVM with the feature you buy it for disabled in one of its two display modes. It was also renamed, so both model numbers are in circulation.

4 min read

Fix 7 · Ugly 6

Comparison

Powerline vs Mesh vs Ethernet for Gaming

Three ways to reach a room the router cannot serve. One is predictable, one depends on your wiring, and one depends on where you can put a box.

3 min read
Guide

Fixing Bad Gaming Wi-Fi Without Guessing

Lag spikes and slow downloads are different faults with different fixes. Which measurement tells them apart, and why a faster adapter often changes nothing.

3 min read
Guide

Is a USB-C Cable Tester Worth It?

Every USB-C cable looks identical and they are not. What a tester tells you, what a power meter tells you instead, and when neither is worth buying.

3 min read
Guide

Running Ethernet Around a Room Neatly

A cable run does not have to look like an installation. Flat cable, clips and a small switch turn a wireless problem into a solved one for very little.

3 min read

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