While your router might seem like a single-purpose device, you can use its USB port for a variety of cool things. Here are some use cases worth exploring.

When you’re gaming, hardwiring into your internet via an Ethernet cord will likely produce the most stable connection — but if you have to game wirelessly, you do have options. The best USB Wi-Fi ...

If you're looking to add Wi-Fi capabilities to an existing computer, your options are pretty limited. You can either install a Wi-Fi card that connects to your ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While most people have become accustomed to connecting to Wi-Fi using their phones or tablets, anyone who handles data-heavy tasks knows that ...

If your computer doesn't have built-in Wi-Fi or an ethernet port, or if those connections aren't working properly, you're not stuck without internet. USB ports offer multiple ways to get online, ...

If you’ve used Linux for a long time, you know that we are spoiled these days. Getting a new piece of hardware back in the day was often a horrible affair, requiring custom kernels and lots ...

We're doing incredible things with Wi-Fi these days, like designing AI machines that use a wireless internet connection to see through walls — i.e., X-ray vision. With wireless technology that's come ...

USB Wi-Fi adapters allow you to add wireless internet capabilities to computers that wouldn’t otherwise have it. These may be older devices that never came with a Wi-Fi adapter or newer ones that have ...