Networking • TuneComp

TP-Link Archer C7 v2 – Upgrade Firmware

2020-09-212018-01-20 by Adam Swift

TP-Link released the new firmware for Archer C7 v2 router. New firmware contains new bug and vulnerability fixes as well as new features and enhancements.

As the official TP-Link website goes, they have fixed the WPA2 Security (KRACKs) Vulnerability and the bug in resolving some specific domains when the router works as DNS server.

Besides that, they added the following enhancements: SMBv2 support in the USB sharing and improved router’s performance on the 2.4G wireless network. Here we provide our step-by-step guide on how to upgrade your TP-Link Archer C7 to the latest firmware version.

How To Change RDP (Remote Desktop) Port On Windows 10

2020-10-072017-12-03 by Adam Swift

Many of you use Remote Desktop feature to access your home or work computers running Windows 10. All you usually need to do to implement this is set up a port forwarding rule on your router.

You can receive incoming connections on any port and direct them to RDP port of the Windows workstation on the LAN. But what to do if your PC is connected directly to the Internet without a router? How to configure the remote access and stay secured? The answer is – change remote desktop port in Windows settings.

How To Hide SSID On Wireless Router Or Access Point

2017-12-012017-11-22 by Adam Swift

Why disable SSID Broadcast?

There can be several reasons why you may want to hide SSID:

you don’t want anybody to see and know your network’s name. For example, if the the name of your corporate Wi-Fi is your company’s name, your personal name or your apartment’s number, etc.
you want to take an additional step to improving the security of your network. SSID serves as a login while the wireless security key works as a password when connecting to a wireless network. Usually a client should enter only the password to connect. But when the SSID is hidden someone who wants to join your hotspot needs first to correctly input the name and only then – a correct password. But note, that if a person is a skilled hacker, hiding your SSID won’t help at all.

Here is our step-by-step guide on how to disable SSID broadcast on your Wi-Fi router or access point.

How to Set Up a Wi-Fi Hotspot on Android 11, 10, 9, 8, 7

2020-09-112017-11-12 by Adam Swift

Wi-Fi Hotspot is a marvelous feature that allows you to use your Android phone or tablet as a router. Thus, you can share your mobile Internet connection via Wi-Fi with other devices: tablets, laptops, another phones, desktops, anything else that has built-in or external 802.11a/b/g/n compatible wireless module (or a Bluetooth capability as a backup variant).

Thus, you can connect several client devices to your hotspot and consequently to the Internet at the same time. Of course, they will share your bandwidth and the Internet speed will decrease proportionally. In Wi-Fi Hotspot mode your mobile data functions as the WAN port of a router and your Wi-Fi interface – as LAN ports. Here is our guide on how to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot on Android 8 and 7 and use your Android phone as a router.

TP-Link Archer C7 Hangs Every Day. How To Fix?

2020-09-212017-11-01 by Adam Swift

TP-Link Archer C7 (hardware version v2) is the most unstable-working router I ever had. It randomly stopped working at least once in two days.

Sometimes I had to restart it three times a day but Internet was constantly dropping (even when connected via Ethernet) and Wi-Fi kept disconnecting all the time. Now and then 5 GHz network dropped until I power cycled the device.

In summer 2017 I tried to upgrade its firmware to the latest version but nothing helped and I continued to reset the router on freeze.

Change Public Network to Private in Windows 10

2020-05-142017-10-21 by Adam Swift

I’m sure, most of you’ve noticed the word “Public” under the network name in Windows 10 many times. But I bet that few of you really know what this description means in fact. Some time ago a friend of mine asked me with a frown “How can my home Wi-Fi be public?” what made me laugh a lot. Well, from this article you will learn about the following basics:

what is the difference between public and private networks;
how to change public network to private in Windows 10, regardless of whether it is wireless or wired.